Education, Awareness and Training

Topics and Speakers — Community Education

Our speakers are veterans who share their own stories of challenge and triumph during and, especially, after combat. Presentations illustrate how every soldier’s journey home is a long process affecting the lives not only of those who experience war directly, but also the families, employers, and communities they must re-connect with upon coming home.

Speakers discuss common reactions to violence, trauma and extreme stress, as well as strategies for coping and resolution.

Related topics include

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Secondary Trauma
• Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
• Homelessness
• Gang Affiliation
• Social Unrest and Alienation
• Depression
• Anger

For young people, these presentations not only give a true picture of the effects of violence, but challenge them to seek effective ways to deal with life’s difficulties. In addition, veterans who serve as speakers find that sharing their experiences helps further their own healing process.

Topics and Speakers — Training

As Founder and President of the Quantum Performance Institute, a Faculty Member of the International Critical Incidence Stress Foundation, Board Member of the Green Cross Project, Past President of the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists, and a Licensed Social Worker with more than 3 decades of experience treating the psychological wounds of war, NVF President Shad Meshad conducts workshops to educate, train and certify first responders who work with trauma victims, and those who serve veterans.

Just a few of Meshad’s available training programs include:

• PTSD/Secondary PTSD Treatment
• Compassion Fatigue
• Thought Field Therapy (TFT)
• Anger Management

For More Information

To arrange for a speaker for your class, training seminar, or other event, call our toll-free number 1-888-777-4443, or e-mail us at vetsupport@nvf.org.