2024 Conference Agenda

SURVIVING SECONDARY TRAUMA: FAMILIES TO FIRST RESPONDERS

First Interstate Operations Center, 1800 6th Avenue North, Billings, MT 59101

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

8:30-8:40         Welcome

8:40-9:40         How It All Began

                          Maria Martin Dinkel

9:50-10:50        Officer Needs Assitance

                          Mark DiBona

11:00 -12:00     Officer Needs Assistance

                          Mark DiBona (cont’d)

12:00-1:00       Lunch provided

1:00-2:00        From Shamed to Love – Ability to Warrior

                          Jodi Gardner

2:10-3:10        Picking Up the Pieces: A Firsthand Account of Secondary Trauma

                          Mandi Crable

3:25-4:25       Dealing with Trauma Panel

                          Lynelle Amen, Shane Bancroft, **, **

SURVIVING SECONDARY TRAUMA: FAMILIES TO FIRST RESPONDERS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

8:30-8:40         Welcome

8:40-9:40         Here, There, and Everywhere: How Harm Perpetrated In the Home Impacts the Entire Community

                          Andrew Campbell

9:50-10:50        Here, There, and Everywhere: How Harm Perpetrated In the Home Impacts the Entire Community

                          Andrew Campbell (cont’d)

11:00 -12:00     Healing the Hurting Spirit

                          Faith Anne Tallwhiteman

12:00-1:00       Lunch provided

1:00-2:00        From Trauma to Triump: The Brain’s Journey to Recovery

                          Brenda Roche

2:10-3:10        Mind Wellness (101)

                          Melanie Schwarz

3:25-4:25        Mind Wellness (101)

                          Melanie Schwarz (cont’d)

4:25                 Closing Comments/Thank you

*TIMES AND SPEAKERS MAY BE SUBSTITUTED ON SHORT NOTICE*