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20170803 Cooperstown
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Face to Face
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8/3/2017 to 8/3/2017
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Karla Vermeulen, PhD
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Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an evidence-informed approach that provides staff and volunteers with practical ways to help people with their basic needs and immediate concerns during a disaster. The University at Albany Center for Public Health Preparedness (UACPHP) collaborated with the Institute of Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz (IDMH), the NYS DOH, the NYS OMH and other partners to develop a PFA Training Coordinator Guide. The Guide is intended to help training coordinators tailor learning and skills based PFA activities to local needs and resources. This training will provide learners with an overview of Psychological First Aid; opportunities to practice and facilitate PFA skill acquisition through interactive role play scenarios; and review policies, practices and resources available to help implement Psychological First Aid training at the local level. The purpose of this training is to strengthen the overall capacity of the regional healthcare coalitions to provide PFA training and promote community resiliency.
Program Objectives
PFA Project Overview:
a. Describe the overall intent of the project
b. Describe what PFA is and why it is important
c. Recognize the importance of planning to meet the mental health needs of individuals in disasters
d. Recognize the importance of PFA as a key mechanism for enhancing Workforce Resilience
PFA Basics:
a. Recognize typical and extreme mental health reactions in a disaster;
b. Describe how reactions and needs may differ in vulnerable populations;
c. Identify the core components of PFA
PFA Training Coordinator Guide:
a. Identify existing online PFA courses and resources
b. Describe how to select and modify PFA training resources for your target audience
PFA Practice:
a. Implement interactive practice based PFA sessions
b. Describe how to select and modify PFA training scenarios for your target audience
c. Practice PFA skills
Sustaining PFA Training capacity
a. Describe how to access PFA resources to make PFA training sustainable
b. Recognize how the “Getting to Outcomes” process can be applied to othea.r training needs
The project is guided by a steering committee comprised of members from the following organizations: Albany Medical Center, American Red Cross of ENY, HANYS, Home Care Association of NYS, LHDs, local mental health centers, NYSACHO, NYS Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors (CLMHD), NYS DOH, NYS OMH and University at Buffalo,