About_IERS/News_and_EventsWed, 28 Jul 2010 20:49:46 GMTCopyright 2010. All rights reserved.Pyron Technologies SuiteFin CMSMon, 21 Jun 2010 20:41:52 GMTFrom August 4-6, Montana Safe Schools Center Associate Director Matt Taylor and University of Montana Office of Public Safety Director Jim Lemcke will attend the final grantee meeting for the FY 09 Emergency Management in Higher Education Program in Philadelphia. The event is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. For more information about MSSC, please visit the Center's webpage, here. http://www.iersum.org/About_IERS/News_and_Events?id=358Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:49:46 GMT Nancy Berg, Assistant to the Director at the Institute for Educational Research and Service (IERS), was recently selected to join the 2010-2011 class of Staff Ambassadors at the University of Montana. The University Staff Ambassadors program is a select group of classified UM employees who participate in a 12-month professional development curriculum. The program is designed to provide skill development and internal networking while broadening staff members’ inside knowledge of UM. Conceived in 2009 and sponsored by UM, the USA program offers staff a better understanding of their value and role within UM and fosters cross-departmental communication by expanding working relationships. With more than six years at IERS, Berg has built upon her background in domestic violence by providing trainings in suicide prevention, and is a certified trainer of Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST). Berg is a graduate of the University of New Mexico with a BA in Geography and a Minor in History. For more information about the USA program, or to apply to become a member of next year’s class, please visit the website at www.umt.edu/usa/ or phone Barbara Denman at 243-4662. http://www.iersum.org/About_IERS/News_and_Events?id=374Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:39:34 GMTRichard Manning, award winning local author and Research Associate at the National Native Children’s Trauma Center, will give a presentation for an upcoming conference on abusive head trauma at UM. Entitled “Abusive Head Trauma: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Identification, Assessment, Treatment, Investigation, and Prosecution,” the conference is sponsored by the University of Montana School of Social Work in conjunction with the Missoula Shaken Baby Task Force. The Task Force (www.safebaby.org), estimates that 50,000 cases of shaken baby syndrome occur each year; of those, only about 1,200 are ever reported while one-fourth of the babies die. It is the leading cause of death due to child abuse. Running from July 20-21 at UM, the conference will include other presentations from Dr. Rich Kaplan and Dr. Dick Patterson of the Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, along with Craig Barlow who serves as Chief of the Utah Children’s Justice Division. Manning’s presentation will reflect an ongoing effort among Montana’s education, social work, and mental health professionals to raise awareness of the impacts of childhood abuse and traumatic events upon mental and physical health, academic performance, and life expectancy. Complementing the conference as well as his research work at UM’s Institute for Educational Research and Service (which houses the NNCTC), Manning created an online blog called Good Works in Trauma. The blog features articles and commentary on trends, events, and intellectual discussions surrounding trauma, self-care, post-traumatic stress, and other related issues. Visit it online at: www.goodworksintrauma.org. Attendance to July’s conference is free, but registration is required, and will soon be available online at www.umt.edu. Continuing education credits are also available for this conference. For more information about the conference, please contact Brenda Westwood at: bwestwood@mt.gov. The conference is funded through a grant from the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child and Family Services Division. http://www.iersum.org/About_IERS/News_and_Events?id=365Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:58:20 GMTDon Earl, Information Technology Specialist at the Institute for Educational Research and Service, was voted Vice President of the Board of Directors for Missoula Community Access Television at its July meeting. Through his work at IERS, Earl has been involved in a growing portfolio of multi-media projects, including a forthcoming internet safety training video as part of a collaborative effort with the Montana Attorney General’s Office, the FBI, and the Montana Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. A graduate of UM’s Media Arts Digital Design program, Earl joined the MCAT board in January of 2010. For more information on MCAT or the forthcoming release of the ICAC video, please contact Don Earl at 243-5233. http://www.iersum.org/About_IERS/News_and_Events?id=371Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:38:11 GMTMarilyn Bruguier Zimmerman, Director of the National Native Children’s Trauma Center, received a written request for testimony from U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. The invitation will bring Bruguier Zimmerman to Washington, D.C. for the Indian Youth Suicide Prevention Summit, sponsored by the Committee. There she will deliver prepared testimony, including recommendations to the Congress to better address youth suicide rates and mental health needs in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. For more information, or to receive transcripts of Bruguier Zimmerman’s testimony, please contact Rob Harper at the Institute for Educational Research and Service at (406) 243-5421. http://www.iersum.org/About_IERS/News_and_Events?id=372Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:38:59 GMTMarilyn Bruguier Zimmerman, Director of the National Native Children’s Trauma Center, received a written request for testimony from U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. The invitation will bring Bruguier Zimmerman to Washington, D.C. for the Indian Youth Suicide Prevention Summit, sponsored by the Committee. There she will deliver prepared testimony, including recommendations to the Congress to better address youth suicide rates and mental health needs in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. For more information, or to receive transcripts of Bruguier Zimmerman’s testimony, please contact Rob Harper at the Institute for Educational Research and Service at (406) 243-5421. http://www.iersum.org/About_IERS/News_and_Events?id=373Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:37:06 GMT Marilyn Bruguier-Zimmerman, Director of the National Native Children’s Trauma Center (NNCTC), was invited to give a presentation for the Montana Advisory Council on Indian Education at their July 14th meeting in Fairmont Hot Springs, MT. Established by the Montana State Office of Public Instruction and the Board of Public Education, the Montana Advisory Council on Indian Education (MACIE) advises state education officials on matters affecting the education of Indian students in Montana. Bruguier-Zimmerman’s presentation will discuss ongoing work with childhood trauma in tribal communities being conducted through NNCTC. Through her service at NNCTC, Bruguier-Zimmerman provides expertise on childhood trauma as it relates to poor academic achievement, substance abuse, and suicide among Native American children and adolescents. For more information, contact Rob Harper at (406) 243-5421; to learn more about MACIE, please visit their website at: http://opi.mt.gov/programs/indianed/#gpm1_6. http://www.iersum.org/About_IERS/News_and_Events?id=367Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:49:38 GMTSTM Learning Inc., a leading publisher of scientific, technical, and medical educational resources, recently invited IERS researchers to author a chapter in an upcoming book on head trauma. Award-winning author Richard Manning, a Research Associate at NNCTC, along with Richard van den Pol, Director of IERS, were asked by the book’s principal authors, Dr. Paul Clements and Dr. Soraya Seedat to co-author a chapter titled “Mental Health Issues of Child Maltreatment.” The co-authorship reflects a growing interest and body of work surrounding childhood traumatic stress, evidence-based mental health interventions, and trauma-aware service systems at NNCTC and among our professional colleagues within the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN.) With the chapter slated for submission in the coming weeks, the book awaits a tentative 2011 publication. For more information, please contact Richard Manning at 406-243-6249. http://www.iersum.org/About_IERS/News_and_Events?id=369Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:14:21 GMTThe recently released summer issue of IMPACT, a quarterly publication of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, features the National Native Children’s Trauma Center. Available online here, the publication features a story on the NNCTC’s evolving work with childhood trauma and traumatic stress interventions in Native American communities. "Informed by Training and Personal History: A Native American Confronts Childhood Stress on Reservations," (p. 7) profiles Dr. Aaron Morsette, who grew up on the Blackfeet Reservation in Northwest Montana before launching his career in clinical psychology, which eventually brought him to NNCTC. For more information about the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, please visit their website. http://www.iersum.org/About_IERS/News_and_Events?id=363Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:48:21 GMTNNCTC Research Associate and award winning local author Richard Manning recently had his work included in this year's anthology "Best American Science and Nature Writing." Titled "Graze Anatomy," the article looks at the possibilities of restoring the American landscape by switching to grass-fed beef. It originally appeared in OnEarth magazine, where Manning is a frequent contributor. For a link to the story, click here. Published by Houghton Mifflin, the anthology will be available to the public in October. http://www.iersum.org/About_IERS/News_and_Events?id=346