Ilea Dugger, TRCC, CPRS
Ilea Dugger is a certified trauma-responsive specialist, a certified peer recovery supporter, and master facilitator for Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services.  She supervises a team of parent peers who work directly with families who have a child with a dual diagnosis (mental health and developmental disabilities) to implement trauma-responsive strategies in the home and help families create an atmosphere of felt safety.  She is pursuing her master’s degree in trauma-responsive organizational leadership and has a special interest in polyvagal theory and its applications to felt safety across diverse environments.

Mary Vicario, LPCC-S
Mary Vicario is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Supervisor (LPCC-S) and a Certified Trauma Specialist with over 30 years’ experience working with trauma survivors of all ages and ability levels and training on trauma informed care nationally and internationally.  She has been a People-to-People delegate to China and Mongolia with the American Counseling Association and guest lectured and participated in a conference on human trafficking in Germany.  She holds a Certificate in Traumatic Studies from Bessel van der Kolk’s Trauma Center at the Justice Resource Institute and has also been honored with a CASA award for cooperative casework.  As a former teacher, clinician, and clinical director and now as the founder of Finding Hope Consulting, LLC, Mary has many years’ experience working with trauma survivors, addictions, and training.  Receiving ongoing training at international conferences and Harvard Medical School since 1992, she has been bringing home to Ohio the latest in neuroscience and trauma research to create cutting edge training and programming for individuals of all ages and ability levels and the systems that work with them.  Ms. Vicario is a trainer and coach for the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program and co-authored the Foster Parents' Survival Guide, a textbook chapter in Counseling Children and Adolescents:  Connecting Theory, Development and Diversity by Sondra Smith-Adcock and Catherine Tucker Eds through Sage Publishing, and other trauma informed articles and curricula.  She has been an expert witness on abuse since 1989 and worked with Hamilton County Courts for eight years creating cross system care for the 300 most challenging youth in the county.  Mary is a proud recipient of multiple grants to further develop and link trauma informed care across systems and communities in Ohio and is honored to provide Trauma Responsive Care Certification through the Tristate Trauma Network for anyone working with trauma survivors.

Dr. Veronica R. Barrios
Dr. Veronica R. Barrios is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Science and Social Work at Miami University-Oxford, OH. Her research focuses on understanding and exposing the culture of nondisclosure of sexual violence. She integrates theory, research, and practice, to assist in increasing social accountability for continued sexual violence. Dr. Barrios works with survivors of sexual violence to inform family and social practices that silence, and to develop training for mental health practitioners around sexual and interpersonal violence, trauma-responsive approaches, and transformative interviewing skills. 

Heidi Dill
Heidi Dill is a trauma responsive care certified peer support partner, a veteran, wife, and mother of five. She has lived experience parenting children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Down Syndrome, trauma, and other mental health diagnoses. This lived experience has empowered her to help other parents to understand the impacts of trauma and mental health diagnoses on their children’s brains and bodies while also developing interventions that respectfully support the family unit. She commits herself to working with trauma-responsive interventions and strategies, adapting them to those she helps, then sharing her experience and adaptations with others. Additionally, she serves in her community as a member of the Clermont County Human Rights Committee.

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