Voices of September 11th
Healing Families & Communities After Tragedy
 
 
VOICES Center of Excellence
for Community Resilience Symposium
 
Promoting Resiliency in Communities Impacted by Trauma:
Identification and Treatment of Long-Term Needs
 
 
Friday, April 3, 2015
 
 
Registration 8:30am
9:00am - 3:30pm
 
Rutgers University
Livingston Campus Student Center
84 Joyce Kilmer Avenue | Piscataway, NJ
 
 
9/11 Families, Survivors and Responders: No Charge
Symposium Fee for Professionals: $75   |   5 CEU Credits: $25
Exhibitor Table Fee: $100
 
Continental breakfast and lunch included
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
VOICES Center of Excellence for Community Resilience Symposium Agenda
 
 
Opening Remarks
 
Richard Edwards 
Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Chancellor, Rutgers - New Brunswick
Professor, Rutgers School of Social Work
 
 
Long-Term Needs of Victims' Families, Responders and Survivors
 
Mary Fetchet 
Founding Director
Voices of September 11th
 
 
The Journey from Trauma to Hope and Healing
 
Suzanne Phillips 
Adjunct Full Professor of Clinical Psychology, Long Island University
Faculty, Suffolk Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Fellow, Board Member and Co-Chair of Community Outreach of the American Group Psychotherapy Association
 
 
Identifying Challenges and Promoting Resiliency in Children, Families, and Responders
 
Mickie Brown 
Deputy Nurse Manager
Mount Sinai Selikoff Centers for Occupational Health
 
Craig Haen 
Clinical Director of Adolescent Services for Kids in Crisis and Assistant Clinical Director, ANDRUS
 
Maureen Underwood 
Clinical Director of the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
 
 
Afternoon Introduction
 
Ronald Quincy 
Professor of Professional Practice
School of Social Work, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
 
 
Lunch Keynote: Enhancing Your Resiliency Through Experience
 
V. Alex Kehayan 
Clinical Psychologist and Co-Director, Resiliency LLC
Co-author of Resiliency in the Face of Disaster and Terrorism
 
Joseph C. Napoli 
Psychiatrist and Co-Director, Resiliency LLC
Co-author of Resiliency in the Face of Disaster and Terrorism
 
 
Case Studies: Providing Group Therapy and Peer-to-Peer Support
 
Mary Fetchet 
Founding Director
Voices of September 11th
 
Maureen Underwood 
Clinical Director of the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
 
 
Persisting Patterns and Emerging Trends
in Physical and Mental Health 13 Years after 9/11
 
Steven Stellman 
Research Director, The World Trade Center Health Registry
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
 
Iris Udasin 
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine
Medical Director, EOHSI Clinical Center
Clinical Research and Occupational Medicine Division
EOHSI, Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
 
 
Health Care Workers and Disasters: Perceptions and Observations
 
Clifton Lacy 
Director, Institute for Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
 
 
Promoting Healing Through Mind and Body Exercise
 
Mickie Brown 
Deputy Nurse Manager
Mount Sinai Selikoff Centers for Occupational Health
 

 
 
 
 
Questions? Contact us at
203-966-3911 or symposium@voicesofsept11.org
 
 
Visit www.voicesofseptember11.org for more information
 
 

 
Thanks to our Co-Sponsors:
 
RutgersWTC Health ProgramUnited Way
 
 
 
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