This presentation will discuss some of the current and relevant data on trauma and investigate the impact that trauma has on the mind, the brain, and the body and will share some of the more recent literature on trauma with particular focus being placed on the work and research being conducted by the Dutch-born and Harvard-trained psychiatrist, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and the Hungarian-born and Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Gabor Mate. The presentation will also examine the potential effects and impacts that trauma may have on teaching and learning and explore some possible approaches and strategies that have been used to lessen the impacts and effects of trauma.
Presenter: Dr. Douglass A. Lobo, CARE Counselor Student Assistance Program
Room T-206