Roger Klein, CYW, PsyD
TLC Certified Trainer
Roger J. Klein, PsyD is the Co-Founder and Director of Family Resources Associates, Inc. a private practice mental health clinic specializing in work with children and families. As a clinical psychologist, he has extensive experience providing therapy for traumatized children and their families. Dr. Klein worked, first as a teacher, and then as a school psychologist for over thirty years. He taught graduate courses for Aurora University, is the Co-Founder of Inner Coaching, specializing in products and programs to help children deal with and conquer stress. He is also on the consulting staff of Rogers Memorial Hospital, a private psychiatric hospital, and consultant to Healing Images for Children a program for children with cancer and other illnesses.
Dr. Klein is co-author of Ready…Set…R.E.L.A.X. A Researched Based Program of Relaxation, Learning and Self Esteem for Children. The program is described in a chapter he authored of the same title in Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children (The Guildford Press, 2008, N.Y. ed. Cathy A. Malchiodi). This program is a component of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Intervention Project developed by the Juvenile Justice Department in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Dr. Klein is a frequent presenter at local, state and national conferences. He has been a faculty member at The National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children (TLC) since 2000.
Roger presents the following courses:
Children of Trauma
This is the first of three TLC core courses that will lay the foundation to help you understand the differences between grief and trauma and to see trauma as an experience rather than a diagnostic category. Learn how to become a “witness” to a child’s traumatic experience to best appreciate the intensity of the experience and the needs of the child; to see what he now sees as he looks at himself and the world around him. Video-taped interviews will demonstrate how TLC’s evidence-based, structured sensory intervention process brings children relief from the terror of their traumatic experiences. This structured process is used in schools and agencies across the country and has been proven, via research, to reduce trauma-specific reactions across all three major sub-categories.
Structured Sensory Interventions
This is the second of the three TLC core courses. You will learn trauma-specific intervention tasks and techniques as well as see them demonstrated. This is a practice day. The presenter engages attendees in an encapsulated demonstration of the major sensory structured processes. Attendees will also participate in additional activities and, by days end, will feel comfortable using any of the TLC intervention programs. A brief presentation of the TLC evidence-based research and outcome will support the value of TLC’s structured sensory programs in schools and agencies.
Ready...Set...R.E.L.A.X.
Stress affects children, as well as adults. This workshop examines the physiological and psychological effects of stress on children, and details a program designed to reduce anxiety and improve self-concept in children. The program includes self-guided stories, discussion questions and activities, and emphasizes imagery and relaxation. Workshop participants learn specific interventions to use with individual children or groups of children in schools, health care facilities, clinical settings and the home. Lecture, demonstrations (live and video), discussions and time for practicing the techniques are all included in the day’s activities.