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Thursday Course Descriptions
Emotional and Spiritual Care in Disasters
Speaker(s): Kevin Ellers
Time: Thursday, July 12 and Friday, July 13 from 9am to 5:30pm
Length: 2 FULL days
The purpose of this advanced level course is to enhance the skills of
clergy, chaplains, mental health professionals, and trained crisis responders
to provide
effective emotional and spiritual care (ESC) to meet the disaster-related
needs of disaster responders and disaster affected families and individuals
within
disaster operations. This course builds on the crisis intervention principles
taught in the Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) core courses to
effectively integrate these principles within ESC teams for appropriate
care throughout the
disaster continuum from the immediate to long-term
recovery process. (14 Contact Hours; Pending approval for the following CEUs:
14 CE Credits for Psychologists; 14 CE Hours for Calif. MFTs & LCSWs; 14
Contact Hours for National Certified Addiction Counselors OR 1.4 General CEUs
from UMBC) 14 PDHs for EAPs;16.8 Nursing Contact Hours)* Completion of "Emotional & Spiritual
Care in Disasters" class and receipt of a certificate indicating full attendance
(14 Contact Hours) qualifies as a class in ICISF’s Certificate of Specialized
Training Program.
Objectives: By the end of the course the participant will be able to:
- Articulate the role of the ES caregiver from one’s own faith tradition and the elements of ESC provided in a pluralistic disaster environment.
- Clearly define the role and function of the emotional and spiritual caregiver within the incident command system and disaster relief operation.
- Identify the physical, psychological, emotional, interpersonal and spiritual impact of disasters
- Provide emotional and spiritual care to disaster survivors, first responders and relief workers through a multifaceted range of ESC interventions within a multi-phasic continuum of the post trauma/disaster aftermath.
- Assess ones own suitability to provide ESC within the trauma and disaster context.
- Identify a personal self-care plan for maintaining one’s own emotional, physical and spiritual health during deployment.
Course Participants:
Targeted participants will be trained clergy, chaplains, mental health professionals,
and CISM trained crisis responders who desire to enhance their skills in
providing ESC to survivors of disaster and trauma.
Prerequisites:suggested but not mandatory
- Critical Incident Stress Management courses
- Individual Crisis Intervention & Peer Support
- Group Crisis Intervention
- (Also recommended, Pastoral Crisis Intervention).
Course Format:
This two-day course will consist of 14 hours of teaching hours. The instructor
will utilize an interactive method of instruction that will utilize a participant
manual, multimedia presentation, video, role-plays, skill building exercises,
case studies, discussion and practical exercises to achieve the course objectives.
Post-course assignments will also need to be completed to receive a certificate
of completion. The course is designed for 15 to 30 participants.
Daily Schedule:
Day 1: (9:00 a.m. –5:30 p.m.) Day 2: (9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.)
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