North Carolina Disaster Response Network Training
This training was developed by the North Carolina Disaster Response Network and produced by the North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Updated 10/22/2008
Module 6 – Self-Care for Disaster Responders
Module 6 introductory photograph by a FEMA photographer
following Hurricane Katrina
This presentation, part of the North Carolina Disaster Response Network Training series, builds awareness of the importance of self-care and basic self-care principles for a disaster responder.
Educational Objectives:
- Understand why mental health disaster responders need to be particularly attentive to self-care in disasters
- Recognize how caring for yourself is part of assisting others
- Be aware of compassion fatigue and related terms
- Describe four types of self-care practice
- Recognize when to apply self-care methods
Duration: 33 minutes
Author: Sandra Wartski, Psy.D.
Narrator: Sandra Wartski, Psy.D.
Reviewers: Sally Cameron and Cathy Womack for the NC Disaster Response Network
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