Institute for Disaster Mental Health (Virtual) Conference: From 9/11 to COVID-19 - Lessons from Two Decades of Disaster Response

This two-day virtual conference will bring together expert presenters/panelists from across the country to review how much we've learned about incorporating mental health needs into emergency response, and to look ahead to where we can and must go from here. Topics include: supporting children and families through crises, addressing vicarious trauma among responders, treating trauma in ethnic populations, and the need for leadership and change management under rapidly evolving circumstances. Registrants will have access to view all content for one year, even if you cannot join "live" during the two days. Thanks to generous support from New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services, enrollment for all state, county, and municipal employees of NY is FREE.

Since its founding soon after the attacks of 9/11, the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz has held an annual conference to provide New York's front-line responders, emergency managers, clinical practitioners, and disaster relief volunteers with critical access to information on best practices in the field of disaster mental health. The need for this cross-disciplinary approach to training and planning, which fosters a coordinated response across the fields of disaster management and mental health, has never been clearer than during the Covid-19 pandemic. Given the global stress and anxiety surrounding the outbreak and other ongoing disasters, it's essential now to revisit the lessons that have been learned during the past 20 years, and to further disseminate insights from 9/11, countless natural disasters, and escalating mass shootings, as well as the broader issues around racial inequities and social justice.

For more information, visit: https://www.newpaltz.edu/idmh/

You will receive an email confirmation from Frontline Education. Your conference registration links will be sent by email on Monday, September 27 from registration@beaconlive.com.