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This two-day conference is designed to increase interaction between participants and focus us along four tracks: Natural Disasters, Pandemics, Terrorist Events, and School Violence.  All aspects of the disaster planning cycle will be addressed as well: Planning, Immediate Response, Recovery, and Integration and Evaluation, which we call “Pulling it all Together.”

August 6, 2007 - DAY 1

7:00      Registration (open all morning)       
8:30      Opening Remarks & Welcome ~ Charles Benight, Ph.D. & Curt Drennen, Psy.D.
9:00      Plenary Session  - April Naturale, “Planning for Large Scale Disaster Response: Lessons Learned from New York to Louisiana”
10:15    Break
10:30    Break Out Session #1     Rose Pfefferbaum, “The Core Factors of Community Resiliency”
10:30    Break Out Session #2    April Naturale, “Research to Practice”
10:30    Break Out Session #3    Mary Hayden and Emily Zielinski-Gutierrez, "An Ecological lmodel: From Research to Application"
10:30    Break Out Session #4    School Professionals, “Addressing the Psychological Impact of School Violence, Disasters and Crisis”
12:00    Lunch (Buffet Lunch for all participants served on the patio).
1:15      Plenary Session - Josef Ruzek, Ph.D, “Toward Stepped Care in Disaster Mental Health: Psychological First Aid and Skills for Psychological Recovery”
2:30      Break
2:45      Break Out Session #1 PJ Havice-Cover, “Triage, Treatment, Tracking”
3:15      Break-Out Session #2 Joe Rusek and  Curt Drennan, “Should we or should we not do early intervention?”
4:30      Wrap Up Charles Benight, Ph.D. & Curt Drennen, Psy.D.  Overview of Day
5:00      Adjournment
5:00-7:30 p.m.   Reception sponsored by The Southwest Center Music, door prizes, heavy hors d’oeuvres and cash bar.

August 7, 2007 - DAY 2

8:30      Opening Announcements   
8:45      Plenary Session - Steve Crimando, “Planning For and Recovering From Pandemic”
10:15    Break Out Session #1 Chip Benight, “Resilience and Recovery”
10:30    Break Out Session #2 Katie Wells and PJ Havice-Cover, "Substance Use and Abuse in the Event of a Disaster"
10:30    Break Out Session #3 Steve Crimando, “Supporting Community Recovery Post Pandemic Influenza”
10:30    Break Out Session #4 Marguerite McCormack, “Schools and Mental Health in Partnership”
11:45    Lunch (Buffet Lunch for all participants served on the patio).
1:00      Plenary Session - Andrea Gayle Cullinan, “Pulling it all together: Planning, Response and Recovery – Building collaboration between responders and researchers”
2:30      Plenary Session - Joe, April, Gayle, Chip and Curt “Building toward the future. . .”
3:30      Closing Remarks -  Charles Benight, and Curt Drennen, “What is the future of this conference?”
4:00      Adjourn