cultural awareness

CULTURAL AWARENESS:
THE NEW COMBAT VETERAN
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
GOALS
- Gain useful insight about the numerous strengths that Veterans may bring to the community.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
– Demonstrate an enhanced awareness of the unique needs of returning service personnel.
– Adopt a new cultural perspective on returning combat Veterans.
– Discuss the evolving justice system in response to the treatment needs of justice-involved Veterans and citizens.
CULTURAL AWARENESS:
THE NEW COMBAT VETERAN
Thursday, March 7, 2013
5:45 pm to 8:30 pm
FREE TO ATTEND
BRASEE HALL, ROOM 211
Ohio University Lancaster Campus
1570 Granville Pike, Lancaster, OH 43130
TARGET AUDIENCE: First Responders, Law Enforcement Personnel and the General
Community.
ONLINE REGISTRATION REQUIRED BY MARCH 7, 2013, AT 4:00 PM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO COMPLETE REQUIRED ONLINE
REGISTRATION, PLEASE EMAIL VHACLLCULTURALAWARENESS@VA.GOV.
FOR QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL 740.773.1141, EXT. 6279
DIRECTIONS: WWW.OUORC.OHIO.EDU/MAP_LANCASTER.HTM
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CULTURAL AWARENESS: THE NEW COMBAT VETERAN
AGENDA
5:30-5:45 PM
REGISTRATION
5:45-6:00 PM
OPENING REMARKS » JEFFREY MONTGOMERY, LISW-S, BCD
6:00-7:10 PM
SCREENING OF HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS PRESENTS: WARTORN 1861-2010
7:10-7:20 PM
7:30-8:30 PM
DISCUSSION AND BREAK
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION WITH THE AUDIENCE
- WARNING: THIS FILM CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES THAT SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND DISTURBING.
-CIVIL WAR DOCTORS CALLED IT HYSTERIA, MELANCHOLIA AND INSANITY. DURING THE FIRST
WORLD WAR, IT WAS KNOWN AS SHELL-SHOCK. BY WORLD WAR II, IT BECAME COMBAT FATIGUE.
TODAY, IT IS CLINICALLY KNOWN AS POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD), A CRIPPLING
ANXIETY THAT RESULTS FROM EXPOSURE TO LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS SUCH AS COMBAT.
- BOOKENDED BY HAUNTING MONTAGES OF EMOTIONALLY BATTERED AMERICAN SOLDIERS
THROUGH THE YEARS, WARTORN 1861-2010 EXPLORES THE VERY REAL WOUNDS THAT OCCUR AS
A RESULT OF COMBAT STRESS, OR PTSD.
- DISCUSSION OF OEF/OIF/OND VETERAN'S TRANSITION AND INTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE, DEVELOPING TRAUMA INFORMED COMMUNITIES
- CURRENT MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR LANCASTER VETERANS
- JAIL DIVERSION INITIATIVES // VETERANS JUSTICE OUTREACH // HOMELESSNESS
-Q&A // ROUND TABLE
SPEAKERS
JEFFREY A. MONTGOMERY, MSW, LISW-S, BCD
Jeff Montgomery has been with the Chillicothe VA Medical Center since October 2010 serving as the OEF/OIF/OND Mental Health Point
of Contact. In this position, Mr. Montgomery provides individual, marital counseling and case management to Veterans and their families
as well as providing in-service and outreach education on military and Veteran culture issues including PTSD, Military Sexual Trauma,
Suicide Prevention and Traumatic Brain Injury. Mr. Montgomery also has assisted in the development of a Veterans Justice Outreach
Program throughout southeastern Ohio. Mr. Montgomery is a Licensed Independent Social Worker-Supervisor by the Ohio Counselor,
Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board; a Certified Trauma Therapist; trained in Cognitive Processing Therapy; a Board
Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work by the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work; and a member of the National
Association of Social Workers.
BOBBY L. PERKINS, MSW, LISW-S
Bobby Perkins has been with the Chillicothe VA Medical Center since 2010 and has served as the medical center’s Veterans Justice
Outreach Specialist since January 2011. Mr. Perkins previously has worked as a case manager for a foster care and adoption agency in
northwest Ohio and as a Social Work Supervisor for the National Youth Advocate Program in Columbus, OH, for six years which peaked
his interest in the judicial system. In 2009, he accepted a supervisory position with the Department of Youth Services, where he worked
on program development and served as the lead for the department’s Strengths Based Cognitive Behavior Treatment initiative. Mr.
Perkins also represents the Chillicothe VAMC on the Ross County Re-entry Coalition. He received his Master of Social Work from the
University of South Florida in 2003, and his Bachelor of Arts from The University of Findlay in 1999. Mr. Perkins is a recognized Licensed
Independent Social Worker - Supervisor in the state of Ohio.
STEVE BLADES, LISW-S, LCDC III
Steve Blades receieved his Master of Social Work from the The Ohio University in 1997, and his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Miami
University in 1992. He has licensure as an Independent Social Worker with Supervision endorsement in the State of Ohio and is a Licensed
Chemical Dependency Counselor III also in the State of Ohio. Prior to becoming the Lancaster CBOC social worker in March 2008, Steve
was a program manager at an agency serving children and families in Columbus, OH, for seven years. His past employment history
also includes working in a residential treatment center for substance abusing teens, working on a youth mental health crisis team, and
providing long-term case management to severely mentally impaired adults. Steve just celebrated 20 years of work in the field of mental
health.
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