Neurobiology of Trauma in Pediatric Patients

Topic:
Neurobiology of Trauma in Pediatric Patients
Release Date:
Thursday, August 6, 2015 - 2:00pm to Thursday, August 6, 2015 - 3:30pm ET

Expiration Date:
Access to the evaluation and certificate for the live webinar will be available until Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 11:00am ET

Estimated time to complete:
1.50 hours
Presenter(s):
Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
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Target Audience: 

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of nurses, physicians, and other health and legal professionals involved in the care of children that have been traumatized.

Statement of Need/Program Overview: 

Most healthcare providers are not familiar with neurobiology of trauma. This webinar will provide understanding of how trauma affects emotions, behaviors and memory.

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

  • Identify general psychobiological Effects of Childhood Trauma
  • Describe the relationship between childhood trauma and PTSD
  • List the brain regions effected by Childhood Trauma/PTSD/Developmental Trauma Disorder
  • Identify specific implications for practice

Presenter(s): 

Dr. Bessel van der Kolk

Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D. has been the Medical Director of The Trauma Center in Boston for the past 30 years. He is a Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University Medical School and serves as the Director of the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress Complex Trauma Network. He is past President of International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Though he identifies himself primarily as a clinician, he has published well over 100 peer reviewed scientific articles on various aspects of trauma, including his current projects: 1) yoga for treating PTSD, funded by the National Institutes of Health; 2) the use of theater for violence prevention in the Boston public schools, funded by the CDC; 3) the mechanisms of EMDR; 4) sensory integration; and 5) the use of neurofeedback in PTSD. He participated in the first neuroimaging study of PTSD, in the first study to link Borderline Personality Disorder with childhood trauma; was co-principal investigator of the DSM IV Field Trial for PTSD and is chair of the NCTSN DSM V workgroup on Developmental Trauma Disorder. He has written extensively about using neuroscience research to identify appropriate treatments for PTSD and completed the first NIMH-funded study of EMDR. He has taught at universities and hospitals around the world. Dr. van der Kolk's latest release is The New York Times bestseller "The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma."

Physician Accreditation Statement: 

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and International Association of Forensic Nurses. The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physician Credit Designation: 

The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing and Other Continuing Education Accreditation Statement: 

The International Association of Forensic Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. JBS International, Inc. is an approved provider through NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (Provider Number 000208).

Nursing and Other Continuing Education Credit Designation: 

The International Association of Forensic Nurses designates this live activity for 1.5 Nursing CE Credits. JBS International, Inc. designates this live activity for 1.5 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) contact hours.

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest: 

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality CME activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.

The planners and managers reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:

The following PIM planners and managers, Trace Hutchison, PharmD, Samantha Mattiucci, PharmD, CCMEP, Judi Smelker-Mitchek, RN, BSN and Jan Schultz, RN, MSN, CCMEP, hereby state that they or their spouse/life partner do not have any financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with any commercial interest related to the content of this activity of any amount during the past 12 months.

The following International Association of Forensic Nurses planners and managers, Kim Day, RN, FNE A/P, SANE-A, SANE-P, Jenifer Markowitz, ND, RN, WHNP-BC, SANE-A, Jennifer Pierce-Weeks, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P and Sarah Tucker, BA, hereby state that they or their spouse/life partner do not have any financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with any commercial interest related to the content of this activity of any amount during the past 12 months

Media: 

Live webinar

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use: 

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer: 

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

CNE CEU Evaluation: 

Nurses: How to Obtain your CEU or CNE Certificate

IAFN and JBS will use their standard activity evaluation for CNE and CEU.

For any questions relating to CNE (nursing) or CEU certification, please contact us at [email protected].

CME Evaluation: 

Physicians: How to Obtain your CME Certificate

PIM supports Green CME by offering your Request for Credit online. If you wish to receive acknowledgment for completing this activity, please follow the steps below:

  1. Go to CME University at: www.cmeuniversity.com and register or login
  2. Once logged in, click on “Find Post-test/Evaluation by Course” at the top of the page
  3. Type in “10864" in the box, and hit enter
  4. Click on the activity title
  5. Complete the online posttest and evaluation and obtain your CME certificate to download and/or print for your files.

Upon completion of the online posttest and evaluation form, you will have immediate access to a certificate of attendance to print or save for your files. You can save your certificate by selecting the “Save” option on the print screen.

For any questions relating to CME (physician) certification for this activity, please contact Postgraduate Institute for Medicine at: [email protected] or (303) 799-1930.

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