This timely publication is a field guide for behavioral health first responders and second responders in times of crisis intervention requiring emotional first aid. More and more behavioral healthcare professionals and paraprofessionals are being asked to leave the relative comfort of their regular workplace to participate in crisis intervention and work in disaster scenarios, equipped with emotional first aid. First and second responders from novices to those with years of experience will find information to help them respond to emergencies more effectively and avoid compassion fatigue. Just because you may be ready and willing to go does not mean, in and of itself, that you are prepared to go. In this book you will find many of those preparation and response concerns addressed. Direction is given and many forms and guidelines are provided to help make your experience in crisis intervention and disaster response a rewarding one. Being unprepared will distract from your mission, from your satisfaction, and steer you away from responding in the future.
Highlights from Emotional First Aid include the following:
- Basic crisis intervention and emotional first aid procedures
- Force protection procedures and resiliency information
- Information for adjusting one s mindset to the disaster scenario
- What to take with you when you go
- Special concerns about which each responder should be aware
- Reproducible reference forms, tests, and tables for use before, during, and after responding to crisis situations and disasters.
Become a trusted, emotionally sharp professional responder by being prepared!
Col James L. Greenstone, Ed.D, JD, DABECI Dr. Greenstone has been in practice for almost fifty years in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, where he served as the Police Psychologist and Director of Psychological Services for the Fort Worth Police Department. He has been a police officer for thirty-five years. His work in Crisis Intervention and disaster response began in the mid 1960 s, and continues to this day. He is currently Professor of Disaster and Emergency Preparedness for Nova Southeastern University, College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is a licensed professional counselor, licensed marriage and family therapist, and a dispute mediator and arbitrator. He holds earned degrees in Clinical Psychology, Education, Criminal Justice and Law. He interned at the Devereux Foundation in Devon, Pennsylvania and received advanced training at Harvard Law School. Dr. Greenstone serves on a Federal Disaster Medical Assistance Team as a Supervisory Mental Health Specialist; served as Colonel and Deputy Commander of the Texas State Guard Medical Brigade, Texas Military Forces. He is a Certified Crisis Intervener, a Certified Traumatologist, an Emergency Medical Technician, and a Master Peace Officer. Dr. Greenstone has earned the Master Military Emergency Management Specialist Qualification.
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