Trauma Training
Virtual
Psychological First Aid/Post-traumatic Stress Management
When and Where:
Day 1 - September 21, 2021 10am – 4:00pm
Day 2 – September 22, 2021 9:00am – 4:00pm
Via live, interactive webinar.
The goal of this comprehensive 2-day training is to prepare participants to deliver basic behavioral health disaster response skills following large-scale disasters or critical incidents, such as homicides, suicides, accidental deaths, and similarly distressing events. Participants will be presented with the evolution of efforts to assist survivors following trauma and provided with an overview of the human stress response and how it affects the choice of interventions used with distressed individuals. The attendees will be taught the gold standard in disaster response -- the 8 core functions of Psychological First Aid (PFA), after which they will participate in an experiential drill. Attendees will also be taught the 12-phase Post-traumatic Stress Management (PTSM) continuum, which includes Orientations, Stabilization and Coping groups, culminating in the participation in an in-vivo Self-Care Coping Group.