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The Veterans Training Support Center provides continuing educational opportunities and professional development to those who provide direct service to veterans and their family members.

The aim is to raise awareness and understanding on issues specific to veterans such as invisible wounds like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury, and to encourage agency and institution staff to establish promising best practices that will empower this population in their reintegration and pursuit of personal, academic, and meaningful career goals. The project is funded by the King County Veterans and Human Services Levy and the Washington Department of Veterans Affairs PTSD & War Trauma Counseling Program

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Salute to Tom Schumacher

WDVA PTSD/Trauma Program Director, Tom Schumacher, recently announced he will be transitioning out of the job he has held since 1984.

During past conflicts, military personal headed off to war, often for prolonged deployments, but returned to their homes and loved ones and began moving forward into their post-war lives. But during the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, for more than a decade, the process of healing and recovery has been interrupted again and again. In many cases, coming home means adjusting to being home while preparing to head back to war.

We needed new approaches to the process of coming home. This was particularly true for our National Guard and Reserve service members, who have in many...

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Promising Practices

Best Practice Research

Best Practices Section is Coming Soon!

Promising Best Practices Research is currently underway and will soon be posted here.

As the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq come to a close many who have served in the U.S. military will begin their transition home and readjustment to civilian life. For many, this will mean enrolling in a higher education institution, using their earned education benefits.

The pending influx of student veterans means that higher education must become aware of the special needs of this population, become more veteran friendly, and develop competency in veteran culture.

What does b...

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"Thanks for new insights into how to help veterans. VTSC's group activities were eye-openers and very effective in helping recognize the depth of one's own skill-set. "

-Gary Olson