New Jersey Division of Mental Health Services
Disaster and Terrorism Branch
Presents Full Day Training Program:
Disaster Preparedness for Mental Health Responders
This three hour course is intended for crisis counselors seeking to further develop their disaster mental health "tool kit", which will allow them to work more effectively in the early stages of a disaster. The second half-day course is designed for mental health and other affiliated professionals as an advanced course in disaster mental health intervention. In the event of a crisis that necessitates a coordinated mental health response, this information will provide guidance on how to participate as a mental health responder within the larger system. These programs are consistent with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Center for Mental Health Service’s (CMHS) Crisis Counseling Program model (CCP).
Date: April 1, 2005
Location: Salem County Dept. of Emergency Services and Fire Training Center, 135 Cemetery Road, Woodstown, NJ 08098
Time: 9:00 – 12:00 –"Psychological First Aid"
Areas of instruction include:
· Understanding the psychophysiology of fear and anxiety
· Using supportive communication, assisted coping and verbal de-escalation
Time: 1:00 – 4:00 - "Operations & Logistics in Disaster Mental Health Services"
Areas of instruction include:
· Understanding the crisis counselor’s roles in drills, exercise and emergencies
· Working within the incident command system
· Disaster Etiquette Techniques
Trainer:
Steven Crimando, MA, BCETS was a Disaster Field Operations Supervisor for Project Phoenix-New Jersey’s FEMA-funded mental health response to the World Trade Center disaster. He is a Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress and Diplomat of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. He is a consultant and trainer with the U.S. Department of Justice-Office of Victims of Crime and has coordinated various aspects of the mental health response to the TWA flight 800 crash; the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and most recently the September 11th attacks and bio-terror incidents in Central New Jersey. Currently he is the Director of Training for Disaster Mental Health Services for the Division of Mental Health Services.
"Disaster Preparedness for Mental Health
Responders"
Date: April 1, 2005
Location : Salem County Dept. of Emergency
Services and Fire Training Center
135 Cemetery Road
Woodstown, NJ 08098
Please fax completed registration form to: Dr. Isaac A. Young @
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DIRECTIONS TO SALEM COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
SALEM COUNTY FIRE TRAINING CENTER
SALEM COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES includes Salem County
Offices of 9-1-1; Fire School, Fire Marshal, and Emergency Management
FROM INTERSTATE 295 HEADING SOUTH
From I-295 take exit 4 (Penns Grove-Woodstown) Heading toward 48 East to Route 40. Take Route 40 until it intersects with Route 40 and 45. Make a right on route 45 going about 1-˝ miles. Make a left on Cemetery Road and you will see the Salem County Department of Emergency Services on your right. (It is a two story brick building with three towers behind it. The entrance is the same as the Salem County Correctional Facility.)
FROM INTERSTATE 295 HEADING NORTH (FROM DELAWARE)
From I-295 North take the last exit before the toll gate and head on Route 40 East. Take Route 40 until it intersects with Routes 40 and 45. Make a right on route 45 going about 1-˝ miles. Male a left on Cemetery Road and you will see the Salem County Department of Emergency Services on your right. (It is a two story brick building with three towers behind it. The entrance is the same as the Salem County Correctional Facility.)
FROM THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE HEADING SOUTH
Get off of exit 1 heading for Atlantic City using Route 40 East. Take Route 40 until it intersects with Route 40 and 45. Make a right on Route 45 going about 1/1/2 miles. Make a left on Cemetery Road and you will the Salem County Department of Emergency Services on your right. (It is a two story brick building with three towers behind it. The entrance is the same as the Salem County Correctional Facility.)
FROM GLASSBORO AREA
Take 322 West to Mullica Hill and turn left onto Route 45 South through Woodstown. Make a right at the light in the center of Woodstown. Continue on 45 South where Route 45 and Route 40 intersects (at WaWa) continue straight for 1 ˝ miles. Make a left on Cemetery Road and you will see the Salem County Department of Emergency Services on your right. (It is a two story brick building with three towers behind it. The entrance is the same as the Salem County Correctional Facility.)
ELMER AREA
Take 40 West to the light in the center of Woodstown where Routes 40 and 45 intersect. Go straight through the light and you are now on Route 45 South. Continue on 45 South where Route 45 and Route 40 intersects (at WaWa) continue straight for 1 ˝ miles. Make a left on Cemetery Road and you will see the Salem County Department of Emergency Services on your right. (It is a two story brick building with three towers behind it. The entrance is the same as the Salem County Correctional Facility.)