Homecoming: Understanding Emotional and Physical Issues of Veteran Reintegration
A program of North Central Area Health Education Center in partnership with Northcentral Technical College.

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Cynthia Rasmussen, RN, MSN, CANP, PN, Director Psychological Health, and Sexual Assault Response Coordinator in the U.S. Army Reserves will provide an overview of service member/veteran and family reintegration issues with the goal of informing communities, families, service members, employers, and health care providers of ways to support and assist in reintegration. She will describe differences between warrior skills and home skills, together with a review of Combat Operational Stress Reaction, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury and other Behavioral Health issues.

LTC Rasmussen is an Adult Nurse Practitioner currently serving in the Army Reserve as a Mental Health Nurse in her fifth year, mobilized to support the Global War on Terrorism.

She received her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Nursing from Marquette University. She has represented the Department of Veterans Affairs at the National Polytrauma Convention, testified before the Senate Committee on Veteran's affairs, and presented at numerous military and civilian organizations throughout the country.

Join us to learn more about the challenges people face who have served in the military as they return home.


March 18, 2010
12:30 to 3:00 pm (registration check-in starts at 11:45)
at Northcentral Technical College
Room E101, Main Building, 1000 W. Campus Dr., Wausau, WI
Cost is $35 for general registration, and $20 for students with ID.
Military Veterans are invited to attend as guests of NCAHEC.
.2 CEU (2 hours) of UW-Extension Continuing Education Units will be awarded on request, for full participation.

STEP ONE-Register
To Register with a CREDIT CARD click HERE.

To Register by MAIL with a CHECK, click HERE.
 Your password is homecoming. (If prompted for a username and password when viewing or downloading the files, please click the cancel button and continue.) Download the Mail-In Registration Form, fill it out, and enclose it with your check made payable to NAHEC and mail to:

NAHEC
401 Fifth St., Suite 440
Wausau, WI 54403

STEP TWO-Download Handouts
Once you've registered, please go to HERE for additional program materials. Your password is homecoming. If you get a prompt for a username and password while viewing or downloading the files, click the cancel button and continue. Please visit the site a week before the event for updates.

For more information e-mail Bobbie Kolehouse at (bkolehouse@nahec-wi.org), or call 715-340-9111. Registration must be received by March 10, 2010.

Homecoming: Emotional and Physical Issues of Veteran Reintegration is a presentation of the North Central Wisconsin Area Health Education Center, affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine, and Northcentral Technical College, Wausau.