Date

Day

Speaker

Topic

6 Feb

Pta

Friday

10h00 – 12h00

Speaker 1: Dr Merle Friedman

We don’t have to go where we are headed: How to change the cards we have been handed. In many cases, unresolved trauma underlies many of the socio-economic problems facing South African society.

12h30 – 13h30

Speaker 2: Philip Stoneman

iThema Rape and Crisis Centre

13h30 – 14h30

Speaker 3: Dr Ugash Subramaney

A Psychiatric Perspective of Traumatic Stress in South Africa

27 Feb

Jhb

Friday

Monica Bandeira

CSVR

ISTSS Feedback - Feedback from the 2008 ISTSS 24 Annual Conference, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

25 Mar

Pta

Wednesday

Willem Stiglingh

Dealing with the ‘Double Trauma’ of the Spinal Cord Injured Survivor in the South African Context  (Theme 21 March Human Rights Day)

27 Mar

Jhb

Friday

National Peace Accord Trust

NPAT

Working with Ex Combatants in South Africa (Theme 21 March Human Rights Day)

27 May

Pta

Wednesday

Charl Louw

Women and Men Against Child Abuse; Teddy Bear Clinic

The Silent Volcano – a discussion on working with non-offending mothers of sexually abused children.

(Theme Health Awareness Month, 17 April Family Day – Impact of trauma on families)

29 May

Jhb

Friday

Megan Bantjes

CSVR

The Reality of Trauma Counselling in South Africa: A Clinician’s Perspective (Theme: 15 May International Day of Families (UN))

24 Jun

Pta

Wednesday

Johanna Kistner

Sophiatown Community Psychological Services

A Handle for my Suitcase

(Theme: 20 June World Refugee Day (UN))

26 Jun

Jhb

Friday

Johanna Kistner

Sophiatown Community Psychological Services

A Handle for my Suitcase (Theme: 20 June World Refugee Day (UN))

24 Jul

Jhb

Friday

Nataly Woollett

Child witnesses of domestic violence – can group treatment result in a decrease in children’s symptoms and an increase in an improvement in parenting? (Theme: Mental Illness Awareness Month)

25 Sep

Jhb

Friday

Ugasvaree Subramaney

University of the Witwatersrand

Traumatic Stress and the SA Metro police, Research Paper (Theme 21^st September-International  Day of Peace)

16 Oct

Jhb

Friday

SAITS

17^th October  WORLD TRAUMA DAY (Theme:  Mental Health Awareness Month (DoH))

20 Nov

Jhb

Friday

Amelia Kleijn

Study: Wits Univ & DoCS

The demographic profile and psychosocial history of a group of convicted perpetrators of the sexual penetration of a group of children under the age of three years (Themes:  5 Nov National Children’s Day, 20 Nov Universal Children’s Day)

25 Nov

Pta

Wednesday

Amelia Kleijn

Candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand

The demographic profile and psychosocial history of a group of convicted perpetrators of the sexual penetration of a group of children under the age of three years (Theme 4 June Int. Day of Innocent Children & Victims of Aggression,  Nat Youth Month; 16^th June  Nat Youth Day; 16 Days of Activism)