Psychological First Aid (PFA), the gold standard of disaster responses, is a process for helping people cope after experiencing a traumatic event or natural disaster. Endorsed by the World Health Organization and the U.S. government, the goal of PFA is to provide safety, stability, and resources to those affected by offering them hope and helping them reconnect with their support systems.
Presented by Riverside Trauma Center experts, this comprehensive and highly interactive program prepares attendees to deliver PFA to affected individuals and communities.
In this shortened version, attendees will learn:
- Trauma and the Human Stress Response, and how it affects the choice of interventions with distressed individuals;
- Understanding Grief and Loss, including models of, cultural variations in, and age-based patterns of grief; and
- The evolution of and introduction to disaster response, as well as the 8 core functions of Psychological First Aid
There will be a break from 12:30 to 1:30 for lunch and networking.
