Description

This two-part webinar is the third session of the series, Disaster Research Training for Children and Families. The series is intended to enhance the infrastructure and to provide the skills, information and resources needed to conduct disaster mental health research with children and families. This session is made up of two 1 1/2 hour webinars, led by Leslie Wind PhD.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify and define key concepts related to stress, coping, and resilience
  • Recognize models of coping and resilience
  • Understand the transactional nature of coping and resilience processes
  • Differentiate key culturally-based aspects of coping and resilience
  • Discuss coping and resilience issues specific to youth exposed to mass level traumatic events

Intended Audience

Local Multidisciplinary Research Team (LMRT) members

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Disaster Research Training for Children and Families Webinar Series

Session 1: Disaster Research for Children and Families: Universal Training Module

Session 2: Team Building and Culturally Competent Disaster Research

Session 3: Coping and Resilience for Youth in Traumatic Events

Session 4: Research Methodology and Program Evaluation

Session 5: Children's Disaster Mental Health and Child Mental Health Screenings

Session 6: Early Interventions and Psychoeducational Group Interventions with Children

Session 7: Disaster Research Ethics: Gaps, Challenges, and Team Sustainability

Format

The series of seven training sessions was held online, using iLinc web conferencing software. The initial Universal Training Project lasted 1.5 hours. All other training sessions in this series lasted 3.0 hours. Recordings of these sessions are available below.

Session Three Presenter

Leslie Wind, PhD, is an assistant professor and Chair at the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work and specialized in post-disaster trauma and resilience in children. In collaboration with the Terrorism and Disaster Center of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network she directs the Massachusetts Coalition of Child and Family Disaster Mental Health Education; a statewide interdisciplinary training in disaster mental health research.

Air Date: 
Thursday, May 17, 2007, 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm PDT
Topics: 
Behavioral & Mental Health
Emergency Preparedness & Disasters
Maternal and Child Health
Vulnerable Populations & Health Disparities
Format: 
Webinar
Duration: 
3 hours
Cost: 
Free
Series: 
Disaster Research Training for Children and Families
Competency Domains: 
Analytical/Assessment Skills
Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills
Policy Development/Program Planning Skills