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Officer Wellness SummitThe National Fraternal Order of Police is deeply committed to improving the lives and wellness of our members, and is proud to invite you to our inaugural Wellness Summit. The Wellness Summit will be held January 30thand 31st, 2020, at the Nashville Airport Marriott, just steps away from our National Headquarters. Realizing that wellness is holistic, your National Officer Wellness Committee has assembled an engaging event, complete with expert presenters knowledgeable in various facets of wellness, and geared specifically toward law enforcement.President Yoes and the National Executive Board have recognized the importance of officer mental health and wellness as a priority for our members, and this first annual Summit will highlight the expansion and growth of our services in this crucial area. In cooperation with the United States Department of Justice, the FOP has received federal grant funding for two major wellness projects, which we will report on and discuss at this event. With the expansion of the National Officer Wellness Committee, we have partnered with expert police psychologists who will present on successful navigation of a law enforcement career from beginning to end, starting with resilience to trauma through remaining productive during a career, and leading into healthy retirement.The Wellness Summit will offer various seminars on a wide range of wellness topics. We are excited to welcome experts in yoga and mindfulness as well as financial planning for a lifetime. Based on research conducted by the FOP, we realize that peer support is a key component in officer survival, and we will offer instruction on forming successful peer support teams as well as providing tips for choosing effective professional partners. In conjunction with our efforts in legislative and labor arenas, we will offer instruction on implementation of wellness initiatives into labor contracts and legislation. In addition, we are very excited to welcome presenters who will highlight their own navigation of trauma in their career, as well as share new developments in treatment for PTSD and addiction.We look forward to seeing you in Nashville, at this valuable training on “Living Well in Law Enforcement from Hire to Retire”!
Wednesday, January 294:00 – 7:00 Registration, Capitol Foyer5:00 – 10:00 Hospitality Welcome, Stones River Thursday, January 307:00 – noon Registration, Capitol Foyer7:00 – 8:15 Early Session - Yoga/Mindfulness, Capitol I– Ingrid Coghlan8:30 – 10:15 Opening Session, Cumberland Ballroom– Patrick Yoes, NFOP President– Sherri Martin, NFOP Director of Wellness-- Phil Wiggins, NFOP Chaplain10:15 – 10:30 BREAK10:30 – 12:15 Increasing Resilience in First Responders Cumberland Ballroom – Dr. Stephanie Conn12:15 – 1:30 LUNCH, Salon D-E– Representatives from FHE Health1:30 – 3:00 Compassion Fatigue and Burnout Cumberland Ballroom– Dr. Thomas Coghlan & Dr. Gabrielle Salfati3:00 – 3:15 BREAK3:15 – 4:45 Early Intervention, PTSD & Suicide Prevention Cumberland Ballroom – Brian Nanavaty5:30 – 10:00 Hospitality and Networking, Stones RiverAgenda
Friday January 317:00 – noon Registration, Capitol Foyer7:00 – 8:15 Early Session - Yoga/Mindfulness, Capitol I– Meghann Holloway8:30 - 8:45 Morning Welcome, Cumberland Ballroom-- Sherri Martin, NFOP Director of Wellness8:45 – 9:00 BREAK9:00 – 10:30 Focused SessionsIdentifying and Dealing with the Psychological Footprint: Strategies for Law Enforcement FamiliesDr. John Nicoletti – Cumberland Ballroom Choosing a Professional Mental Health PractitionerTips and PitfallsDr. Stephanie Conn and Sherri Martin Capitol IFinancial Wellness for First Responders Greg PareCapitol II10:30 – 10:45 BREAKAgenda
Friday January 3110:45 – 12:15 Focused SessionsChoosing a Professional Mental Health PractitionerTips and Pitfalls Dr. Stephanie Conn and Sherri MartinCumberland BallroomEMDR: Getting Unstuck from TraumaDr. Kathy Thomas Capitol IBuilding a Successful Peer Support ProgramDr. Thomas Coghlan – Capitol II12:15 – 1:30 LUNCHSalon D-ESpecial Guest – Travis HowzeAgenda
Friday January 311:30 – 3:00 Focused SessionsBuilding a Successful Peer Support ProgramCumberland BallroomDr. Thomas CoghlanFinancial Wellness for First RespondersCapitol IGreg ParePTSD and Workmen's CompensationStrategies for Progress Capitol IIMike Violette and Sean Harper3:00 – 3:10 BREAK3:10 – 4:00 Concluding Remarks and Wrap-UpCumberland BallroomNational Officer Wellness CommitteeAgenda
Hotel InformationNashville Airport MarriottGroup Room Rate: $155 + TaxYou must register for the seminar first. You will then receive a confirmation email from the Grand Lodge with a link for making your hotel reservations online.Deadline for booking rooms at the group rate is January 15, 2020.The Marriott fills up quickly and rooms are first come, first served. Send in your seminar registration today and get your rooms booked so you won’t miss a thing!
Thomas Coghlan is a licensed Clinical Psychologist, a retired NYPD Detective, and a past Visiting Law Enforcement Fellow with the International Association of Chiefs of Police. He operates a private practice in Great Neck, NY where he exclusively treats police officers and their families, and also conducts appeal evaluations for psychological disqualifications. He is the New York Area Clinician for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Employee Assistance Program, as well as an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at John Jay College. He conducts both psychological pre-employment and fitness-for-duty evaluations for a variety of public safety agencies in New York and New Jersey.Dr. Coghlan received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Yeshiva University in 2010, his Master's Degree in Forensic Psychology from John Jay CUNY in 2003, and his B.A. in Psychology from Queens College in 1993. He retired from the NYPD in 2018, after twenty-one years of service. From 2010 through 2018, Dr. Coghlan was assigned with responsibilities as a Psychologist in the NYPD. During that time, he performed psychological fitness-for-duty evaluations, pre-employment psychological evaluations, military deployment debriefings, disciplinary stress-triage debriefings, and trauma response. He served as liaison to the Department's peer support program. He is licensed in the states of New York and New Jersey. Dr. Coghlan is credentialed with the National Register of Health Service Psychologists.Instructor Bios
Travis Howze is an internationally touring comedian and motivational speaker who served 14 years in the military and emergency services as a U.S. Marine, Police Officer and Firefighter. In June of 2007 while working a furniture warehouse fire in Charleston, South Carolina, 9 of his brother firefighters tragically perished in the line of duty while rescuing a trapped civilian. Due to injuries that he sustained in that same fire, Travis was forced to leave the job that he truly loved. Travis has since found a successful career in comedy. Appearing on Gotham Comedy Live, Coming to the Stage Season 3, National Geographic and NBC’s Night Shift, Travis was dubbed “Artist to Watch” by Young Hollywood Magazine. In March of 2015 his album “Reporting for Duty” debuted at number 7 of top 100 comedy albums. Although he no longer wears the uniform, he still considers himself a public servant by helping those who help, through his talent and through sharing his own story.Instructor Bios
Dr. Stephanie Conn is a former police officer, as well as the daughter and wife of police officers, and is a Licensed Psychologist at her practice, First Responder Psychology, in Portland, Oregon, specializing in police stress, trauma, work-life balance, coping, and resilience. She supports first responder agencies with CISM, peer support, and mental health training. She began as a dispatcher/call-taker before becoming an officer and then earning her doctorate in Counseling Psychology. She has presented widely to emergency responders, sharing wisdom gained from her police experience, her research, and her therapy practice. She is the author of Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel.Instructor Bios
MA, LPCAThe FOP’s new Director for Officer Wellness, Sherri Martin, is a career police officer. Sherri has extensive experience in crisis negotiation and intervention, serving most of her law enforcement career as a patrol supervisor and lead crisis negotiator. While a member of the Charleston Police Department in South Carolina, where she served the bulk of her career, she was responsible for the development of programs in the areas of officer wellness and crisis intervention within the community. Additionally, Sherri has experience in clinical therapy, and worked with clients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and Clinical Depression. Sherri also led the Fraternal Order of Police National Officer Wellness Committee in a landmark survey of police officers on the subjects of critical stress, stigma, and use of wellness services. Sherri is a member of the National Consortium on the Prevention of Police Suicide and has served as a contributor at various symposia on officer wellness and police suicide.Instructor Bios
Mike Violette is currently the full-time StateExecutive Director of the Colorado Fraternal Order of Police, and has held positions asExecutive Director of the Colorado FOP Labor Council, FOP Legislative Liaison to the Colorado General Assembly, State Trustee for his local lodge, local Lodge Secretary and state & national voting delegate. In addition, he works closely with the Colorado Police Officers’ Foundation assisting its Director on matters involving officer mental health wellness, substance abuse treatment, PTSD education and treatment, and suicide prevention. The Colorado Peace Officers’ Foundation is one of the most involved and lead organizations within Colorado in the area of officer wellness, mental health education and treatment. Mike was instrumental in organizing a wellness and education program whose main goal is to achieve a unified law enforcement voice throughout the state that puts aside organizational differences for effective legislative lobbying and other areas that would promote the common interests of those organizations and our profession in regards to the mental health issues facing our profession.Mike was instrumental and the driving force in working with state legislators in creating the Colorado Governor’s “Peace Officer PTSD Task Force” co-chaired by the FOP and compromised of 21 key stake holders involved in studying the matters and impact of peace officer mental health, PTSD and suicide. The task force met regularly for six months taking testimony from experts and witnesses. The task force issued an extensive report to the State Legislature outlining conclusions and recommendations which eventually led to legislation expanding workers comp to include PTSD and two other bills creating and funding of training programs on workplace mental health issues of peace officers.Instructor Bios
C. Gabrielle Salfati,M.Sc., Ph.D., F.IA-IPDr. C. Gabrielle Salfati is a Professor of Psychologyand the Director of the Investigative Psychology Research Unit at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Her career for the last 25 years has been focused on developing evidence-based investigation tools and training to support law enforcement practice. Her work in the field of Positive Psychology focuses on the development and evaluation of resilience training programs to support wellness and prevent burnout in law enforcement, first-responders and mental health professionals. Her background in Investigative Psychology, where she was instrumental in its development as an international research field focusing on the application of psychology to criminal investigations, has been focused on developing evidence-based practice tools for law enforcement and the crime analysis field, specifically as it pertains to behavioral analysis. Her work has been done in collaboration with law enforcement agencies internationally, and she has presented and published widely and internationally on her work. She has developed and spearheaded initiatives to prioritize best practice in translation of scientific evidence to be applicable in practice through the development of practitioner-focused training, and trains law enforcement officers, crime analysts, forensic psychologists and other criminal justice and mental health professionals. She has worked closely with the FBI, NYPD, South Africa Police and the UK police, and has completed two separate Visiting Fellowships in 2010 to BramshillPolice College in the UK and in 2016 to the UK College of Policing where she was involved in leadership training and research on decision making and behavioral analysis. She is the recipient of numerous research awards, including Outstanding Contribution to the Field awarded by the International Association of Investigative Psychology, as well as teaching awards, and training delivery awards relating to innovation in developing best-practice online teaching techniques for criminal justice practitioners. She is also the recipient of several grants relating to the development of best-practice for teaching and training in the criminal justice field. Instructor Bios
Captain Brian Nanavaty retired in 2017 after 33 years with the Indianapolis Metro Police Department (IMPD) where in 2010 he created the IMPD Office of Professional Development and Wellness (OPDW) and served as Professional Performance Manager. His innovative programs created a culture of health at IMPD and a reduction of officer disciplinary referrals by 40%. Nanavaty has instructed thousands of officers, executives, union officials, insurance providers and clinicians in the areas of personal and career survival for the Department of Justice (DOJ), the FBI, Safe Call Now, theDolan Consulting Group and at major conferences including IACP, ILEETA, IADLEST, NOBLE, FOP and EAPA conferences and the 2017 National Crime Summit. Nanavaty has been featured on Police One.com and Law and Order magazine and in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin. He currently serves on the FBINAA and FOP Safety and Wellness Committees, the board of the National Institute for Public Safety Health and consults with the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF).In 2015, Nanavaty and IMPD received the Destination Zero Valor Awardfrom the DOJ and the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) for his officer and agency wellness programs and in 2016, in addition to appearing in front of the US Congress on the issue of officer wellness, Nanavaty was a finalist for the prestigious International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Officer of the Year award. In 2016, the White House sent US Attorney General Loretta Lynch to Indianapolis as part of the President’s Task Force on 21stCentury Policing where Lynch stated “Captain Nanavaty’s officer and agency wellness program in Indianapolis should be the model for law enforcement across the US.” In 2016 Nanavaty and IMPD were awarded the BJA/COPS Microgrant for Officer Safety and Wellness.Captain Nanavaty attended Franklin College (IN), Drew University (NJ), and the University of Virginia. He is a graduate of the 255thSession of the FBI National Academy in Quantico VA. From 1994-2003 he was Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice at Indiana and Purdue Universities.Contact Captain Nanavaty at bn@healthyhirehealthyretire.com or at (317) 339-5118.Instructor Bios
Ingrid Coghlan is a retired NYPD Police Officer and a Certified Yoga Instructor through the Yoga Alliance. She is also certified in children’s yoga through Little Flower Yoga, and PiYo Yoga-Pilates Fusion certified through Beach Body. During her time with the NYPD she was assigned to Transit Districts 34 and 12 in Brooklyn and the Bronx respectively, as well as Applicant Investigations. She teaches vinyasa flow Yoga to new and experienced students at a number of sites in New York City, where she guides students through meditation and pranayama techniques.Instructor Bios
Among other career successes, Greg built a multi-million dollar technology company from scratch, which he sold after 20 years of ownership. His careful management of both his company’s finances as well as his personal finances, together with his training qualifies, him to coach others. He is passionate about helping people achieve financial peace in their lives. He co-authored the Personal Finance Playbook series and now devotes his time encouraging others through coaching and speaking.Instructor Bios
Sean Harper is currently a full-time sergeant with a police department in Colorado. He holds the position of second vice president for his local lodge, is a contract negotiations team member, legislative liaison for the state lodge and has been a voting delegate at the national level. In Sean’s role at his police department, he founded a very successful peer support team which he has overseen for ten years and which has been modeled to create other teams around the state. Within that time, Sean has brought many suicide prevention, wellness and PTSD awareness trainings to his department. He has been the front line for peer support on dozens of critical incidents over the years, and he continues to work collaboratively with agency administrators to create and promote a culture of wellness for all members of his department.In 2014, Sean was selected by the Colorado governor’s office to co-chair the “Peace Officer PSTD Task Force”. This task force included police executives, state and local executives and legislators. The task force met many times over the course of six months researching PTSD, suicide, wellness and other officer mental health challenges. At the conclusion of the task force, Sean assisted in creating and ultimately approving the final report which was an extensive document submitted to the Colorado State Legislature. Under Sean’s direction, the task force’s efforts led to a significant change in the workers compensation law in Colorado. Sean helped craft language in the state statute which makes it possible for peace officers to obtain the much-needed workers comp benefits when faced with the challenges of work-related PTSD. Since that time, Sean has been at the helm of several pro-law enforcement legislative efforts. Sean was instrumental in creating a grant program through the legislature to fund officer wellness training and mental health care. Sean wrote the language which governs the use of state-funded dollars specifically for officer wellness. Sean currently serves as the Colorado FOP State Lodge’s Legislative Liaison to the FOP’s lobbying firm and regularly testifies on bills important to the profession. Instructor Bios
Dr. John Nicoletti received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University in 1972. He co-founded Nicoletti-FlaterAssociates with his wife, Lottie Flater, in 1976. He has since established himself as a national expert in police psychology, violence risk assessment, workplace and school violence prevention, as well as crisis intervention and trauma recovery. More than 250 national corporations, government agencies, law enforcement agencies, schools, and religious institutions at the local, national, and international levels, have chosen to work with Dr. Nicoletti. Since 1996, Dr. Nicoletti and staff have provided on-site psychological screenings and consultations at the U.S. bases of McMurdo and the South Pole in Antarctica. Also included in his list of clients are the National Recognizance Office, NASA, Lockheed Martin, and Colorado School Districts. Dr. Nicoletti has also co-authored several books related to violence prevention, including: Violence Goes to Work, Violence Goes to School, and Violence Goes to College. In addition, Dr. Nicoletti has been honored with many awards for his contributions to the field of psychology. He is a recent recipient of the Antarctic Service Medal from the National Science Foundation. Dr. Nicoletti is a past Chair of the Psychology Section of the International Association of the Chiefs of Police. He has also been appointed to the Colorado Governor’s Commission on Expert Emergency Response as well as the Governor’s Juvenile Clemency Board. Dr. Nicoletti is also currently a member of NASA’s team for developing analog’s for training astronauts for long duration missions, such as the Mars Mission.Instructor Bios
Craig Ewing has been helping patients’ families transition from treatment into early recovery and a program of aftercare for a while now. When he’s asked about that experience, he’s quick to say he’s not a clinician and that the services he provides are not clinical in nature— but it soon becomes apparent from a brief exchange that he plays an essential part in helping to facilitate the continuity of care that our patients receive. As a national outreach liaison for FHE Health, Ewing serves as a constant point of contact for family members who have questions about clinical and other concerns; and, much of Ewing’s job involves helping those families get their questions answered by the appropriate clinical, medical or other departments at FHE Health.Ewing’s job—while not clinical in nature—is, therefore, one of supporting, resourcing and advocating on behalf of families, so they are well-positioned for life after rehab and the transition into a plan of aftercare with their loved one.Instructor Bios
PFC Meghann Holloway has been a police officer for 19 years and is currently assigned as the Mental Health Liaison and CIT Coordinator for her agency. Pfc Holloway has received extensive training in various areas of mental health that impact the law enforcement community including the effects of trauma, substance abuse, and suicide awareness and prevention. She is working to promote not only sustainable individual wellness but also to create agency-wide resiliency. Meghann is a Yoga for First Responders Ambassador and Trainer teaching traditional yoga techniques and how they correspond to practical tactical skills.Instructor Bios
As Director of “Shatterproof,” Dr. SachiAnanda, Ph.D., LMHC, MCAP, is responsible for providing clinical direction to FHE Health’s specialized treatment program for first responders. Her #1 goal in her job is to help first responders return as soon as possible to their roles as public servants in their communities and families. Dr. Ananda is a licensed mental health counselor, certified Master’s level addiction professional, and clinical sexologist. Her professional expertise and personal background groomed her for working with and relating to first responders and understanding their unique treatment needs. She specializes in trauma work, relationship therapy, and drug and process addictions recovery. Growing up in a military family with a father in the Navy and a brother in the U.S. Marines, Dr. Ananda saw firsthand the impact that PTSD can have on the health and wellbeing of members of the military and first responders. She is trained in EMDR Therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Motivational Interviewing, relapse prevention, sex therapy, and family interventions—among other innovative therapeutic strategies that have proven effective for first responders. Dr. Ananda is originally from Vietnam. Her family came to the U.S. as refugees when she was a young child. They settled in the Pacific Northwest, which is where Dr. Ananda lived and worked for many years before eventually calling Florida “home.”Instructor Bios
Instructor BiosDr. Kathy Thomas began working with public safety personnel in April 1995, in response to the Oklahoma City Bombing. In addition, she responded to both New York and Washington DC following the 9/11 Terrorist attacks. She is the Contract Psychologist for the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (including the OK Highway Patrol). She is the Clinical Director for the Warriors Rest Foundation, a non-profit that provides peer support training, mentoring and response for law enforcement agencies and departments, nationally. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Oklahoma Chapter of Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc. She has provided mental health and support services for the Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc. for over 22 years. She is a Level II trained EMDR therapist and a member of IACP (International Association of Chiefs of Police). She received her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Oklahoma State University in 1988, and has maintained a private practice in Stillwater, Oklahoma for the past 30 years.
Course DescriptionsTHURSDAY. JANUARY 30, 2020First Yoga Session (Ingrid Coghlan): Join us in beginning the day in this vinyasa style class, where you will transition through a series of changing postures linking breath with movement. You will practice some pranayama (breath work), sun salutations, balancing and end with a period of rest and recovery. It is recommended that the participant bring a yoga mat and towel for stretching, if available.Opening Session: The National Officer Wellness Committee will provide an overview of programs and wellness initiatives being undertaken by the Fraternal Order of Police. The most current research on police suicide will also be presented.Increasing Resilience in First Responders (Stephanie Conn): This course will describe how police can take proactive and responsive steps to adaptively respond to chronic stress and trauma. A discussion of the risk and protective factors that influence wellbeing is offered to assist first responders to understand their own experiences with trauma and stress and how to mitigate their impact. Resilience research is applied to the unique issues of police work, generating practical strategies to promote resilience.
Course DescriptionsTHURSDAY. JANUARY 30, 2020Early Intervention, PTSD, and Suicide Prevention (Brian Nanavaty): Multiple studies and sources have concluded law enforcement loses more officers to personal crisis than duty-related tragedy as thousands of officers wrestle daily with trauma, family toxicity, victim-thinking and self-harm without a clear path to health. This course reviews the seeds of personal and professional challenges and the early warning red flag indicators, and outlines how to respond before and after crisis occurs. Compassion Fatigue and Burnout (Tom Coghlan and Gabrielle Salfati): Understanding and recognizing compassion fatigue and burnout are key to the maintenance of wellness in a law enforcement career. Research on links between burnout and compassion fatigue as they relate to PTSD and suicide will be explored and participants will have an opportunity to assess how these issues may have affected them. Practical solutions for resilience and wellness for the long term will be discussed.
Course DescriptionsFRIDAY. JANUARY 31, 2020Yoga/Mindfulness (Meghann Holloway): Yoga for First Responders (YFFR) protocol trains tactical breath work, physical drills, and cognitive behavioral therapy resulting in optimal functioning of the entire system from increasing mental toughness, enhancing tactical skills, preventing injury, self-deescalation and more. The result of a consistent practice of YFFR protocol will not only lead to better performance and stress inoculation, but an increase in mindful responses versus emotional reactions with interpersonal communication. Attendees will learn techniques to use for themselves as well as to share with with their recruits.Building a Successful Peer Support Program (Tom Coghlan): Peer support is an essential element of an agency's overall wellness program. Research supports that peer support is the preferred method of intervention for law enforcement, although peer support programming and design may differ for small, mid-size and large agencies. This seminar will cover the fundamentals of peer support design as well as associated clinical issues. Recommendations regarding policy and procedures will be presented, as will challenges, key gaps and lessons learned.
Course DescriptionsFRIDAY. JANUARY 31, 2020Choosing a Mental Health Practitioner - Tips and Pitfalls (Stephanie Conn & Sherri Martin): This course will outline the importance of proactively identifying culturally competent mental health professionals to support police employees. Strategies for identifying these individuals are offered, including a discussion of core competencies needed, how these can be assessed, and how the Fraternal Order of Police is using these to identify, screen, and distribute a list of culturally competent clinicians.Financial Wellness for First Responders (Greg Pare): Why Financial Wellness? Workers waste 20 hours per month on the job worrying about personal finances according to a Virginia Tech study. This results in a higher number of payroll advances, turnover, 401K loans, and absenteeism. The Wall Street Journal reports that 70% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. This interactive, hands-on ninety minute workshop will teach you how to: Get control of your money Save for emergencies Create a spending plan that actually worksAchieve your financial goalsFind your motivation for financial success
Course DescriptionsFRIDAY. JANUARY 31, 2020Getting Unstuck From Trauma - EMDR (Kathy Thomas): Traumatic experiences, memories and losses can get stuck, neurologically. EMDR is a therapeutic technique that can help "unstick" a stuck place and allow your brain to process the experience in a more manageable way. This seminar will explain EMDR and help participants identify possible stuck places in their trauma or grief. In addition, we will discuss how to access EMDR resources.Identifying and Dealing With the Psychological Footprint: Strategies for Law Enforcement Families (John Nicoletti)This workshop will focus on three main challenges related to the Psychological Footprint. The first area will focus on the issues and contributors to the Psychological Footprint such as shift work, officer involved shootings, line of duty deaths, officer suicides, negative public attitudes and hostility towards law enforcement. The second area will focus on specific inoculation techniques to prevent or minimize the Psychological Footprint contamination. The final section will focus on decontamination from the Psychological Footprint and considerations for talking with children after a critical incident.
Course DescriptionsFRIDAY. JANUARY 31, 2020PTSD and Workmen's Compensation - Strategies for Progress (Mike Violette and Sean Harper):This workshop will outline recommended strategies for inclusion of PTSD and related issues into workmen's compensation law. Relevant terms will be defined, and participants will learn techniques for working with legislators to make changes to first-responder related benefits in the law. Specific recommendations will be made about what components of a good bill are necessary.
Visit the National FOP HQThe Officer Wellness Summit is held down the street from the Fraternal Order of Police’s National Headquarters in Nashville, TN. Take advantage of the opportunity to meet with other lodge leaders from around the country, visit the NFOP Headquarters and interact with your National Executive Board and National Staff.