Sonoma County Bar Association

 

 

Survivors as Advocates: Disaster Impacts on Legal Professionals

Survivors of disasters are the best suited to deliver services in the local disaster area, however, they are at risk for secondary traumatic stress due to their own exposure and being with their clients’ reactions.

 

This Training Will Cover:
~ Disaster Impacts: Collective and Individual
~ Disaster Impacts on the Legal/Mental Health Systems
~ Signs and Symptoms of Secondary Traumatic Stress
~ Tools for Mitigating Risk: Building Resiliency
~ Resources for the Advocates and Their Clients.

 

 

Wendy Wheelwright, Project Manager, California HOPE

 

Wendy Wheelwright has been a skilled clinician within Community Mental Health for the past 20 years. She is currently the Project Manager for California HOPE, a FEMA-funded program to support the emotional recovery of disaster survivors. Additionally, she serves as the Quality Improvement Manager for Sonoma County Behavioral Health Division, overseeing system level policy and process improvements. Previously, she served as the Workforce Education and Training Coordinator, facilitating staff development, credentialing, and clinical fidelity of specialty programs. Prior to assuming her role at Sonoma County, she worked with Progress Foundation overseeing the start-up, day-to-day operation, and expansion of the Crisis Residential Unit from a single 6-bed program to multiple 10-12 bed programs. Wendy also has extensive experience as a Forensic Therapist, working with mandated treatment programs, Probation, CPS, and Victim Assistance. She maintains a small private practice in Santa Rosa, specializing in Trauma-Based Disorders. Wendy has a strong passion for teaching and currently holds a faculty position with the University of San Francisco, teaching in the Masters in Counseling program on weekends and evenings.

 

 

Date: Friday, November 30, 2018

 

Time: Check-In: 11:45 am; Presentation: 12:00—1:00 pm

 

Presenter(s): Wendy Wheelwright, Project Manager, California HOPE

 

Place: SCBA Office, 111 Santa Rosa Ave., Ste. 222, Santa Rosa, CA 95404.
Parking for this seminar is ONLY available in the Public Parking Garage at 555 First Street. Do not park in the parking lot at 111 Santa Rosa Avenue.

 

MCLE: 1.0 Unit Participatory MCLE Credit in Competence Issues

 

Registration Fee: $60–SCBA Members; $75–Public;

Student: $20 (The student discount is now available online for SCBA Student Members. Students who are not members of SCBA may utilize the student discount by downloading the registration form and submitting it with proof of current enrollment to the SCBA Offices. For more information on becoming a member of SCBA, please contact Susan Demers at (707) 542-1190 ext. 18.)

 

 

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