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NEXUS NEWS 2015 NEXUS Conference -Caring Together. Virginia Hills Center - 6500 Diana Lane Alexandria, Virginia 22310 Thursday, 1 PM– 9 PM TOGETHER in FAIRFAX Tisha Deeghan, Executive Director, Fairfax Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB) Mary Ann Panarelli, Director, Intervention and Prevention Services for Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRAUMA AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) AND ANY RELATIONSHIP TO AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR? Stuart F. White, Ph.D., Research Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - TRAUMA & AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR: COMMON NEURAL CORRELATES - Exposure to violence in the home and community increases risk for PTSD and reactive aggression. (MST) TRAUMA, MENTAL HEALTH & OUR YOUNG Allen Berenson, Community Services Board (CSB) – CSB Service Director: Youth and Family Residential; Juvenile Forensics; Wrap-Around Fairfax and Resource Team, Springfield Co-Site Peter Steinberg, Director, Youth and Family Outpatient Services-South County James Gillespie, LCSW, MPA, Systems of Care Division Director, Fairfax County Department of Family Services and Comprehensive Services Act Program Manager, (CSB) Jody Tompros- Trauma-Informed Care & Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Mattie L. Palmore Nationally recognized community leader and co-founder: the Women’s Group of Mount Vernon George S. Coviello, LPC, Gartlan Center Advisory Board Member and psychotherapist SCHOOL DAYS, SCHOOL DAYS Dr. Dede Bailer FCPS Coordinator School Psychology Services Sal Olivo (Social Studies Teacher and Behavioral Support Coordinator ) & West Potomac HS students: Michael Gersh, Taj Kaur, Tyson Samuels, Maddie McMullin, Abby Gwartney , Ward Anderson, Kelly O’Meara, Hannah Skudlarek & Maxine Clifford BUILDING RESILIENCY – How Do We Help Kids Prevent and Manage Stress? Susan Moore, MS, RD, dietitian and nutritionist – Food is the best brain medicine! Jamie MacDonald, Wellness, Health Promotion & Prevention Manager (CSB) – Manages Mental Health First Aide Jesse Ellis, Prevention Manager, Fairfax County Department of Neighborhood and Community) summing up, KEEPING THEM SAFE Ed Ryan, Fairfax Gang Prevention Coordinator, Director, Intensive Supervision Program Julie Mayer, Assistant Director and Intake Officer, Fairfax County, South County Court Services Unit -Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument (YASI) - Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE)scale Girl’s Circle . Restorative Justice Program and Team Megan Johnston, Executive Director, Northern Virginia Mediation Service (NVMS), Bill Casey, Restorative Justice Program Co-Coordinator, Northern Virginia Mediation Service (NVMS) Vickie Shoap, Restorative Justice Specialist, Fairfax County Public Schools Lieutenant Shawn Martin, Assistant Commander, Mount Vernon District Station, Fairfax County Police Department Elizabeth Jones, Assistant Director, Central Intake, Fairfax County JDRDC Court Services FAIRFAX POLICY PLANNING for a WORLD of GOOD HEALTH Delegate Scott Surovell, (D44) Virginia House of Delegates Ted Velkoff, Vice-Chairman of the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) Board & Member At-Large Dan Storck FCPS School Board Member-Mount Vernon District Debbie Kilpatrick, President, Fairfax County Council of Parent Teacher Associations (PTA). George Braunstein, New Perspectives - President, Braunstein Consulting and Senior Associate, Open Minds NEXUS is an outreach objective of the Advisory Board serving the Joe & Fredona Gartlan Center for Community Mental Health in Mount Vernon, Virginia.