Please complete your session selection by 5PM on 5/10. If we don’t hear from you by this date, we may offer your spot to someone on our waitlist due to the limited space.
If you are no longer able to join us, please consider giving your spot to someone on the waitlist and reach out to Jessica.Bowe@mass.gov to unregister. A final confirmation email will be sent following your session selection to provide you with additional details for the training day. If you have any questions or need assistance with session selection, don’t hesitate to contact me at Jessica.Bowe@mass.gov. Don’t miss out on the sessions that matter most to you!
Psychological First Aid has long been established as the gold standard of disaster responses. Created by a global team of experts, it is the only intervention endorsed by both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. government (FEMA/MEMA) for use in the aftermath of traumatic events.
The goal of this training is to present participants with 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.
