The Shawnee Tribe’s Behavioral Health and Victim Services Department is pleased to host this virtual training with Cheryl Peace. Join us on Zoom, Friday, June 6, from 12:00-2:00 PM CDT.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in survivors of victimization often goes unrecognized and untreated. This workshop will enhance participants’ understanding of PTSD, its effects on survivors, and introduce them to the numerous issues that PTSD can pose for these individuals.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

• Define PTSD and how it affects survivors.
• Describe how PTSD affects survivors’ guilt and self-esteem.
• Discuss two ways to manage fear, secondary victimization, and re-traumatization.

About the Expert:

Cheryl Peace has been in the victim services field for more than 12 years. She is a training and technical assistance specialist for the Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC). She began her career in direct services as a residential victim advocate for domestic violence and sexual assault victims in emergency shelter services. After completing her graduate degree, she was a grant and database coordinator for a domestic violence nonprofit, managing federal and state grant reporting and data collection. There, she developed training for all shelter staff and new employees. She began teaching in 2017, developed her own Victimology course at Winthrop University, and has been an adjunct professor for the last 8 years. She also does yearly presentations for the Department of Sociology & Criminology, educating students interested in careers in victim services and criminal justice. She has experience working for local government as a victim advocate, helping victims navigate the criminal justice system by preparing them for jury trials, preparing victim impact statements, and providing resources. She also has extensive expertise working as a program manager for a child advocacy center in Charlotte, North Carolina, overseeing all trauma-trained clinicians for children who have experienced child sexual abuse, human trafficking, exposure to domestic violence, or who witnessed homicide. She is knowledgeable of trauma-informed practices for victim service organizations and evidence-based therapy modalities for survivors. Ms. Peace is regularly requested to give presentations on subjects ranging from mental health services for victims of crime to victimology lectures for multidisciplinary teams and conferences. She received her bachelor’s degree in Sociology with a Criminology Concentration from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and her master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of North Carolina in Charlotte.