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  • Jefferson College of Nursing

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The 8th Annual Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference: July 16-17, 2025

The Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference will return in person taking place on the Jefferson - East Falls Campus in 2025.

Please hold this space on your calendars and watch for the call for workshop and poster submissions in January of 2025.

This program does not qualify for NBCC credit.

Previous Events

2024 PPTC Dr. Roberta Waite, Keynote Speaker

Over 450 people joined the 7th Annual Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference: Accelerating Health Equity by Addressing Social and Structural Determinants of Health on the Jefferson - East Falls Campus in July of 2024.  The conference featured 50 unique workshop sessions, as well as a keynote, “Individual and Collective Trauma: We must Strive for Justice, Healing, and Joy,” by Dr. Roberta Waite, EdD, PMHCNS, RN, MSN, ANEF, FAAN, Dean and Professor at Georgetown University School of Nursing in Washington DC.

This program did not qualify for NBCC credit.

J-TEN offered a synchronous virtual symposium on November 21, 2021 with the following sessions:

Keynote: Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, MSW, The Trauma Stewardship Institute
Navigating Amidst Overwhelming Times – Whether because of trauma, crises, or really, really hard days

Participants' objectives:

  • Describe and respond to the cumulative toll on those who are exposed to the suffering, hardship, crises, or trauma of humans, other living beings or the planet itself.
  • Develop a deeper understanding of trauma exposure and the tools for reconciling such exposure, so folks can do their work sustainably.
  • Explain to people in a broad base of fields how to create a sustainable individual and collective culture.

Sandy Bloom, MD 
Creating Presence Burnout, Chronic Organizational Stress and Using Trauma-Informed Care to Respond to These Challenges

Participants' objectives:

  • Define burnout.
  • Describe signs of chronic stress in organizations.
  • Describe some advantages of trauma-informed care.

Patty Davis, LCSW, Trauma Informed Care, Project Manager, Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Resilience at Work – Protection from trauma exposure response and building a sustainable future

Participants' objectives:

  • Describe key components of trauma-informed healthcare development.
  • Clarify between individual and systemic traumatic stress.
  • Define organizational strategies to create trauma-informed practice.
  • Explore ways to create safe and sustainable work environments.

Angelle Richardson, PhD, LPC, and Nicole Johnson, PhD, LPC, ACS, CAADC, CCDP-D, BC-TMH, Jefferson 
Self-Care and Wellness in the Workplace

Participants' objectives:

  • Demonstrate ways to increase understanding of the Eight Dimensions of Wellness.
  • Recognize ways to improve their Emotional, Environmental, or Occupational well-being in the workplace and in daily life.
  • Explain strategies for incorporating self-care and wellness into their workplace and daily life.

Participants were eligible for 1-3 contact hours (depending on the number of sessions attended).

The 2018 Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference

View graphic recordings from previous conferences below. 

See below for images from the opening and closing of our 6th Annual Conference.   

Keynote speaker: Cirecie West-Olatunji, Ph.D., "Advancing Trauma-Informed Care for the 21st Century Challenges"

Credit: Yen Azzaro

Closing: Moderator Meagan Corrado spoke with a panel of providers and youth participants from the following organizations: Hopeworks, YEAH Philly, Temple Youth Voices, and Collective Climb.

Credit: Yen Azzaro
Credit: Yen Azzaro

This program did not qualify for NBCC credit.

See below for images from the opening and closing of our 5th Annual Conference.   

Keynote speaker: Robert D. Sege, "The Formative Role of Positive Experiences"

Credit: Rio Holaday

Closing speakers: Kanwarpal Dhaliwal, Jordan Daniels, Sunny Thomas and Nyree McDaniels of the Ryse Center, "Healing is Believing - The Truths of our Youth"

Credit: Rio Holaday

This program did not qualify for NBCC credit.

See below for images from the opening and closing of our 4th Annual Conference.

Keynote Speaker: Shawn Ginwright, "From Trauma-Informed Care to Healing-Centered Engagement"

Credit: Rio Holiday

Closing Speaker: Karen Treisman, "The Power of Hope, Connections, and Relationships"

Credit: Rio Holiday

This program did not qualify for NBCC credit.

Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Community and Trauma Counseling has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 3034. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Community and Trauma Counseling is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.