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Dare to Transform

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DTT on Ning.com
H.O.P.E. Awards

For over a decade the Center for Mental Health Services has been sponsoring conferences that serve to define the agenda of what needs to be done to recognize, understand, and spark and speed the healing and recovery process from violence and trauma. From Dare to Vision in 1994, to Dare to Act in 2004, and now Dare to Transform in 2008 we are moving ever closer to real action for positive and lasting change. Dare to Transform is the boldest expression yet of what needs to be and what can be done to bring about change.

The National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC) Dare to Transform trauma summit July 11-12, 2008, is designed to create a revolutionary learning exchange devoted to trauma-informed innovation and systems transformation. To be held in Washington, DC at the Phoenix Park Hotel, Dare to Transform will bring together noteworthy experts on trauma-informed care and transformation across multiple sectors and areas of need.

Dare to Transform is a landmark networking forum to share implementation knowledge about transformation and foster trauma-informed care. As such, the conference is designed for diverse, yet necessary, stakeholders with expertise and/or commitment to learning and change, including administrators and those providing staff support, consumers/survivors, service providers, and representatives of outside groups who have a stake in this revolutionary transformation.

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Those concerned with trauma-informed care can find colleagues and information about their work through a social networking page called Dare to Transform on Ning.com.

The social networking counterpart, named after the 2008 Dare to Transform trauma-informed care summit, was created as a long-lasting resource and networking tool to promote trauma-informed implementation.

On Ning, participants can "listen in" to discussions or chime in on trauma and trauma-informed care through postings, blogs, and forums where they can upload images as well as documents. The virtual pubic forum for trauma-informed care, survivors can meet and converse with consumers while caregivers can swap information about best practices, and all visitors can stroll by a virtual kiosk where updates on upcoming events will be posted.

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NCTIC will present the first H.O.P.E. (Healing Ourselves through Promises of Empowerment) Awards at the 2008 Dare to Transform summit. The H.O.P.E. Awards celebrate innovation and leadership in promoting trauma informed services in the public mental health systems. Recognition of these activities will further promote the creation of environments, systems and services that exercise practices to prevent trauma and diminish retraumatization of service recipients.

The 2008 H.O.P.E. Awards include:

• Visionary Leadership Award
• Emerging Leader
• Pioneer of the Year

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