Schedule: 8:30am-4:30pm on Saturday, November 24th. Registration begins at 8:30am. Refreshment will be provided for the morning and afternoon breaks. Participants will be responsible for their own lunch.
This one-day workshop is a collaborative effort among members of a multidisciplinary team of experts in the area of trauma at the Centre for Treatment of Sexual Abuse and Childhood Trauma. This interactive workshop covers a diverse range of topics such as healthy childhood brain development, trauma responses and their underlying neurobiology, traumatic-memory encoding, and the latest trends in supporting people post trauma. The content of this workshop is designed to prepare individuals who work with people who have experienced trauma in various capacities such as investigators, prosecutors, counselors, nurses, physicians, and for everyone who knows someone who has experienced trauma.
About the Speaker – Ashkan Rahmani, BSc, MSc, BSW
Ashkan’s interest in neurobiology of trauma started during his research at a PhD level in the area of Medical Physics. His pursuit of understanding how the neurobiological processes that occur during a traumatic experience can shape one’s reaction not only during but long after the traumatic experience motivated him to change the course of his research from Medical Physics to Social Work. Since then, Ash has worked with various vulnerable populations including LGBTQ+ individuals, refugees, survivors of sexual abuse, men with histories of trauma, and street-involved people across the country.
