Sessions
ACEs and it's relationship to the underserved population
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Fri
Pam Brooks-Crump, MBA, CPS-MH, CPS- AD, is a Certified Peer Specialist for Mental Health as well as for Addictive Diseases. She has worked for the last six years for Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network, the last five years as the project coordinator and facilitator for the Trauma Informed Care Project. Pam’s focus in her current work is on developing trauma-informed organizations not only for short-term rehabilitation but also for sustained recovery and resiliency in all of our communities. She wrote and illustrated an age-less picture book on resiliency tools as seen through the eyes of a caterpillar, called “Mia Inspired! A Caterpillar at a Crossroad.” Over the past 26 years, Pam has been in long-term recovery from mental health challenges, substance misuse and traumas. She is a wife, mom, and her newest role is her favorite yet, that of being a grandmother to her new granddaughter, Scarlett Jean!