Training Programs

Available For:

• Government Agencies
• Non-Government Organizations
• Schools

Programs include:

• Skill building exercises
• Evidence-based & empirically-defensible guidelines
• Pragmatic orientation to response
• Development of disaster mental health core competencies
• Collaborative design to ensure your agency's needs are met
• Educational presentations
• Group discussions
• Role play
• Viewing educational videotapes

Psychological First Aid (PFA) Training

As a primary developer of the current accepted version of Psychological First Aid, it is often the central component of training programs. Other core disaster mental health competencies taught include:

• Cross cultural awareness
• Knowledge about the needs of special populations
• Knowledge and skills related to working in large group settings
• Self-care strategies
• Understanding substance use and abuse in the context of disaster
• Team formation considerations

Training programs have been attended by more than 9,000 mental health professionals including: psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, licensed marriage and family therapists, emergency medical technicians, counselors, chaplains, police, fire department personnel, school counselors, substance abuse counselors, occupational therapists, hospital administrators, teachers, and other professionals.