Event Description:  When disaster strikes communities close to us, human service professionals often feel a familiar calling for a meaningful way to utilize their mental health skills in a challenging
and rewarding manner that makes a real difference.

This training will prepare licensed mental health professionals for volunteer or paid roles in disaster response, contributing significantly to the psychological recovery of both disaster survivors and disaster workers. Having more mental health professionals trained and ready to respond in times of a disaster will be an invaluable asset to the people of our state, nation, and world.

Developed for licensed mental health professionals who are assumed to have a base of clinical knowledge, this training will give participants familiarity with characteristics,
stages, and responses to disaster. Basic intervention strategies, including psychological first aid and empowerment of coping skills will be presented, along with the important topics of self-care and ethical issues in disaster response.


This presenter is being supported through a partnership between UNC-CH, School of Social Work and the NCAHEC Program.