Behavioral Health All-Hazards Readiness and Response Training Continuum Conference
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The Behavioral Health All-Hazards Readiness and Response Training Continuum resources are now available! |
The Behavioral Health All-Hazards Readiness and Response Training Continuum is a four-part behavioral health curriculum to prepare staff and volunteers to effectively respond to culturally diverse populations and practice self care during man-made and natural disasters. The Training Continuum is founded on evidenced-based resources and expertise.
The four-part Training Continuum includes:
- Introductory training for anyone who may respond to a disaster, regardless of his or her role
- Basic skills training for disaster responders who will need to deal with psychosocial consequences of a disaster
- Advanced skills training for behavioral health disaster responders
- Refresher training for everyone who has completed the other parts of the Training Continuum and wants to sustain knowledge and skills over time
The Training Continuum was produced by the North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NCCPHP) and the South East Area Health Education Center (SEAHEC).
To order your copy of these training resources on CD-ROM and DVD, send an email to nccphp@unc.edu and include your name, title, organization, mailing address and number of copies you would like to receive. Allow two weeks for delivery.
To access the refresher training resources, click here.
To learn about the expert instructors for the basic and advanced skills training, contact:
Sheryl Pacelli
Director Mental Health/Disaster Preparedness Education
South East Area Health Education Center
Phone: 910-792-5560 x 102
Email: sheryl.pacelli@seahec.net
View Materials from Introductory Conference
The Training Continuum was introduced at a conference held on June 10, 2008 at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, Chapel Hill, NC.
Presentations and materials from this conference are archived here:
- Keynote address: The Need to Train All Responders in Behavioral Health Issues by RADM Brian W. Flynn, Ed.D.
- Overview handout: Behavioral Health All-Hazards Readiness and Response Training Continuum
- Breakout session summary: Building Strategies for Engaging Others
Partial funding for this conference was provided by a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The conference was organized by the Office of Continuing Education and the North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness in the North Carolina Institute for Public Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.