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A panel of renowned experts discussed the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on veterans and how the Veterans Treatment Courts (VTC) support those who have run afoul of the law by proving appropriate treatment.Speaker Biography: Jonathan Elias is the host of WJLA-TV’s “Salute to Veterans.”Speaker Biography: Melissa Fitzgerald is senior director of the nonprofit organization Justice For Vets. As an actress, she portrayed Carol Fitzpatrick on the television program “The West Wing.”Speaker Biography: Major General Clyde “Butch” Tate (ret.) is chief counsel of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals.Speaker Biography: Vance Peterson is a judge of the Veterans Treatment Courts of Spokane County, Washington, and a Vietnam-era and Afghanistan veteran.Speaker Biography: Bernie Edelman is author of “Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam” and a Vietnam veteran.Speaker Biography: Dr. Tom Berger is chair of Vietnam Veterans of America’s PTSD and Substance Abuse Committee and a Vietnam veteran.Speaker Biography: Greg Crawford is a correctional program specialist at the National Institute of Corrections.Speaker Biography: Timothy Wynn is a Veterans Treatment Courts graduate, Iraq veteran and Philadelphia Police Department instructor.Speaker Biography: Jake Tapper is a news reporter and analyst with CNN.For transcript and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7922

Joan Kaywell of the University of South Florida facilitated a discussion among five authors who shared stories about surviving chaos and trauma through fiction and real life. The authors, whose books target young children and youth, included Laurie Halse Anderson, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Barry Lyga, Kekla Magoon and Meg Medina.For transcript and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=8137