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April 16-18, 2015
Hilton NASA Clear Lake
General Information
Texas Disaster Behavioral
Health Symposium
Special
Accommodations
As the designated State Mental Health Authority, the Department of State
Health Services (DSHS) leads the response, recovery, and coordination
of disaster behavioral health services provided during a state or federal
declared disaster in Texas.
The Disaster Behavioral Health Services Branch (DBHS) of DSHS is hosting
this symposium. This year’s symposium seeks to provide sessions that:
• Highlight best and innovative practices relating to disaster
behavioral health;
• Discuss phases of disaster planning preparedness and response; and
• Provide techniques and information to build critical support for the
responder.
The two and a half day symposium is designed to provide training and
education to providers of DBH services and the organizations with whom
they collaborate, to support response and recovery from all hazards.
Attendees to the Symposium include peer CISM providers, psychologists,
nurses, firefighters, police officers, chaplains and ministers, volunteers,
public health planners, emergency managers, licensed professional
counselors (LPCs), and licensed clinical social workers (LCSWs).
Registration Fees
The cost to register for this symposium is as follows:
Registration Type
Full Registration
Before April 3
$50
After April 3
$75
Symposium facilities are accessible
to persons with disabilities. Please
indicate any special needs by
including them on a registration form
by April 3, 2015.
Cancellation/
Refund Information:
All cancellations must be made in
writing to [email protected]
before April 3, 2015. All cancellations
are subject to a $10 administrative fee.
Once cancellation correspondence has
been received, participants will receive
a cancellation notice. If payment has
been processed for the registration,
a refund will be issued less the $10
administrative fee. If payment has
not been received, accounting will
send an updated invoice for the $10
administrative fee. Swift Solutions
(Symposium Registrar) reserves the
right to retain or collect symposium
fees in full for those who fail to cancel
prior to April 3, 2015, or for those
who fail to attend.
Substitutions:
All substitutions for registrations must
be in writing and emailed or faxed to
Swift Solutions before April 3, 2015.
Continuing
Education Credit:
Continuing education credit for
multiple disciplines will be provided for
this event.
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For more information, go to www.dbhsymposium.com or call 877.451.8700
Thursday, April 16
Disaster Behavioral Health
(Best Practices, Spirituality, CISM)
Phases of Disaster Planning
Responder Support
(Planning, Preparedness, Response, Recovery)
1 -‐ 1:30 pm
Welcome Statement from DBHS
1:30 -‐ 2:30 pm
Joint Response Planning for an Improvised Nuclear Device Attack
Frank "Wes" Ireland, FEMA
2:30 -‐ 3 pm
Who Are You Going to Call?: DBH and Team Typing
Liza Carol Chigos
DSHS -‐ DBHS -‐ Planning Coordinator
3 -‐ 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 -‐ 5 pm
A Model for Interfaith Spiritual Care
Carol Flores
Texas Lutheran University
5:00 PM
Texas Disaster Volunteer Registry
Kelley Adams
Department of State Health Services
Emergency Management Safety Planning for Response and Recovery
Regan J. Rychetsky, ABCP
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Networking Opportunity
1 – 2:30 pm
Opening Session
Welcome from DSHS Disaster
Behavioral
Services Unit
Opening Session: Joint
Response Planning
for an Improvised Nuclear
Device Attack
Frank ”Wes” Ireland, FEMA
International intelligence and US
government sources suggest that our
nation faces the distinct possibility of
a catastrophic terrorist attack using
an improvised nuclear device (IND).
This could result in tens of thousands
of victims and overwhelm our public
health, emergency response, and
healthcare system, not to mention create
unprecedented social and economic
challenges. Houston is part of the Urban
Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Program,
which supports achievement of the
National Preparedness Goal and the
Regional Collaboration National Priority
to develop integrated regional systems
for prevention, protection, response, and
recovery in our Nation’s at-risk urban
areas. During 2012-14, a joint planning
effort took place with representatives
from FEMA, TDEM, DSHS, the City of
Houston and many other local, state,
federal and private sector representatives
for a scenario that depicts a 10kt nuclear
explosion occurring in the Port of Houston
Turning Basin.
While preparing for an IND may seem
futile, thousands of lives can be saved by
informed planning and decision-making
prior to and following an incident. This
session will focus on describing the
magnitude of impacts on evaluation,
sheltering, mass care and public
health in an environment that includes
contamination from radiation. It will also
point to the need for additional planning
efforts to improve coordination between
the emergency management and public
health sectors and to address resource
shortfalls that have been identified through
the planning process.
2:30 – 3 pm
General Session
Who Are You Going to Call?
DBH and Team Typing
Liza Carol Chigos
DSHS - DBHS - Planning Coordinator
This presentation will provide an overview
for participants to become familiar with the
Disaster Behavioral Health Typed Teams
and Training Standards. All organizations
with a behavioral health mission will see
how they fit into this structure. Discussion
will include the next steps organizations
can take towards meeting these standards.
This will include explaining Task Books
as a method of tracking, training, and
deployments.
For more information, go to www.dbhsymposium.com or call 877.451.8700
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Thursday, April 16
3:30 – 5 pm
Breakout Sessions
Track: Disaster Behavioral Health
A Model for Interfaith
Spiritual Care
Carol Flores
Texas Lutheran University
This workshop will explore a model
for spiritual care provision designed
specifically for use in multi-cultural and
diverse religious settings. Recognizing
the desire for people of all religious and
spiritual backgrounds to serve after a
disaster, this model of chaplaincy seeks to
train and utilize people from all religious
backgrounds to provide spiritual care
support after disaster in ways that honor
the disaster survivors’ own innate strength
and spiritual resources.
Track: Phases of Disaster Planning
Texas Disaster
Volunteer Registry
Kelley Adams
Department of State Health Services
The Texas Disaster Volunteer Registry web
site is maintained by the Department of
State Health Services and is used as a
volunteer registration and management
tool. The Volunteer Registry provides a
secure database with readily available,
verifiable information regarding each
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volunteer’s identity, qualifications, training,
and experience. The Registry helps
provide a timely, effective response to
disasters and ensures the appropriate
match of a volunteer’s skills and abilities
with the needs of the emergency situation.
Come learn how to use the system and
encourage individuals in your community
to register.
Track: Responder Support
Emergency Management
Safety Planning for Response
and Recovery
Regan J. Rychetsky, ABCP
Director, HHS Enterprise Risk
Management and Safety
Texas Health and Human Services
Commission
Man-made and natural disaster
response personnel will be in unfamiliar
surroundings, adverse weather conditions,
shelter situations and may be involved
in health and medical response efforts
in flood waters and storm surge areas
containing piles of debris, human and/
or animal remains, contaminated flood
waters, collapsed structures, downed
trees, fallen power lines, ash and hot
zones in wildfire situations; not to mention
unfamiliar with the flight line and landing
zone environments…and that’s just the
response. During demobilization the pace
of work can be fast and determined, but
safety and disaster behavioral health
should not be sacrificed for the need to
demobilize quickly. No activity should
compromise the safety of the evacuees
or personnel at any time. It is imperative
to focus on the safety of work being
performed in an effort to reduce the risk
of injury. This course will provide insight
and real life safety planning guidance to
assist you with the development of your
safety plans for your entity personnel and
safety message to your planning, response
and recovery team within the Emergency
Operations Center.
5:00 pm
Networking Opportunity
Join fellow attendees and DBHS
staff for a networking opportunity
at the hotel.
For more information, go to www.dbhsymposium.com or call 877.451.8700
Friday, April 17
Phases of Disaster Planning
Disaster Behavioral Health
Responder Support
(Best Practices, Spirituality, CISM)
(Planning, Preparedness, Response, Recovery)
OPEN
The Loop of Effective Decision Making
Ted Manning, SPHR
Department of State Health Services
8:30 -‐ 10 am
The Way Forward: Building Responder Resilience and Competencies Cathy Stout MHMR Tarrant County
10 -‐ 10:30 am
Break
10:30 am -‐ 12 pm
Disaster Dashboard: Exploring a Coordinated Platform for Improved Aid Response Efficency DPS Assistant Director W. Nim Kidd and Emily Kidd, MD
12 -‐ 2 pm
Taking Networking to a Rapid Pace: Speed Dating with Those You Need to Meet and Connect With
Interactive Round Tables
2:15 – 3:15 pm
Tips for Working with Children Following a Traumatic Event
Nancy Preston, MEd., LPC, LMFT
Temple Independent School District
The Role of Behavioral Health in Mass Planning for Responder Resiliency Fatality Management During all Phases of a Disaster
Allison Woody, MS, MEP
Elizabeth Barney MS, LP
Harris County Institute Texas A&M University
of Forensic Sciences
3:15 -‐ 3:30 pm
3:30 -‐ 5 pm
Break
Boundaries of Spiritual Care
Keith Robinson, Ph.D. PTSD Media Solutions
5:00 PM
8:30 – 10 am
Breakout Sessions
Track: Phases of Disaster Planning
The Loop of Effective Decision
Making
Ted Manning, SPHR
Training Specialist
Department of State Health Services
Decision-making is a critical skill and is
particularly important if you want to be
effective in your decisions. Each decision
presents its own challenges and we
all have different ways of viewing and
approaching problems. The way you see
a problem can be influenced by a number
of factors. These influencing factors may
impact the process you use to make a
decision and ultimately the results of
your decision. This session will examine
a variety of factors influencing decisionmaking, review a few decision-making
processes, and discuss ways to evaluate
OPEN
How Do I Tell Them He Died?
Janene Jeffery
Texas State University Networking Opportunity
the effectiveness of those decisions. By
the end of the session participants will be
able to identify a few internal influencing
factors impacting decision-making, select a
decision-making process, and evaluate the
effectiveness of their decisions.
Track: Responder Support
The Way Forward: Building
Responder Resilience and
Competencies
Cathy Stout, MSSW, LCSW
MHMR Tarrant County
This presentation will describe the use of
a comprehensive approach to building
disaster medical responder resilience
using the “Anticipate. Plan. Deter.”
responder resilience system for ED, EMS,
and Public Health disaster response
personnel. This model, developed at the
University of California Irvine Center for
Disaster Medical Sciences, involves novel
partnerships between disaster, mental and
behavioral health, EMS, ED, hospital, clinic,
and EMS response organizations for preevent stress inoculation, resilience planning,
and response phase triage and linkage
using Incident Command System (ICS) job
action sheets and other tools. The model
has been employed in Los Angeles County,
Alameda County, and the North Central
Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council.
Components of the training focusing on
responder self-triage for mental health
risk have been exercised in the Urban
Shield CBRNE and Active Shooter FTX in
Oakland and Dallas. The forward-thinking
objective of this responder resilience
system is to create a paradigm and culture
shift in moving responder resilience from
a “one shot, one size fits all approach”
to an evidence based, self-triage driven
continuum of care. The informed step-care
system allows trauma to be swayed in
the “golden month” opposed to waiting
for symptomology to move the responder
toward care.
For more information, go to www.dbhsymposium.com or call 877.451.8700
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10:30 am – 12 pm
General Session
Disaster Dashboard: Exploring
a Coordinated Platform for
Improved Aid Response
Efficiency
Chief W. Nim Kidd
Chief, Texas Division of
Emergency Management
Emily Kidd, MD
No organization working alone can
address the magnitude or the complexity
of the needs associated with disaster
preparedness and disaster response. There
are government agencies, public service
institutions (police, fire, EMS, public
health, public works), community groups,
civic and religious organizations, NGOs,
businesses, local leaders and local groups
with roles and responsibilities in disaster
preparedness and response. Effective
coordination and common communication
methods among these various responders
are critical to successful preparation
and response to disasters. At its best,
coordination and effective communication
can eliminate gaps and duplication
in service, determine an appropriate
division of responsibility and establish a
framework for information sharing, policy
agreements, program collaboration and
joint planning. Attend this session to hear
two statewide experts discuss ways Texas
can improve its aid response efficiency.
Chief W. Nim Kidd, CEM®
Chief W. Nim Kidd, CEM®, TEM, was appointed
to the position of Assistant Director for the Texas
Department of Public Safety (DPS) on July 1, 2010.
He serves as the Chief of the Texas Division of
Emergency management (TDEM), and is responsible
for the State’s Emergency Preparedness, Response,
Recovery, and Mitigation activities. Chief Kidd is the
Response and Recovery Subcommittee Chair for the
FEMA National Advisory Council (NAC) and also
serves on the Disaster and Emergency Preparedness
Committee of the Governor’s EMS & Trauma Advisory Council (GETAC).
One of Chief Kidd’s first initiatives was the reorganization of the State Operations
Center to comply with the National Incident Management System and Incident
Command Structure, enabling scheduled, coordinated, and communicated
operational support for local communities’ incident management. Chief Kidd
continues to reorganize and improve the disaster recovery process through
innovative achievements and collaborative partnerships with FEMA Region VI and
local government partners.
Prior to his appointment with TDEM, Chief Kidd served from 2004-2010 as the
emergency management coordinator and homeland security director for San
Antonio TX. During that time his administration provided support for eight major
disaster declarations. As a member of the San Antonio Fire Department since
1993, Chief Kidd’s assignments included Lieutenant on the SAFD Technical
Rescue Team and Captain of the SAFD Hazardous Material Response Team. He
has been a member of Texas Task Force 1 (TXTF-1) Urban Search and Rescue
(US&R) Team since 1997 and has responded to several state and federal disasters,
including the World Trade Center attack in September 2001.
Emily Kidd, MD
Dr. Emily Kidd began her career in emergency
medicine and EMS during college when she joined
the Texas A&M University Emergency Medical
Service, and later worked part-time as an EMT for
a 911 service in the Houston area during medical
school. Since finishing her residency in 2001, Dr.
Kidd has worked clinically as an emergency medicine
physician in San Antonio and Houston and has held
the positions of Assistant Medical Director for the
Houston Fire Department and Assistant Medical
Director and Interim Medical Director for the San Antonio Fire Department.
In addition to her current responsibilities as an Assistant Professor with UTHSCSA
and Assistant Medical Director for the San Antonio Fire Department, she currently
practices in the emergency department at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio.
Dr. Kidd was involved in field response and medical direction during Hurricanes
Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike, the H1N1 and Ebola responses in San Antonio,
and the West, Texas explosion. She has been a sitting committee member on the
Governor’s EMS & Trauma Advisory Council (GETAC) Disaster and Emergency
Preparedness Committee since its inception as a Task Force in 2006. She is the
medical director for the San Antonio area’s (RMOC) and (EMTF), a member of the
FEMA National Advisory Council, and the Project Director for the Texas Disaster
Medical System.
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For more information, go to www.dbhsymposium.com or call 877.451.8700
12 – 2 pm
Working Lunch
Interactive Round Tables
Taking Networking to a Rapid
Pace: Speed Dating with
Those You Need to Meet and
Connect With
And you thought you knew who you
needed to know? Much like a speed
dating session, attendees will participate
in interactive round tables to learn more
about other emergency and disaster
response groups and how they can
provide resources and support for each
other in the wake of disasters.
2:15 – 3:15 pm
Breakout Sessions
Track: Disaster Behavioral Health
Tips for Working with Children
Following a Traumatic Event
Nancy Preston, MED., LPC, LMFT
Director of Counseling
Temple Independent School District
Children and youth are among the most
vulnerable following a traumatic event.
This session will address how to anticipate,
assess, and better meet the emotional
needs of children and adolescents
experiencing a critical incident. An
overview of strategies and practical tips
will be presented that can immediately be
utilized by session attendees during their
next response.
will learn more about their potential roles
during preparedness efforts and incident
response. Behavioral health providers
will also learn the importance of cultural
competency and faith relations when
communicating with victim family members
throughout the operation.
Track: Responder Support
Planning for Responder
Resiliency During all Phases
of a Disaster
Elizabeth Barney MS, LP
Texas A&M University
Resilience is the ability to overcome
despite adversity. Resiliency can be
described as the ability to return to a
functioning normal. Resiliency can also
be a responder’s ability to find a new
normal. This presentation will focus
on how responders and agencies can
incorporate resiliency in all phases of
a disaster – Planning, Preparedness,
Response, and Recovery. The Texas
Disaster Medical System Responder Safety
and Health Workgroup has focused on
preparing responders in each of these
phases by developing guidance in the
pre-deployment, deployment, and postdeployment phases of a responder’s
involvement in a disaster. This session will
offer planning considerations, guidance
for responders, and how agencies can
support their responders to develop lasting
resilience.
3:30 – 5 pm
Breakout Sessions
Track: Disaster Behavioral Health
Track: Phases of Disaster Planning
The Role of Behavioral Health
in Mass Fatality Management
Allison C. Woody, MS, MEP
Preparedness Training &
Exercise Coordinator
Harris County Institute of
Forensic Sciences
The involvement of behavioral health
providers in mass fatality management
planning and response is essential
for developing comprehensive plans
and response procedures. Through
better understanding of mass fatality
management operations, including a
realistic picture of U.S. mass fatality
incidents, behavioral health providers
Boundaries of Spiritual Care
Dr. Keith Robinson
PTSD Media Solutions
When someone is faced with a serious
crisis, he or she may be approached by a
well-intentioned spiritual representative to
provide emotional sustenance even if this
has not been a typical part of the person’s
day-to-day life. In a life-threatening
event, members of a particular faith
tradition, and those who are not, may
want to provide prayer or other forms of
spiritual support. What guidelines should
a spiritual support person use to deal with
the trauma, but not overstep important
boundaries that might result in possibly
more trauma to the victim? If we truly
believe in the statement: “At least do no
harm”, then this topic becomes vitally
important to the care of the victim. The
purpose of this session is to explore the
ethical boundaries for the spiritual care of
patients who have experienced a traumatic
event in their lives. What, if any, are the
ethical responsibilities of caregivers who
are attuned to patients’ spiritual resources
and needs?
Track: Responder Support
How Do I Tell Them He Died?
Janene Jeffery
Texas State University
The session will address the unique nature
of delivering death notices when dealing
with non-medical survivors or family
members at the time of a death in the field
or during disasters. Participants will gain
a broad scope of information regarding
the nature of the task responders face
when a death situation is encountered.
The session will address commonly
displayed grief responses that may need
to be managed and participants will be
given proven techniques to manage grief
behaviors of persons receiving such news.
Both verbal and nonverbal communication
strategies will be discussed and some
role play will be used to convey tips for
dealing with emotional and distressing
situations. Cultural variables will be
included and strategies for creating a
positive and therapeutic environment for
delivery of such news will be covered.
Burnout avoidance and job satisfaction
enhancement will be included throughout
the session during discussions of practical
and usable information. Handouts will
offer participants resources for later
reference in their work situations. Time for
group discussion is planned and personal
experiences will be used as springboards
for discussion and enlightenment.
For more information, go to www.dbhsymposium.com or call 877.451.8700
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Saturday, April 18
Disaster Behavioral Health
(Best Practices, Spirituality, CISM)
Phases of Disaster Planning
Responder Support
(Planning, Preparedness, Response, Recovery)
8 -‐ 9:15 am
Lessons Learned: Dealing with Ebola in Texas and Preparing for the Next Incident
9:15 -‐ 9:30 am
Break
9:30 -‐ 10:45 am
Leave No One Behind:
Supporting Military Veterans
Ramona Benton
Gulf Coast Center
Veterans:
JJ Selvig
Samuel Alix, MA
Support without Stigma: Care for the Responder
Lisa Garmezy, Ph.D
Houston Police Department Verbal Self-‐Defense and Influence
Peter Harrell Jr.
10:45 -‐ 11 am
Break
11 am -‐ 12:45 pm
Lunch Keynote
History, Trends and Future Challenges
Dr. Rebecca Hamlin
12:45 -‐ 1 pm
Break
1 -‐ 2:30 pm
Critical Incident Stress Management Overview, Part 1
Bruce Hamlin
Keller Police Department 2:30 -‐ 2:45 pm
2:45 -‐ 5:15 pm
Using Technology to Provide Support & Care
Dr. Rebecca Hamlin
& Cathy Stout
Break
Critical Incident Stress
Management Overview, Part 2
Bruce Hamlin
Keller Police Department Critical Incident Response in Schools – It’s Complicated!
Nancy Preston, MED., LPC, LMFT
Director of Counseling
Temple Independent School District
8 – 9:15 am
General Session
9:30 – 10:45 am
Breakout Sessions
Lessons Learned: Dealing with
Ebola in Texas and Preparing
for the Next Incident
Track: Disaster Behavioral Health
This special panel session will discuss the
importance of communication during the
recent Ebola case in Dallas and how critical
first steps and promptly including Disaster
Behavioral Services could have shaved off
precious time during the incident. Panelists
will discuss lessons learned from the incident
in order to better prepare for future incidents.
The session will review the many lessons
learned in terms of preparation, screening,
diagnosis, treatment, protection of health care
personnel, and interaction with public health
and other government officials.
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Gender Culture and Communications, Part 1
Peter Harrell Jr.
Leave No One Behind:
Supporting Military Veterans
Ramona Benton
Gulf Coast Center
Verterans: JJ Selvig and
Samuel Alix, MA
Our military veterans and active duty
military live by a code “Leave No
Brother or Sister Behind”. This code
has served them during their time of
service and continues to guide their
lives as they transition into the civilian
world. In the time of disaster and crisis,
some of the most prepared Americans
Gender Culture and Communications, Part 2
Peter Harrell Jr.
are our military veterans. The skills
they have developed will serve them
well in many areas of the professional,
personal, and volunteer aspects of
their lives… commitment, loyalty, and
mission orientation are just a few of
those values. How can we recruit,
train and welcome our veterans into
this world of volunteerism and benefit
from the knowledge they have and the
experiences they have endured? We
need their talents, skills, drive, and
heart… we will “Leave No One Behind”.
For more information, go to www.dbhsymposium.com or call 877.451.8700
Track: Phases of Disaster Planning
Track: Responder Support
Verbal Self-Defense and Influence
Support without Stigma:
Care for the Responder
Peter Harrell Jr.
The Verbal Defense & Influence structured communication
methodology has broad applications. The negative influence of
stress on communications is pervasive and, as a result, Verbal
Defense & Influence training is broadly applicable. Within
organizations it is vital for anyone having direct client contact
(e.g., customer service personnel, healthcare workers, educators,
public safety professionals, sales representatives, management)
to increase the likelihood of positive outcomes and reduce
complaints. If all personnel are trained, the work environment
improves and the threat of litigation is greatly reduced. Outside
of work, employees benefit in their personal lives by having
the necessary skills to address verbal abuse and harassment,
maintain their emotional safety in dealing with others, and
even help their children manage bullying – all resulting in their
enhanced productivity during work hours. Verbal Defense &
Influence training is an essential addition to any organization’s
risk-management efforts (e.g., diversity, ethics, conflict resolution
training) to prevent problems from arising when employees
communicate in the midst of stress.
11 am – 12:45 pm
Keynote Lunch
History, Trends and
Future Challenges
Rebecca Hamlin, PhD
Criminal and Forensic Psychologist
The role of the Mental Health Professional
in Disaster Response has seen its greatest
growth over the past 15 years. Although
in its relative infancy as we know it today,
the roots of these professionals assisting
our communities and our country in times
of need date back nearly 100 years. It is
helpful to reflect on how this vital service
has been conceptualized and developed
over time. In light of this history, current
trends, and challenges, as well as possible
future directions and challenges will be
considered.
Dr. Lisa Garmezy
Houston Police Department
Why is disaster mental health work so stressful? This session
will examine the seemingly impossible tasks, imperfect systems,
and ill-fitting roles responders take on. Vicarious trauma,
poor working conditions, and scant resources can produce
compassion fatigue, garden-variety fatigue, and ethical concerns
about issues such as working outside one’s area of expertise.
Without self-care, the responder’s physical, emotional, spiritual,
and interpersonal health can be compromised and core beliefs
about how the world works, e.g., the nature of evil or God’s
mercy, can be challenged.
At both the individual and organizational level, a fragmented
post hoc approach to stress management will be less effective
than comprehensive health promotion efforts that begin well
in advance and continue after the return to normalcy. Building
supportive teams is critical. Practical strategies will be taught for
addressing self-care based in positive psychology, new research
on self-compassion and what we find meaningful, helpful apps,
and other resources for both the organization and individual.
Rebecca Hamlin, PhD
Dr. Rebecca Hamlin responds with TX-1 DMAT, and
is the Disaster Response Network Co-coordinator for
the Texas Psychological Association, the Mental Health
Co-chair for the Greater Houston Area Chapter of the
American Red Cross, as well as a Red Cross supervisor
and instructor. She has been awarded both a Texas
Psychological Association (TPA) Presidential Citation
as well as the TPA 2011 Outstanding Contribution
to Public Service Award for her efforts in these areas.
As a mental health professional, she has responded
to national and local incidents since 2005 including
Katrina, Rita, Ike, Gustav, multi-fatality incidents, pan-flu exercises, tornadoes,
wildfires, local structural fires, and flooding. She has also provided consultation
to local and state governmental organizations as well as to universities for disaster
planning.
In private practice in Spring, Texas, Dr. Hamlin maintains a clinical practice as well
as providing forensic services to the courts. Prior to obtaining her doctorate, she
worked for United States Catholic Conference Migration and Refugee Services, in
hospital-based Human Resources, and owned an Executive Search company for
more than 15 years with a focus on identifying and recruiting medical doctors for
universities, hospitals, and research organizations.
Dr. Hamlin graduated from Sam Houston State University with a Ph.D. in Forensic
Clinical Psychology. She completed an internship with the Federal Bureau of Prisons
at the Federal Medical Center Carswell with rotations in Forensic Psychology,
Substance Abuse Rehabilitation, and Behavioral Medicine.
For more information, go to www.dbhsymposium.com or call 877.451.8700
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1 – 2:30 pm
Breakout Sessions
Track: Responder Support
Track: Phases of Disaster Planning
Track: Disaster Behavioral Health
Gender Culture and
Communications – Part 1
Peter Harrell, Jr.
When someone dismisses, manipulates,
or misinterprets your words, it could be
due to differences in culture or gender.
For many people, these differences arise
from a deep pool of misunderstanding.
After all, we are socialized from a
young age to act (and react) within the
boundaries of our culture and gender.
At work, these interpersonal differences
lead to resentment, intolerance, stress,
and decreased productivity. At home,
these differences damage our families.
Knowledge, training, and practice can
bridge the divide. Attend this session to
identify ways to reduce misperceptions and
increase communication effectiveness with
others in the work environment: superiors,
peers, subordinates, and volunteers.
Critical Incident Response in
Schools – It’s Complicated!
Critical Incident Stress Management Overview – Part 1
Bruce Hamlin
Keller Police Department
To deliver the best service possible
to persons who have faced a crisis,
the requested responder needs to
constantly review the CISM “Tactics” and
“Strategically” deploy them. Participants
in this presentation will revisit the makeup
of a critical incident, areas that an
individual is affected, the elements of
CISM, and the practical use of the “ICISF
SAFER-R” model. This presentation is to
be a comfortable interaction dialog as we
learn, grow and encourage each other as
we are allowed the privilege to serve those
facing crisis.
Track: Phases of Disaster Planning
Using Technology to Provide
Support & Care
Rebecca Hamlin, PhD
Criminal and Forensic Psychologist
and
Cathy Stout, MSSW, LCSW
MHMR Tarrant County
Emergency response to disasters
routinely employs information and
telecommunication technologies. However,
the use of telemedicine (providing clinical
services remotely) is increasing. This
session will review the use of telemedicine,
PsyStart and other phone and computer
applications that are helpful in dealing
with disaster behavioral services response.
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2:45 – 5:15 pm
Breakout Sessions
Track: Disaster Behavioral Health
Critical Incident Stress Management Overview – Part 2
Bruce Hamlin
Keller Police Department
See Part 1 for description.
Nancy Preston, MED., LPC, LMFT
Director of Counseling
Temple Independent School District
Schools are like small cities. They have
their own management structure with
administrators, faculty, and staff being
responsible to their clients, students
and parents/guardians, as well as to
each other. Everyone remembers the
rules needed to maintain a productive
learning environment from when they
were a student, but how do those rules
impact a response when there is a critical
incident on a school campus? A response
in a school is really a response within a
response: first, support of the students and
second, support of the school personnel
charged with supporting the students.
This session will address the roles of
school personnel and responders during
a traumatic event and steps to take to
lessen resistance and improve response
outcomes.
Track: Responder Support
Gender Culture and
Communications – Part 2
Peter Harrell, Jr.
See Part 1 for description.
For more information, go to www.dbhsymposium.com or call 877.451.8700
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! A Model for Interfaith Spiritual Care
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8:30 – 10 am
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! Loop of Effective Decision Making
! Way Forward: Building Responder Resilience and Competencies
10:30 am – 12 pm
Disaster Dashboard: Exploring a Coordinated Platform for Improved
Aid Response Efficiency
12 – 2 pm
Taking Networking to a Rapid Pace: Speed Dating with Those You
Need to Meet and Connect With
2:15 – 3:15 pm
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! Tips for Working with Children Following a Traumatic Event
! Role of Behavioral Health in Mass Fatality Management
! Planning for Responder Resiliency During all Phases of a Disaster
3:30 – 5 pm
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! Boundaries of Spiritual Care
! How Do I Tell Them He Died?
Tuesday, April 29
8 – 9:15 am
Lessons Learned: Dealing with Ebola in Texas and
Preparing for the Next Incident
9:30
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Leave No One Behind: Supporting Military Veterans
Verbal Self-Defense and Influence
Support without Stigma: Care for the Responder
11 am – 12:45 pm
Buffet Lunch and Keynote
History, Trends, and Future Challenges
1 – 2:30 pm
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! Critical Incident Stress Management Overview, Part 1
! Using Technology to Provide Support & Care
! Gender, Culture, and Communications, Part 1
2:45 – 5:15 pm
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! Critical Incident Stress Management Overview, Part 2
! Critical Incident Response in Schools – It’s Complicated!
! Gender, Culture, and Communications, Part 2
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