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ALL Volunteer Disaster Chaplain Training Course

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September 29, 2014 @ 8:30 am – September 30, 2014 @ 5:00 pm
2014-09-29T08:30:00-04:00
2014-09-30T17:00:00-04:00
Where:
Metropolitan College of New York
431 Canal Street
New York, NY 10013
USA
Cost:
$145
Community Resilience Emotional and Spiritual Care Refresh skills Training
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Volunteer Disaster Chaplain Training Course
Metropolitan College of New York, Manhattan
September 29-30, 2014
The Metropolitan College of New York, Emergency & Disaster Management Program), through a training partnership with the National Disaster Interfaiths Network invites religious leaders and spiritual caregivers of all faiths to take this two-day Disaster Chaplain Training. This training is being co-sponsored by NYDIS (New York Disaster Interfaith Services) andBrooklyn Center for Quality Life.
New York City area participants who complete this certification can volunteer as disaster chaplains with NYDIS. 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.This two-day training prepares clergy, religious leaders or spiritual care providers 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.
Registration Information
Each registrant must be endorsed for this training and/or currently serve as a chaplain, congregation staff and/or credentialed religious caregiver or leader. Emergency managers and disaster mental health professionals may register using their agency affiliation.
Tuesday-Wednesday, September 29-30 • 8:15AM – 5:00PMMetropolitan College of New York 431 Canal Street, Manhattan (Directions)
Attendance is limited to 35 participants • Register by September 12
Registration Fee: $145 – 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 (FEMA 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
To Register Click Here   •   To download our Training brochure Click Here