1:30pm Session
Early traumatic experiences can have a profound impact on various aspects of development. Pre-verbal traumas are traumatic experiences that occur before an individual has developed the ability to express their thoughts, emotions, or memories using language. In this workshop, Ms. Kinniburgh will explore the unique challenges of identifying and addressing pre-verbal trauma and discuss specialized therapeutic techniques that may be used with affected individuals.
About the Presenter
Kristine Kinniburgh, LCSW
Director of Trauma Services, Justice Resource Institute Connecticut Division
Kristine Kinniburgh is a licensed clinical social worker with a specialty in the field of traumatic stress. She is currently the Director of Trauma Services for JRI Connecticut Division, Project Co-Director for the Building Resilience through Residential Communities project, and National Trainer and Consultant for the Center for Trauma Training. In each of these roles, her primary focus is ensuring that trauma-affected individuals and their families receive quality trauma-informed and resilience-oriented care. Mrs. Kinniburgh is co-developer of the Attachment, Regulation, and Competency (ARC) treatment framework (Kinniburgh & Blaustein, 2005), and co-author of the text, Treating Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents: Fostering Resilience through Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competence (Blaustein & Kinniburgh, 2018; 2010), the foster parent curriculum ARC Reflections (Annie E Casey Foundation, 2017) and the caregiver skill building curriculum, ARC Grow (Kinniburgh & Blaustein, 2016). Additionally, she has co-authored peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters focused on trauma and resilience.
For the past 20 years, Mrs. Kinniburgh has provided training on complex trauma, trauma-informed system change, and the ARC framework (and programs) to a variety of provider groups including social workers, mental health practitioners, and administrative, milieu and nursing staff at outpatient, residential, inpatient and community mental health settings. More recently, Mrs. Kinniburgh has focused her work on specific populations impacted by chronic stress, including children who experience trauma and intellectual differences and children with complex medical conditions and their families, and has co-authored two new ARC-based parenting support/skill-building programs for affected families. Mrs. Kinniburgh has had the honor of learning from and collaborating with countless individuals, programs and organizations in the US and abroad.
