Available
Now: Cultural Awareness: Children and Youth in Disasters
The goal of this
60-minute podcast is to assist disaster behavioral health responders in
providing culturally aware and appropriate disaster behavioral health
services for children, youth, and families affected by natural and
human-caused disasters.
The podcast aims to
accomplish the following:
Define cultural awareness.
Demonstrate the importance
of cultural awareness in disaster services, particularly with children
and youth.
Identify common reactions
of children to disaster and trauma.
Present helpful approaches
to working with children affected by a disaster.
Featured speakers
include April Naturale, Ph.D., of the SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance
Center (DTAC), and Russell T. Jones, Ph.D., of Virginia Tech University
(VCU). Dr. Naturale is a traumatic stress specialist with 25 years of
experience in health/mental health administration. Dr. Jones is a professor
of psychology at VCU and a clinical psychologist who specializes in trauma
psychology. His areas of expertise are natural and technological disasters
as well as interpersonal violence.
SAMHSA DTAC
encourages participation by:
Behavioral health, public
health, and other professionals involved in emergency
management/disaster response activities
Those who are interested in
learning more about working with children and youth following a
disaster
Those who need a refresher
about disaster response issues specific to this population.
If you have questions
or need additional information, please contact Lori McGee at 240-515-8414
or lori.mcgee@icfi.com. We would
appreciate your thoughts on this podcast, or suggestions for future
podcasts/webinars. Please send feedback to dtac@samhsa.hhs.gov.
