Trauma-Informed Care: Understanding and Addressing Complex Trauma Across the Life-Cycle

Monday, February 24, 2025, 9:00 AM - Friday, February 28, 2025, 12:30 PM, The Grand Beach Hotel Miami Beach, Miami, FL


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (15.00 hours), APA Credit(s) (15.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (15.00 hours)

Trauma disrupts essential social systems of care, protection, and meaning, leading to significant disempowerment and disconnection. Effective recovery requires a focus on empowering survivors and restoring their relationships. This seminar will delve into the long-term impacts of chronic and repeated trauma, identifying the intricate symptoms commonly seen in individuals with traumatic backgrounds. We will cover principles for building a collaborative therapeutic alliance and outline a staged approach for treating trauma survivors. Complex trauma is characterized by prolonged, pervasive, and cumulative exposure to various traumatic experiences, often occurring during critical developmental periods. Interpersonal victimization within the family context is a frequent trigger that leaves children vulnerable to further victimization throughout their lives. This type of trauma can severely impact a child's self-identity, self-worth, and ability to trust others and form close relationships. This seminar offers an in-depth examination of trauma’s intersection with pressing issues such as human trafficking, HIV/AIDS, domestic abuse, disaster trauma, childhood experiences, and professional burnout. Participants will acquire advanced knowledge and practical skills for implementing trauma-informed care in diverse settings. Participants will be encouraged to discuss their own experiences working with traumatized patients. Interactive formats, including small group discussions, Q&A, and didactic lectures, will be incorporated.

1. Analyze the implications of neuroscience research for the assessment and treatment of traumatized individuals.
2. Describe the pathophysiology of trauma and stressor-related disorders, as well as their pharmacological treatment;
3. Recognize signs and symptoms of complex posttraumatic stress disorder;
4. Examine the destructive impact of trauma on social support systems and the psychological symptoms associated with prolonged and repeated trauma.
5. Identify strategies for empowering survivors and rebuilding their relationships as part of the recovery process.
6. Debate principles for creating effective therapeutic alliances and a structured approach to trauma treatment.
7. Delve into trauma’s effects in diverse contexts, including human trafficking, HIV/AIDS, domestic abuse, disaster trauma, childhood trauma, and professional burnout.
8. Identify strategies for personal and professional support to manage vicarious traumatization.
9. Assess the complementary roles of biological treatments, individual and group psychotherapy, self-help, and social action in recovery.

1. Analyze the implications of neuroscience research for the assessment and treatment of traumatized individuals.
2. Describe the pathophysiology of trauma and stressor-related disorders, as well as their pharmacological treatment;
3. Recognize signs and symptoms of complex posttraumatic stress disorder;
4. Examine the destructive impact of trauma on social support systems and the psychological symptoms associated with prolonged and repeated trauma.
5. Identify strategies for empowering survivors and rebuilding their relationships as part of the recovery process.
6. Debate principles for creating effective therapeutic alliances and a structured approach to trauma treatment.
7. Delve into trauma’s effects in diverse contexts, including human trafficking, HIV/AIDS, domestic abuse, disaster trauma, childhood trauma, and professional burnout.
8. Identify strategies for personal and professional support to manage vicarious traumatization.
9. Assess the complementary roles of biological treatments, individual and group psychotherapy, self-help, and social action in recovery.

SEMINAR FORMAT
Meets Monday-Friday: 9:00 a.m.- 12:15 p.m.

Please note coffee is available during registration, and a healthy, delectable continental breakfast will be served at 10:15 a.m. daily.


SPECIAL REQUESTS
If special arrangements are required for an individual to attend this conference, contact Kim Miele at [email protected] at least 15 days before the conference.

TUITION
Physician, Nurse Practitioner, and Other Health Professional fees:
Early bird pricing is $995; after 12/16/24, registration is $1,095.

Residents, Fellows in Training, and Full-time Student fees are $695
To register: https://umiami-cme.org/

The fee for attending a second week is $750, and the processing fee (non-refundable) is $10 for all course registrations. Registration by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, or American Express) or check can be made through the University of Miami secure registration system.

REFUND POLICY
Refunds, less an administrative fee of $100, will be issued for all cancellations received two weeks before the start of the course. Refund requests must be received by email. No refund will be issued should cancellation occur less than two weeks prior. “No shows” are subject to the full course fee, and no refunds will be issued once the conference has started.


ELECTRONIC SYLLABUS
We provide all attendees with completely free access to all slide presentations in digital PDF format before the conference. This is an environmentally friendly alternative that helps lower costs for all attendees. The e-syllabus will be available for 30 days after the conference. For all winter seminars, you can purchase a printed copy at the time of online registration for $55.

Please note we will not have hard copies of the syllabus available for purchase at the conference.

 

The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 15.00 of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received in writing no less than 20 days before the course will be refunded, less a 20% administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date. Please send cancellation requests to University of [email protected].

University of Miami Healthcare System reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
 
University of Miami Healthcare System is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact the CME Conference Coordinator.

Miami Grand Beach Hotel
4835 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL
The Grand Beach Hotel Miami Beach, Florida, is in an amazing location overlooking more than 200 feet of beautiful white sandy tropical beaches on the Atlantic Ocean. Built-in 2009 and completely renovated in 2018, our modern Miami Hotel offers the highest levels of luxury and comfort. Our leisure facilities include two hot tubs, a state-of-the-art gym with unbeatable panoramic sunset views, as well as three different swimming pools, including two beach-level family pools and our top-floor tranquility pool (adults only), offering something for every guest.
Miami Grand Beach Hotel, 4835 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33140 
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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

The University of Miami adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.