Events

Course Description

The purpose of this course is to enhance the skills of clergy, chaplains, mental health professionals, and trained crisis responders to provide effective emotional and spiritual care (ESC) to meet the disaster-related needs of disaster responders and disaster-affected families and individuals within disaster operations. This course builds on the crisis intervention principles taught in Spiritual and Psychological First Aid (among other CISM courses) to effectively integrate these principles within ESC teams for appropriate care throughout the disaster continuum from the immediate to the long-term recovery process. This course examines the unique ministry The Salvation Army offers during a disaster event and identifies appropriate spiritual care support techniques for traumatized disaster survivors.

**NOTE, this is a two-day course, and training will be Saturday, February 29 AND Saturday, March 7.  You must attend BOTH Saturday classes to receive credit for this course!**

Prerequisite(s): Intro to The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services, Incident Command System

This course is free. Lunch will be provided each day, for a small fee.