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Truck Drivers in Crisis: Applying Trauma-Informed Strategies in a Catastrophic Accident
Webinar Description:
Truck drivers involved in a catastrophic accident more than likely suffer from significant emotional stress even if they are not physically injured. Too often, in a rush to get the facts and preserve the evidence, we discount that the driver has been traumatized too.
When investigating a major trucking accident, we should have three main goals:
- Assess the current emotional status,
- Get the best information from the client, and
- Minimize re-traumatization
This webinar is for dispatchers, safety managers, in-house counsel, field adjusters and lawyers who often oversee the investigation/preservation of evidence.
You will learn:
- WHY the traumatized brain may not give the best information immediately.
- HOW to achieve the goals of being trauma-informed.
- WHO must know and practice these strategies.
About the Presenter
Mark Perkins, Counselor/Attorney at Law, Perkins & Associates, LLC
Mark graduated magna cum laude in journalism from Northeast Louisiana University in 1983. He graduated law school in 1987 from Paul M. Hebert School of Law at Louisiana State University. Beginning his legal career as a prosecutor, he has litigated hundreds of bench and jury trials. As a prosecutor, Mark was one of the first prosecutors in Louisiana to use DNA evidence, which was novel-evidence at the time.
Mark is a member of American, Louisiana, Texas, U.S. Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is also a member of ABA/TIPS (2022-2023 Chair of the Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee), Defense Research Institute, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, Trucking Insurance Defense Association, Transportation Lawyers Association, American Trucking Association and Louisiana Motor Transport Association.
He routinely writes and speaks about the defense of trucking, including best practices for rapid response investigations and being trauma informed.
THIS WEBINAR IS SPONSORED BY ATA'S CORPORATE PARTNERS
The ATA Corporate Partner program highlights key products and services for motor carriers from Allied Members of the American Trucking Associations (ATA). ATA encourages its members to contact ATA Corporate Partner companies to learn more about how their products and services can help fleets solve some of the most pressing issues facing trucking companies today.
A recording will be provided to all approved registrants post webinar even if you are not able to attend
NOTICE: ATA webinars are strictly educational for our members and are not press events. The information contained in this webinar is not intended for, nor should it be used in, the production, editing or creation of news or analysis pieces. Participants are also forbidden from using them as background for published materials, white papers or other communications. Therefore, the contents of this webinar are strictly embargoed and off the record.