Dr. Candice Schachter, School of Physical Therapy, "A Trauma-informed Approach in Kinesiology: From Classes to Coaching to Athletic Therapy". RM 144 HK

 

 

 

 Candice L. Schachter, PT, PhD is an adjunct professor at the School of Physical Therapy, University of Saskatchewan. She received her physical therapy training at the University of Saskatchewan, a Master of Human Kinetics at the University of Windsor and doctorate at the University of Western Ontario.  Her interest in trauma-informed care arose from her work as an activist volunteer in sexual assault centres in Windsor and London Ontario.  She was the principal investigator of the Sensitive Practice Project, a multi-disciplinary, multi-phased project aimed at generating research-based guidelines on trauma-informed care to assist health care providers to work more effectively with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.  She co-authored The Handbook on Sensitive Practice for Health Care Practitioners: Lessons from Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse and has presented information on trauma-informed care internationally to diverse audiences, from physicians to dental hygienists, teachers to mental health professionals.  Candice is keenly interested in ways that a trauma-informed approach can be integrated in education and healthcare to foster better experiences for adult survivors of childhood trauma.