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Emergency Services View our available online workshops. Or, if your company would like to schedule training for your employees, please call our office at (573) 986-6879.
Disaster Recovery Begins Before a Disaster Why bother? Even if a flood doesn’t put your business under water, customers and supplies may not be able to get to you. Power outages, brown-outs or surges can affect your daily business operations. Many disasters, like wind storms, tornadoes and earthquakes, can strike quickly and with little or no warning. No business should risk operating without a disaster plan. What can I do? What You’ll Learn
October 16, 2008 For more information or to register:
When you work with people during and after a disaster, you are working with people who may be having reactions of confusion, fear, hopelessness, sleeplessness, anxiety, grief, shock, guilt, shame, and loss of confidence in themselves and others. Your early contacts with them can help alleviate their painful emotions and promote hope and healing. Your goal in providing this psychological first aid is to promote an environment of safety, calm, connectedness, self-efficacy, empowerment, and hope. This course consists of five separate segments and a self-review questionnaire which is completed after the training has been completed. The course provides a framework for understanding the factors that affect stress responses in disaster relief workers and the clients they serve. In addition, it provides practical suggestions about what you can say and do as you practice the principles of Psychological First Aid. After completing this training, participants will be able to—
September 18, 2008 For more information or to register: |
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