DISASTER MENTAL HEALTH AND CRISIS STABILIZATION FOR CHILDREN
How can we help children recover from trauma after disasters? Dr. Jennifer Baggerly (Counselor Education, University of South Florida) worked with children in Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina and with children in Sri Lanka after the tsunami. This live demonstration video presents the guiding principles for responding to children after a disaster.
The "big 5" impacts - physiological, cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and spiritual - are covered. Also explained are:
*Key disaster mental health and cognitive-behavioral concepts for work with children
*Basic grounding and containment skills during and following a disaster
*Initial individual disaster mental health interventions
*Group disaster interventions
*Includes leader guide
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