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The Florida Center
for Public Health Preparedness

"Preparing the public health workforce to protect the public against current and emerging health threats, including bioterrorism"

Disaster Behavioral Health First Aid Specialist Training with Children (CFAST)

Program Aim: To provide Florida Department of Health and Children's Medical Services' personnel, State of Florida Disaster Behavioral Response Team members, and other disaster responders with the opportunity to develop the essential behaviors and skills to effectively deliver Psychological First Aid to child survivors of disaster.

Target Audience: Florida Department of Health and Children's Medical Services' personnel, State of Florida Disaster Behavioral Health Response Team Members, and other disaster responders.

Program Goals:
•	Gain knowledge of the Child-C³ARE Protocol of the C³ARE Model of Behavioral Health FIrst Aid with child survivors of disaster.
•	Practice the Child-C³ARE Protocol of the C³ARE Model of Behavioral Health First Aid with child survivors of disaster.

Program Length: 4 hour on site program.

Program Agenda: To be determined based on delivery location and date. Note: Morning course will start at 8:00am.

12:45pm	Course check-in
1:00pm	Introductions and Program Overview
1:10pm	Module 1: Psychological First Aid Review and Overview of the C³ARE Model of Behavioral Health First Aid with Disaster Survivors.
1:30pm	Module 2: The Child-C³ARE Protocol of the C³ARE Model of Behavioral Health First Aid with Child Survivors of Disaster: Action Step 1 - Check
2:00pm	Module 3: The Child-C³ARE Protocol of the C³ARE Model of Behavioral Health First Aid with Child Survivors of Disaster: Action Step 2 - Connect
3:00pm	Break
3:10pm	Module 4: The Child-C³ARE Protocol of the C³ARE Model of Behavioral Health First Aid with Child Survivors of Disaster: Action Step 3 - C•A•R•E
4:50pm	Program Wrap-Up and Next Steps
5:00pm	Adjourn

Continuing Education: This program is approved for continuing education credit (CECs) awarded by the Suwannee River Area Health Education Center (SRAHEC) for nurses, certified health education specialists, registered dieticians, licensed mental health counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists.

Participants in applicable professions who want credits from SRAHEC need to complete a request form at the on-site training and provide their professional license number. For more information see: www.srahec.org/fcphp_CE

Registration Information: This course is limited to 30 participants. Advanced registration is required.

Registration Fee: There is no registration fee.

Relevant Bioterrorism and Emergency Readiness Competencies for Public Health Professionals:
•	Describe his/her functional role(s) in emergency response.
•	Identify limits to own knowledge/skill/authority and identify key system resources for referring matters that exceed these limits.
•	Describe communication roles in emergency response.
•	Apply creative problem solving and flexible thinking to unusual challenges within his/her functional responsibilities.
•	Recognize events that might indicate an emergency and describe appropriate action.

Relevant Bioterrorism and Emergency Readiness Sub-Competencies:
•	Recognize and treat the [behavioral health] impact of a disaster or terrorism event [on children and adolescent] survivors.
•	Identify [children and adolescents] potentially exposed to [behavioral health] hazards.
•	Identify the signs and symptoms for [disaster related stress] exposure on children and adolescents.
•	Perform effective behavioral health assessment, stabilization, education, and/or triage and referral with children and adolescent disaster survivors.
•	Provide support for disaster survivors and responders.
•	Assure safety and practice personal protection.

Program Developers and Sponsors:
This program was developed by the Florida Center for Public Health Preparedness at the University of South Florida College of Public Health. It is based on needs identified through several sources, including Florida Department of Health strategic plans and recommendations by members of the Florida Association of County Health Officers (FACHO), other State and county public health officials, and participants in past FCPHP programs. The development and delivery of this program are supported by funding from a cooperative agreement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association of Schools of Public Health. This program has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of South Florida College of Medicine and the Florida Center for Public Health Preparedness.

Events of the University of South Florida are available without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status as provided by law and in accordance with the University’s respect for personal dignity.

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