This four-hour
seminar is designed to provide all attendees with an understanding of the veteran’s wartime experience, the devastating impact of the exposure to multiple traumatic events, the complications of coming home to an environment that could promote the isolation and abandonment, and those triggers that both elicit and aggravate potentially volatile and high-risk situations. More than 2.6 million Americans are veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many have been deployed multiple times, complicating their ability to return to civilian life and overcome the obstacles of making this transition repeatedly.
This program will enable participants to develop an understanding of the challenges and experiences of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom veterans, develop an awareness of risk factors associated with making the transition to civilian life, provide basic knowledge of the impact of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injuries on veterans in order to identify and to de-escalate crises among this population in their encounters with law enforcement, and offer comprehensive information to direct veterans to desperately needed medical attention and mental health services.
April 7, 2016 ǀ 8 a.m. – Noon
OPOTA Richfield
4055 Highlander Parkway
Richfield, OH
Cost: Free
May 4, 2016 ǀ 8 a.m. – Noon
OPOTA Main Campus
1650 St. Rt. 56 SW
London, OH
Cost: Free