{"id":24631,"date":"2013-05-22T15:08:35","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T20:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=24631"},"modified":"2020-12-02T10:21:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T15:21:32","slug":"derek-fulker","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/profile\/derek-fulker\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Fulker"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Areas of Expertise<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Designing, developing, and teaching innovative courses such as Acts of Recovery (performance as a recovery tool) and Brain Fitness (cognitive rehabilitation for recovery)<\/li>\n<li>Providing supported education and health promotion and wellness advising<\/li>\n<li>Teaching a variety of Internal Arts systems<\/li>\n<li>Teaching writing, music and performance rehabilitation<\/li>\n<li>Teaching computer education<\/li>\n<li>Training for colleagues and other professionals in Internal Arts, relaxation, stress relief and trauma therapy<\/li>\n<li>Editing the Center Newsletter<\/li>\n<li>Producing The Center Talent Shows and Open Mic Sessions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Derek is an Internal Arts Instructor tutored by Master Bruce Kumar Frantzis (CA), Sifu Frank Allen (NY) and Paul Cavel (UK). He has a Masters Degree in Clinical and Mental Health Counseling and he is a Certified Psychiatric <em>Rehabilitation<\/em> Practitioner (<em>CPRP<\/em><em>).<\/em> He has a wide range of teaching experience in music, art, computers and the Internal Arts. He is a painter, photographer and a multi-musician recording artist.<\/p>\n<h2>Selected Publications<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Michael A. Grodin, M.D., Linda Piwowarczyk, M.D., M.P.H., Derek Fulker, M.A., Alexander R. Bazazi, B.A., and Robert B. Saper, M.D., M.P.H. Treating Survivors of Torture and Refugee Trauma: A preliminary case series using Qigong and Tai Chi, September 2008, Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.<\/p>\n<h2>Selected Presentations<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>HMS Osher Institute,<\/strong> The Internal Energy Arts (Tai Chi, Qi Gung, Ba Gua) and the Treatment of Survivors of Torture &amp; Refugee Trauma. Joint Presentation by: Michael A. Grodin, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry Director Boston Center for Refugee Health &amp; Human Rights Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health; Derek Fulker, M.A. Internal Arts Instructor; Robert Saper, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor Director of Integrative Medicine Boston University Medical Center.<br \/>\nFebruary 8, 2007<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation,<\/strong> Internal Energy Arts as a Treatment for Survivors of Torture and Refugee Trauma. Joint Presentation by: Michael A. Grodin, M.D and Derek Fulker, M.A.<br \/>\nApril 2, 2007<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Trauma Center,<\/strong> Boston, Internal Energy Arts as a Treatment for Survivors of Torture and Refugee Trauma. Joint Presentation by: Michael A. Grodin, M.D and Derek Fulker, M.A.<br \/>\nApril 5, 2007<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>18th Annual International Trauma Conference<\/strong>, PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA: Neuroscience, Attachment and Therapeutic Interventions. Tai Chi Chuan and Qi Gong for Self-Regulation and Grounding in Complex Trauma, Michael A. Grodin, MD, \u00a0Derek Fulker, MA, Dan Kleiman, Robert Saper, MD, MPH, Lin Piwowarczyk, MD, MPH, Bill Robertson, Alan Dougall.<br \/>\nJune 20-23, 2007<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation\u2019s Conference<\/strong>, \u201cInnovations to Practice: The Promise and Challenge of Achieving Recovery for All.\u201d Combating Stigma and Discrimination: Using the Power of Photovoice, Zlatka Russinova, Senior Research Associate; Derek Fulker, Training Associate; Cheryl Gagne, Senior Training Associate; Catherine Imbasciati, Instructor; Abdellah RamRam, former student; Alexandra Bowers, Former Training Associate, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.<br \/>\nApril 15, 2008<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Alternatives 2008<\/strong>, Adam\u2019s Mark Hotel, Buffalo, New York,. The Role of The Internal Arts for Health Wellness and Recovery, Derek Fulker, Training Associate, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.<br \/>\nOctober 29 \u2013 November 2, 2008<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Massachusetts Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, Tenth Annual Conference 2010,<\/strong> Putting Our Collective Vision into Action: Enriching lives in the Community, Qigong, Trauma &amp; Recovery, Derek Fulker, Training Associate, Jake Briggs, Administrative Assistant BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.<br \/>\nOctober 27 &amp; 28, 2010<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Massachusetts Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, Eleventh Annual Conference 2012.<\/strong> The Paradox of Risk: Recovery and Rehabilitation Through Shared Responsibility: The Implementation of Tai Chi in a Recovery Oriented Program, Derek Fulker, Training Associate and Mat Guenther, Training Associate, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.<br \/>\nOctober 18, 2012<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>The Massachusetts Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, Eleventh Annual Conference 2013.<\/b>\u00a0 <b><i>Connections for Life: Recovery and Community Partnership.\u00a0 <\/i><\/b>The Implementation of Qigong in a Recovery Oriented Program, Derek Fulker, Training Associate and Mat Guenther, Training Associate, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.<br \/>\nOctober 29th, 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7302,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/24631"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7302"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/24631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36151,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/24631\/revisions\/36151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}