Hope, Healing, and the Human Spirit
2015 Trauma Conference
A Conference of It's About Childhood & Family, Inc.
Storer Auditorium - Onondaga Community College
A 2 Day Symposium for Parents, Clinicians, Advocates, and Students
up to 12 CEUs available (psych, SW, Counselor, MFT, CASAC)
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Tonier Cain is the Founder and VP of Trauma-Informed Care Centers of America. After surviving a childhood of unspeakable abuse, unrelenting violence, and betrayal by systems that were charged with helping, Ms. Tonier Cain stands before her audiences today, a testimony to the resiliency of the human spirit exemplifying the innate human instinct to survive. Tonier “Neen” Cain lived on the streets for twenty nightmarish years. Years filled with hunger, brutality and a lifestyle when described seems unconscionable. Incarcerated and pregnant in 2004, someone finally took the time to ask: “what happened to you” instead of “what’s wrong with you.” It is at that moment she began her journey to become a survivor and for the first time in her life began to live with more hope than fear. The impact of trauma is realized by every age group, race, ethnicity, socio-economic group, gender, community, and workforce. As Ms. Cain shares her story, audience members find themselves challenging their professional and personal beliefs.
Dawn O’Malley Psy.D. is a Licensed Psychologist with specialty in child and adolescent mental health. She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Widener University in Pennsylvania and completed her Clinical Internship at Child Psychiatry Center and Albert Einstein Medical Center both in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. O’Malley has worked as a senior clinician for Mecklenburg County Area Mental Health, New Hope Treatment Center, and Southpark Psychiatric Services. In the course of this work, she has developed expertise on the impact of trauma and neglect on the developing brain and is a Fellow of the Child Trauma Academy. She has been the Clinical Director of Alexander Youth Network for 6 years and the Vice President of Clinical Services at Alexander Youth Network since 2013.
Meaghan Buisson BSc CPT is a 47-time Canadian National Champion, 11-time international medallist and current world record holder in the sport of inline speed skating. She graduated with distinction from Thompson Rivers University in Canada, majoring in Biological and Life Sciences with a Directed Studies specialization in evidence-based medicine. Her capstone project juxtaposed neuroscience research against front-line use of antidepressants to treat depression. She was the founder and Executive Director of “BodyWhys Youth Canada”, an award-winning national charity focused on the prevention of eating disorders and self-harm in youth. Meaghan has presented at international conferences and spoken nation-wide as both an educator and individual struggling with traumatic brain injury and psychiatric turmoil. In 2014, Meaghan backpacked solo across Central America, working with Traditional Amazonian plant medicine, sitting with Indigenous healers and planning the next chapter of her life.
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