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Texas Disaster Behavioral Health Responder Training & Experience. Presented at the: Texas Unites Conference Galveston, Texas October 22 th , 2013. Introductions. Who are DBH Consortium panel members?. Victoria L. Calder, Ph.D., Director, Texas School Safety Center
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Texas Disaster Behavioral HealthResponder Training & Experience Presented at the: Texas Unites Conference Galveston, Texas October 22th, 2013
Who are DBH Consortium panel members? • 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
What are the current projects of the Consortium? • Subcommittee on Planning • Subcommittee on Training and Experience
Emergency Event Disaster District Chair DBH Response Incident Command/Emergency Management TDEM State Operations Center DPS VICTIM SERVICES Local Mental Health Authority DSHS State Medical Operations Center DBH Consortium Disaster Behavioral Health Services
How are DBH practitioners deployed? Process will be included in the Guide
WEST, TEXAS FERTILIZER EXPLOSION RESPONSE DISASTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DSHS DISASTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY (LMHA) POPULATIONS SERVED SERVICE LOCATIONS INCIDENT COMMAND RE-ENTRY SURVIVORS FIRST RESPONDERS LMHA CLIENTS SHELTERS FAMILY ASSISTANCE CENTER HOMEOWNERS BUSINESS OWNERS SCHOOLS CHILDREN NURSING HOME ELDERLY SPANISH SPEAKERS LAW ENFORCEMENT FIRE EMS COMMUNICATION PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES OTHER VOLUNTEERS FORMAL SERVICES SURVIVORS BEREAVED SURVIVORS FIRST RESPONDERS
Resources • DSHS DBHS http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhsa-disaster/ • National Child Traumatic Stress Network PFA http://www.nctsn.org/content/psychological-first-aid http://www.nctsnet.org/content/pfa-mobile • World Health PFA model http://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+aid http://disasterdistress.samhsa.gov/ • FEMA Incident Command System Training http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/ICSResource/index.htm
Contact Information Disaster Behavioral Health Services DBHS@DSHS.state.tx.us 512-206-5555
Thanks and Enjoy the Institute! • Mosaic created by Hurricane Ike survivors: “The Tree of Life”