Target
Audience: School personnel
Psychological
First Aid (PFA) is an evidence-informed modular approach to help children,
adolescents, adults, and families in the immediate aftermath of traumatic
events. Traumatic events may be defined as various natural disasters, public
health emergencies, campus tragedies, as well as personal crisis situations.
Individuals
affected by a disaster or traumatic incident, whether survivors, witness-es, or
responders to such events, may struggle with or face new challenges following
the event. PFA is built on the concept of human resilience. The model covers
eight core actions on how to assist survivors of traumatic events by
address-ing survivors’ and responders’ needs and concerns, reduce the initial
distress caused, and foster short- and long-term adaptive functioning and
coping.
This
session is presented by Brandalyn Haggerty, Mental Health Education Liaison
from The Center for Health Care Services and Amanda Gonzales, School Safety Consultant, ESC Region 20.
Please
note that this session is held from 09:00-04:00. Breaks will be provided along
with a 1-hour lunch break.
Participants
will receive the participant manual via email prior to the session date. It is
encouraged that you bring the manual either electronically or printed out.