Loading...The Beecken Center at The School of Theology, University of the South, in partnership with NDIN (National Disaster Interfaiths Network), invites clergy and spiritual caregivers of the Episcopal Church and religious leaders all faiths to take this two-day Disaster Chaplain Training.
Participants who complete this certification can volunteer in their own diocese or faith community - or with NDIN or its national partners. NDIN can also assist unaffiliated volunteers in finding disaster spiritual care volunteer opportunities in local communities across the United States. Emergency managers and disaster mental health professionals may also take this course to develop their knowledge of disaster spiritual care best practices.
This two-day training prepares clergy, religious leaders or spiritual care providers to volunteer as disaster chaplains in mass care settings, or to serve as disaster chaplains within their house of worship, religious community or professional institution.
Registration Information:
Each registrant must be endorsed for this training (by the senior religious leader who has jurisdiction over their ministry and/or currently serve as a chaplain and/or credentialed religious caregiver or leader). Emergency managers and disaster mental health professionals may register using their agency affiliation.
Thursday, April 24 and Friday, April 25 • 8:15AM - 5:00PM
The School of Theology, Sewanee: University of the South
335 Tennessee Ave., Sewanee, TN 37383
Directions: visit.sewanee.edu
Hotel: Best Western Smokehouse Lodge, Monteagle, TN - 931-924-3175. Group Rate Available under Sewanee Programs Center
Attendance is limited to 35 participants • Register by April 14, 2014
Tuition is $345, Paid in Advance - 2 CEUs Available by Request
(Continental breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack and training materials included)
Register here: //theology.sewanee.edu/academics/volunteer-disaster-chaplain-training
This course is compliant with NIMS (National Incident Management Systems) and incorporates FEMA Incident Command System (FEMA IS 100) training. It also complies with the National VOAD* Points of Consensus for Disaster Spiritual Care.
The Course Curriculum Incorporates:
Operations & Spiritual Care: General Principles; Interventions; Sites and Specifics
- Emotional and spiritual phases of the disaster "life cycle"
- Spiritual First Aid: PCAID (Presence, Connect, Assessment, Intervention, Develop Plan of Care) as an intervention appropriate in any phase of a disaster
- Disaster human services operations and disaster site operations
- Practice in applying principles of spiritual and emotional care in various disaster scenarios
Mental Health: Introduction; Impact of Disaster; Response and Reaction
- Phases of psychological reaction to disaster and impact on behaviors, thoughts, & feelings
- Psychological First Aid as a basic intervention that does not require professional training
- Indicators that referrals for professional mental health care may be appropriate
Self-Care: The Need and Techniques; Individual and Community Resilience
- The need for caregivers to develop effective self-care practices
- Practices that minimize compassion fatigue ("the cost of caring") and other stresses related to providing care in times of crisis
- Strategies to promote recovery and resiliency, especially through support systems that monitor, nourish and maintain self-care for individuals and communities
Download the NDIN training brochure here.
Register here: //theology.sewanee.edu/academics/volunteer-disaster-chaplain-training
