2009

Trauma Therapy Workshops:

Sdot Negev Area Council

Coping with trauma and stress in the wake of Operation Cast Lead
Continuation of Therapeutic group ~ Women Fields of Resilience

Beer Sheva Teachers and Elementary School Children

Coping after a student was critically injured by a missile fired from Gaza.

Rishon Letzion Emergency Teams

Coping with Stress and preventing secondary trauma.

Resource Development

STREAM Training to Promote, Improve & Add to Existing Teams

STREAM model Courses for therapists: Spring 2009 and Winter 2010 in Haifa, Tel Aviv and Beer Sheva
Study Day for Mental Health Professionals in Tel Aviv - Enhancing Therapeutic Tools and Evaluating use of such tools during Operation Cast Lead
Seminar for Graduates of our STREAM courses: to advance use of the new tools and to improve their application
Women: Avenues of Resilience Project in its 3rd year ~ workshop therapy & training to caregivers and community leaders in Sderot

Expanding Availability of Resources

Upgrade of Traumafree.org Internet site: improved access to body-mind self help tools for children, parents, and mental health professionals for coping with the expanding Security Threat
Creating a user-friendly Self-Help resource for using the body-mind tools at home

Presentation of the results of our Women of Resilience treatment and research project conducted in conjunction with Mashabim –Emergency Center of Kiryat Shmoneh results at the Qualitative Research Conference at Ben-Gurion University February 2010 and at the Mental Health Conference at Tel Chai College in June 2010.