Disaster Behavioral Health Conference
The 2010 Nebraska Disaster Behavioral Health Conference
July 16, 2010
| Location: | Embassy Suites Hotel 555 South 10th Street Omaha, Nebraska 68102 (402) 346-9000 |
Embassy Suites Hotel
555 South 10th Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68102
(402) 346-9000
Target Audience: Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Mental Health Care Providers, Public Health Officials, Nurses, Clergy, Emergency Managers, First Responders, and Security Professionals.
Credit: Application for 5.5 Hours of continuing education has been made to the Nebraska Psychological Association, also applicable to LMHPs, LiMHPs, and LADCs.
Participant Responsibilities: Participants who sign in as specified at the start of the educational activity, remain throughout the activity, are present at the end of the activity, will be able to print a certificate of completion after filling out an online evaluation of the conference.
Sponsorship: This activity has been planned through the joint sponsorship of Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services, University of Nebraska Public Policy Center, the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, BryanLGH Medical Center, the Omaha Metropolitan Medical Response System (OMMRS), and the Lincoln Metropolitan Medical Response System (LMMRS).
Registration Information (subpage)
Cost: The fee to attend this conference is $45 if received by July 2, 2010. Any registrations received after that date will be charged $55.
Register online at: (qualtrics link)
Please make check for payment out to BryanLGH Foundation and send to:
c/o Janell Walther
University of Nebraska Public Policy Center
215 Centennial Mall South, Ste. 401
Lincoln, NE 68588-0228
Cancellation Policy: A written request must be received no later than July 10, 2009 to receive a full refund. There will be no refunds after the deadline.
Credit: Application for 5.5 Hours of continuing education has been made to the Nebraska Psychological Association, also applicable to LMHPs, LiMHPs, and LADCs.
Participant Responsibilities: Participants who sign in as specified at the start of the educational activity, remain throughout the activity, are present at the end of the activity, will be able to print a certificate of completion after filling out an online evaluation of the conference.
For assistance with registration:
Janell Walther
402-472-5678
ppc@nebraska.edu
Logistical Information (subpage)
Location: Embassy Suites Hotel
555 South 10th Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68102
(402) 346-9000
Parking: A complimentary airport shuttle is available to and from Eppley Airfield. Hotel parking, City of Omaha Parking lots, and metered parking is available for a fee. Valet parking at the hotel is available as well. Valet service parking is available to anyone with a handicap parking sticker. Please mark the box on the registration form if you plan to use this service.
Hotel Reservations: A room block has been secured for guests wishing to stay overnight to attend this conference. Guest rooms are available at the rate of $145 single/$155 double occupancy. Reservations under the Disaster Behavioral Health Conference will be held until June 14, 2010. Please secure your reservation today to ensure availability at the reduced rate.
Agenda (subpage)
Conference Schedule
8:00 – 9:00 AM Registration
9:00 –9:15 AM Welcome & Introductions
9:15 - 10:15 AM Roosevelt Clérismé, M.D. “The Mental Health System in Haiti & the Earthquake:
The Need for a Change”
10:15-10:30 AM Short Break
10:30-12:00 PM James Cawood, “Critical Practical Considerations for Preventing and Responding to Dynamic Incidents of Violence in Organizational Settings”
12:00 –1:00 PM Lunch on Own
1:00 – 1:15 PM Welcome Back
1:15 - 2:15 PM Robin Gurwitch, Ph.D. “Understanding and Supporting Children in Times of Crisis
and Loss”
2:15 – 2:30 PM Short Break
2:30 - 3:30 PM Amy Hudnall, M.A. “Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue: A
Workshop on Professional Quality of Life”
3:30 – 4:30 PM Lawrence Rosenfeld, Ph.D. “Ethical Issues in Disaster Response: Doing No Harm, Doing Some Good” (Note: this hour counts towards one hour of ethics training)
Speaker Biographies (subpage)
Dr. J. Roosevelt Clérismé, M.D., a native of Haiti, is board certified in General Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry. Dr. Clérismé has held leadership positions at Associate Medical Director at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center as well as Unit Chief, Associate Chairman of Psychiatry, and Director of Geriatric Psychiatry at Jamaica Hospital. He has also maintained a psychiatric private practice since 1983 in a culturally diverse community where he treats fellow Haitians and other West Indian patients. Dr. Clérismé has been on the executive board of Association of Haitian Physicians Abroad since the early 1980s and has been involved educating the Haitian community about various health issues through health fairs and radio and TV programs. He is the founder and president of CORRECT HEALTH IN HAITI, nonprofit organization supporting a rural clinic in Haiti.
James Cawood, M.A., is currently the President of Factor One, which provides vertically integrated violence risk assessment and threat management expertise. Mr. Cawood has assessed over 4000 cases and has designed and implemented violence risk assessment and workplace violence training programs, provided site security program review, and investigative consultation for other sensitive client concerns including loss of proprietary information, claims of sexual harassment or discrimination, financial irregularities, and conflicts of interest.
Robin H. Gurwitch, Ph.D. is the Program Coordinator for the National Center for School Crisis and
Bereavement. Additionally, Dr. Gurwitch is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She co-authored a guidebook for community resilience in the face of disaster with a focus on children and families with the CDC. She has worked with the Department of Defense/Pentagon to develop materials for families and children whose parents are in Iraq and Afghanistan. Dr. Gurwitch was recently asked to Chair the APA Presidential Task Force on the Psychological Needs of US Military Service Members and Their Families.
Amy C. Hudnall is a scholar activist who is Lecturer in the History Department at Appalachian State University. Her work focuses on cross-cultural trauma, genocide, and peace studies. She has presented and published on captivity trauma, human rights, secondary trauma, and cross-cultural conflict. She received her M.A. in history at Appalachian State University and also studied at the Bayerische Julius-Maximilian-Universität in Germany. Hudnall is a member of the international Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies Education Team and the consortium TRANSCEND-USA.
Lawrence B. Rosenfeld, Ph.D., is Professor of Communication Studies; Adjunct Professor of Social Work; and Chair, Behavioral Institutional Review Board at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author or co-author of 22 books; his latest book is the second edition of When Their World Falls Apart: Helping Families and Children Manage the Effects of Disasters (co-authored by Joanne Caye, Mooli Lahad, and Robin Gurwitch, National Association of Social Workers Press, 2010). Dr. Rosenfeld is the 2006 recipient of the National Communication Association’s Gerald M. Phillips Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Applied Communication Research, the 2000 recipient of the National Communication Association’s Donald H. Ecroyd Award for Outstanding Teaching in Higher Education, the 1995 recipient of the University of North Carolina’s Johnston Award for Teaching Excellence, and is listed in a 2004 publication as the tenth most prolific currently active scholar in Communication.
