Registration Our Keynote Speaker: Please use the following link to complete a Captain Dan Grinstead Transitions: registration form for this conference http://www.centraliowa.va.gov/Events/ In the summer of The War Back Transitions_The_War_Back_Home.asp 2007 after working thirty plus years Home E-mail the completed form to: as a Social Worker [email protected] at the University If you need to register directly, contact Mardi of Hospitals Barnes at the above e-mail address and be sure and Clinics, Dan to include: Grinstead decided he • Name wanted to do more to • Employer help members of the • Profession military. After much soul searching, and with • License number the support of his wife and daughters, he joined • If you are requesting continuing education the Iowa . Commissioned units and type of unit (CEU or CME) as a First Lieutenant in March 2008, he was No Fees are associated with conference or promoted to Captain in March 2010. CEU/CME In August of 2010 CPT Grinstead was one CEU’s: Nursing CEU’s, 0.7 and for Social of the nearly 3000 members of the Iowa Workers 7.0 hours of completion awarded. Army National Guard who were deployed to This program has been approved by the Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring VACIHCS, IBON Provide # 53, for 0.7 CEUs. Freedom. While in Afghanistan CPT Grinstead was based at Forward Operating Base Mehtar No partial credit will be awarded. Lam where he was the Officer in Charge of a NOTE: If you require accommodation, please Combat Stress Clinic. indicate this in the comment section of the CPT Grinstead will describe what living in May 4, 2012 registration form. Afghanistan was like for our Iowa soldiers, Camp Dodge Planning Committee the kind of missions they completed, and the day to day stresses faced by everyone. He will 7105 NW 70th Ave. Mardi Barnes - VACIHCS, Mental Health review several case scenarios illustrating the Johnston, Iowa Delores Braasch -VACIHCS, Learning Service kind of problems soldiers faced, including: infidelity, suicidality, and survivor guilt. Presented by: James Kastner - VACIHCS, Learning Service He will describe the clinical techniques he SSG David Letcher - Iowa Army National Guard utilized to resolve these issues in an austere, Tyler Patterson - VACIHCS, Mental Health dangerous environment. Lastly CPT Grinstead Maj. Amy Price -- Iowa Army National Guard will describe the remarkable character and SFC James Wheeler - Iowa Army National Guard resilience exhibited by his fellow soldiers. Purpose and Objectives Transitions: The War Back Home

8:00-8:30 am 12:15 - 1:15 pm Purpose Welcome LUNCH Brigadier General Steve Altman (On your own - Maps Provided) To equip non-military providers with 1:15 - 2:00 pm an understanding of the military Donald Cooper, Director “Maintaining a Strong Family Unit” VA Central Iowa Health Care System mind and how combat experiences Jeremy Van Wyk affect the everyday lives of Veterans (VACIHCS) State Youth Coordinator, as they transition to civilian life. 8:30-9:30 am Iowa Army National Guard Keynote Address Audrey Giese, LMHC CPT Dan Grinstead, MSW,ACSW, LISW Deputy State Youth Coordinator, Objectives Officer in Charge, Combat Stress Clinic, Iowa Army National Guard FOB Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan Chaplain Gary Selof, M.Div • Provide education on the effects Social Worker, Inpatient Adult Psychiatry Unit, Iowa National Guard Support Chaplain of mental health issues common University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics 2:00 - 3:15 pm to returning military service 9:30 - 10:30 am “Common Injuries and Special Injuries of members. “Common Co-morbidities in Returning Today’s Modern Warriors” Veterans: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Dr. Jem Hof, M.D. Insomnia” Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation • Provide education regarding pain Dr. Paul Essen, Psy.D Services, Sioux Falls VA and addiction issues common to Licensed Psychologist, TBI Coordinator, 3:15 - 3:30 pm military service members. VACIHCS BREAK 10:30 -10:45 am 3:30- 3:45 pm • Provide education on the effects of BREAK “Suicide Prevention Efforts in the Iowa psychosocial stressors on families 10:45 - 11:30 am National Guard” during the transition process. “Battlemind, PTSD, and Evidence-Based Major Amy Price, RN, BSN Therapy” Suicide Prevention Program Manager, Dr. John Wallace, Ph.D Iowa Army National Guard Licensed Psychologist,PTSD Program Coordinator, 3:45 - 4:30 pm VACIHCS “Suicide Prevention Efforts at the VA” 11:30 - 12:15 pm Mardi Barnes, LISW “The Combat Veteran’s Paradox” Suicide Prevention Program Coordinator, SSG David Letcher VACIHCS SFC James Wheeler Tyler Patterson, ACSW, LISW Major Amy Price, RN BSN Suicide Prevention Case Manager, VACIHCS Suicide Prevention Program, Iowa Army National Guard