Volunteer Disaster Chaplain Training Course
Garden City (Long Island), New York • April 14-15, 2010
Garden City (Long Island), New York • April 14-15, 2010
April 2010 Training Course
Co-sponsored by the
Episcopal Community Services,
Long Island Council of Churches, and the
Mercer School of Theology of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, this training is open to faith leaders of all faiths. Florida participants who
complete this certification can volunteer with the Long Island Council of Churches or through Long Island VOAD partners. NDIN can also assist unaffiliated volunteers in finding disaster spiritual care volunteer
opportunities in local communities across the United States. Emergency managers and disaster mental health professionals may take this course to develop their knowledge of disaster spiritual care best practices.
Co-sponsors:
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Registration Information:
This two-day training prepares faith leaders or institutional chaplains to volunteer as disaster chaplains in mass care settings or to serve as disaster chaplains within their house of worship, religious community or professional institution. Each registrant must be endorsed for this training and/or currently serve as a professional chaplain and/or credentialed religious leader. Emergency managers and disaster mental health professionals may register using their agency affiliation.
This two-day training prepares faith leaders or institutional chaplains to volunteer as disaster chaplains in mass care settings or to serve as disaster chaplains within their house of worship, religious community or professional institution. Each registrant must be endorsed for this training and/or currently serve as a professional chaplain and/or credentialed religious leader. Emergency managers and disaster mental health professionals may register using their agency affiliation.
Wednesday, April 14 and Thursday, April 15 • 8:15-5:00PM
The George Mercer, Jr. Memorial School of Theology
65 Fourth Street • Garden City, NY 11530
For Driving or Train Directions: www.mercerschool.org/directions.html
Attendance is limited to 35 participants • Register by Friday, April 9
Tuition is $195 - Paid in Advance
(Continental breakfast, lunch and training materials included)
This course is compliant with NIMS (National Incident Management Systems) and incorporates FEMA Incident Command System (IS 100) training. It also complies
with the National VOAD* Points of Consensus for Disaster Spiritual Care.
*Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
The Course Curriculum Incorporates:
Operations & Spiritual Care: General Principles; Interventions; Sites and Specifics
- Emotional and spiritual phases of the disaster "life cycle"
- Spiritual First Aid: PCAID (Presence, Connect, Assessment, Intervention, Develop Plan of Care) as an intervention appropriate in any phase of a disaster
- Disaster human services operations and disaster site operations
- Practice in applying principles of spiritual and emotional care in various disaster scenarios
Mental Health: Introduction; Impact of Disaster; Response and Reaction
- Phases of psychological reaction to disaster and impact on behaviors, thoughts, & feelings
- Psychological First Aid as a basic intervention that does not require professional training
- Indicators that referrals for professional mental health care may be appropriate
Self-Care: The Need and Techniques; Individual and Community Resilience
- The need for caregivers to develop effective self-care practices
- Practices that minimize compassion fatigue ("the cost of caring") and other stresses related to providing care in times of crisis
- Strategies to promote recovery and resiliency, especially through support systems that monitor, nourish and maintain self-care for individuals and communities
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