Texas Disaster Behavioral Health Responder Training & Experience Presented at the: Texas Unites Conference Galveston, Texas October 22 th , 2013
Feb 25, 2016
Texas Disaster Behavioral Health
Responder Training & ExperiencePresented at the:
Texas Unites ConferenceGalveston, Texas
October 22th, 2013
Introductions
Victoria L. Calder, Ph.D., Director, Texas School Safety Center
Frances Douglas, Psy.D., Chief Psychologist, Office of Psychological Services, Texas Department of Public Safety
Elizabeth Disco-Shearer, President, Texas Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
Chance A. Freeman, Branch Manager, Disaster Behavioral Health Services, Department of State Health Services
Who are DBH Consortium panel members?
What is the history of the Texas DBH Consortium?
What agencies are represented in the Consortium?
What is the mission of the Texas DBH Consortium?
What are the primary functions of the Texas DBH Consortium?
Subcommittee on Planning
Subcommittee on Training and Experience
What are the current projects of the Consortium?
Roles and Deployment
DBHResponse
Local Mental Health Authority
Incident Command/Emergenc
y Management
DPS VICTIM SERVICES
DSHS State Medical
Operations Center
Disaster Behavioral Health
Services
Emergency Event
DBH Consortium
TDEM State Operations
Center
Disaster District Chair
Texas Behavioral Health Provider Qualifications
Type 1-Professional Behavioral Health ServicesAll of Type 2 requirements and:
Training: Licensure/Certification in a recognized behavioral health fieldExperience: Two years professional clinical experience and worked at least one disasterOther: Experience in providing Early Psychological Intervention
Type 2-Crisis InterventionAll of Type 3 requirements and
Training: ICISF CISM, NOVA, Spiritual CareExperience: Two years professional experience and/or worked at least two disasters with supervisionOther: Training in specialized services
Type 3-Psychological First AidTraining: ICS 100, ICS 200, ICS 700, ICS 800, Psychological First Aid, Cultural Awareness, Experience: One year professional experience and/or worked at least one disaster with supervisionOther: Endorsed by recognized organization(s); Non-Discrimination Affidavit; Work within VOAD points of consensus for Disaster Spiritual Care
Process will be included in the Guide
How are DBH practitioners deployed?
Example
DISASTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH
AUTHORITY (LMHA)
POPULATIONS SERVED
SERVICE LOCATIONS
LMHA CLIENTSFIRST RESPONDERSSURVIVORS FAMILY
ASSISTANCE CENTER
SHELTERS INCIDENT COMMAND
RE-ENTRY
HOMEOWNERSBUSINESS OWNERSSCHOOLSCHILDRENNURSING
HOMEELDERLYSPANISH
SPEAKERS
LAW ENFORCEMENT
FIREEMS
COMMUNICATIONPUBLIC HEALTH
NURSESOTHER
VOLUNTEERS
FORMAL SERVICES BEREAVE
DSURVIVOR
SFIRST
RESPONDERS SURVIVORS
DSHS DISASTER BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH SERVICES
WEST, TEXAS FERTILIZER EXPLOSION RESPONSE
What are your recommendations and next steps?
Questions?
DSHS DBHShttp://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhsa-disaster/
National Child Traumatic Stress Network PFAhttp://www.nctsn.org/content/psychological-first-aidhttp://www.nctsnet.org/content/pfa-mobile
World Health PFA modelhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2011/humanitarian_relief_20110819/en/index.html
Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)http://store.samhsa.gov/pages/searchResult/psychological+first+aidhttp://disasterdistress.samhsa.gov/
FEMA Incident Command System Training http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/ICSResource/index.htm
Resources
Mosaic created by Hurricane Ike survivors: “The Tree of Life”
Thanks and Enjoy the Institute!