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DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE PRESENTATIONS MANY ARE NOW IN .ZIP FORMAT


"Trauma-Informed Care and Recovery" - Presented at the Ohio Empowerment Coalition Conference in Columbus, Ohio on August 13, 2011, This workshop discussed issues for trauma survivors, including the importance of gender-specificity in understanding and responding to experiences of violent victimization. Data was presented regarding the prevalence of trauma experiences; the impact of trauma; characteristic coping styles; and models for trauma recovery and healing. Attention was be paid to different types of trauma exposure and to the role of race and culture in trauma experiences. Trauma-informed care can result in healthy recovery. (.zip file of an MS Word .doc)

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Trauma: Everything you ever wanted to know - All the information, over 400 pages, on trauma. (.zip file of an MS Word .doc)

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"Sticks and Stones May Break Bones But Words Can Really Hurt! A Unified Theory of Oppression" presented at the California Network of Mental Health Clients Annual Forum 2009 as a keynote address by Pat Risser

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"Trauma: Men and Trauma" - The complete latest presentation

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"Our Movement and History"

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"The Capacities of Peers as Providers of Services"

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"Sticks and Stones May Break Bones But Words Can Really Hurt! A Unified Theory of Oppression" presented at NARPA and Alternatives Conferences in October 2008 by Pat Risser, Pamela Trammell and Howard Trachtman

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RSVP: Recovery, Success, Value Purpose; Ashland, Ohio First Annual Mental Health Recovery Conference Presentation on "Trauma Informed Care" on Wednesday, September 10, 2008

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Stoney Creek Sewing Club: Presented at the National Dare To Transform Trauma Conference Sponsored by CMHS/SAMHSA/National Center for Trauma Informed Care on Friday, July 11, 2008

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Presented at the Delaware Rehabilitation Association Annual Conference on Tuesday, August 12, 2008

"From Recovery to Wellness: A Consumer Driven, Evidence Based, Culturally Competent, Trauma Informed, Recovery Oriented, Ethical System of Care" [MS POWERPOINT.PPT VERSION]


Presented at the 4th Annual Mental Health Clinical Forum in Mandan, North Dakota on Wednesday, May 14, 2008

"Working in a Consumer-Driven, Evidence-Based, Culturally Competent, Trauma-Informed, Recovery-Oriented, Transformed, Ethical, System of Care: Is it possible?" Keynote Slides 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. [ADOBE.PDF VERSION]

"Trauma Informed Case Management" 10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. [POWERPOINT.PPT VERSION]

"Overcoming the Language of Oppression: Promoting Cultural Change with Words" 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. [ADOBE.PDF VERSION]

"Empowerment Within the Consumer Culture" 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. [ADOBE.PDF VERSION]


Mental Health Consumers Surviving Trauma

Presented at the 15th Annual National Case Management Conference in Louisville, Kentucky on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
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Men and Trauma

Presented at the 4th Annual Mental Health Clinical Forum in Mandan, North Dakota on Thursday, May 15, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. [ADOBE.PDF VERSION]

Re-Presented at the 22nd Annual National Alternatives Conference in St. Louis, Missouri on Friday, October 12, 2007 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Re-Presented at the 21st Annual National Alternatives 2006 Conference in Portland, Oregon on Saturday, October 28, 2006 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Re-Presented at the 14th Annual National Case Management Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Presented at the 11th Annual International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma in San Diego, California on Saturday, September 16, 2006 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Promoting Cultural Change with Words
Presented at the National CIT Conference in Memphis, Tennessee August 2007

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[SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT AND OTHER NON-VIOLENT REFERENCES HTML VERSION]
 

Three Days of Presentations at the
Delaware 36th Summer Institute on Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Presented in Wilmington, Delaware July 2007

[WEDNESDAY -- RECOVERY, TRAUMA AND EMPOWERMENT -- WORD.DOC VERSION]
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[THURSDAY -- SELF ADVOCACY AND NEGOTIATIONS -- WORD.DOC VERSION]
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[FRIDAY -- EMPOWERMENT AND CONSUMER CULTURE -- WORD.DOC VERSION]
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Mentalism (Solving the Problems of Mentalism: Recognizing and Overcoming Treatment Induced Oppression, Discrimination and Trauma)
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Effective Supervision of Consumer/Survivor Providers of Case Management or Other Services
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Trauma Materials Basic Doc in MS Word.doc format
 

More Trauma Materials Basic Doc in MS Word.doc format
 

A Complete and Comprehensive Model For Recovery (Blueprint for How to Build a Recovery Oriented System for Administrators and Others)
 

Us Versus Them: The problem, in a nutshell, of the divisiveness within the consumer movement and the trouble with the "mental illness" system and the way it indoctrinates (brainwashes) people.
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A Great Article on Mentalism (Discrimination) Against People Who Have Been Psychiatrically Labeled by Professionals
 

Consumer versus Non-Consumer ACT (Assertive Community Treatment) Teams; A Research Report about How Consumers Provided Services as Well or Better than Non-Consumer Professionals. In MS Word.doc format
 

"This is a draft only copy of a paper presented to a Self-Determination conference in Chicago in October 2003. It's about the societal or social barriers to self-determination for people with psychiatric disabilities.
 

"This is the final draft copy of a paper that I did for a Self-Determination conference in Chicago in October 2003. It's about the societal or social barriers to self-determination for people with psychiatric disabilities.
 

President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Stuff
 

Recovery Presentation Materials
 

"Recovery, Employment and Commitment" presented to Oregon Governor's Mental Health Alignment Work Group (MHAWG) 2001
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"Solving the Problems of Mentalism: Recognizing and Overcoming Treatment Induced Oppression, Discrimination and Trauma" -- Presentation at "Constructing Solutions: Blueprints for Social Work Practice" N.A.S.W.-OR. Conference on M ay 9, 2003 in Tualatin, Oregon
 

" Developing a Statewide Mental Health Trauma Policy" -- Presentation at The Ninth National & Second International Conference on Abuse of Children & Adults with Disabilities in Riverside, California on March 11, 2003

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" Stigma is Social Death": Mental Health Consumers/Survivors Talk About Stigma In Their Lives by Deborah E. Reidy
 

This Is Where I Store Draft Chapters Of My Autobiographical Book Until I Get a Chance to Work on Them and Get Them Ready for Publication
 

My Home Page
 

To E-mail Pat: parisser@att.net
 

Resume related to trauma issues
 

Resume related to consumer/survivor employment and training
 

Resume related to recovery issues
 

Resume related to self-determination issues
 

LAST UPDATED November 2006