Purpose

This training series is intended to enhance the infrastructure and to provide the skills, information and resources needed to conduct disaster mental health research with children and families. The overall goal of the Child and Family Research Training and Education Program is to enhance the capacity and infrastructure to conduct rigorous disaster mental health research on children and families. The Pacific Northwest Local Multidisciplinary Research Team (LMRT) is one of ten LMRTs established nationwide to participate in this project. The trainings selected for the Pacific Northwest LMRT were based upon the needs identified by the team members as well as their backgrounds and agency affiliations. The iLinc trainings are presented by content experts and national Disaster Research Training faculty selected for their expertise and subject matter knowledge.

Format

The series of seven training sessions will be held online, using iLinc web conferencing software. The initial Universal Training Project will last 1.5 hours. All other training sessions in this series will last 3.0 hours.

Each session will be recorded and the archives will be posted on this web site. You may need to download the iLinc player from our software and plug-ins page before viewing the iLinc recording.

Intended Audience

The Pacific Northwest Local Multidisciplinary Research Team and other partners with an interest in Disaster Mental Health Research with Children and Families.

Disaster Research Training Faculty

Randal Beaton, PhD, EMT, is a Research Professor on the faculty of the Schools of Nursing, Public Health and Community Medicine, and the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice at the University of Washington. Dr. Beaton has conducted disaster mental health research with fire fighters and paramedics and has presented numerous trainings for public health and other providers on disaster mental health.

Lucy Berliner, MSW, is Director, Harborview Center for Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress and Clinical Associate Professor, University of Washington School of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Her activities include clinical practice with child and adult victims of trauma and crime; research on the impact of trauma and the effectiveness of clinical and societal interventions; and participation in local and national social policy initiatives to promote the interests of trauma and crime victims.

L. Clark Johnson, PhD, is a Research Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Washington. Dr. Johnson earned his doctorate in psychology with an emphasis on research methodology and data analysis. Dr. Johnson has decades of teaching and applied consultative experience in program evaluation, informatics and research design.

Erin Moran is an enrolled member of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes of Oklahoma. Erin is currently the Training and Outreach Coordinator for the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB). She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Pacific University and is currently pursuing her Masters of Public Administration with an emphasis in Tribal Government from Evergreen State College. Erin is an active member of the Portland Area Indian Health Service Institutional Review Board.

Betty Pfefferbaum, MD, JD, is a general and child psychiatrist and Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. She is the Director of the Terrorism and Disaster Center of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network; a federal initiative to improve treatment and services for traumatized children.

Gilbert Reyes, PhD, Associate Dean for Clinical Training at Fielding Graduate University, is a licensed clinical psychologist. He specializes in disaster survivors and their communities and serves as a consultant to the Terrorism and Disaster Center of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network specializing in the development of trauma related interventions for children and families.

Leslie Wind, PhD, is an assistant professor and Chair at the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work and specialized in post-disaster trauma and resilience in children. In collaboration with the Terrorism and Disaster Center of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network she directs the Massachusetts Coalition of Child and Family Disaster Mental Health Education; a statewide interdisciplinary training in disaster mental health research.

Session 1: Universal Training Module

• Facilitator: Betty Pfefferbaum
• Date: Thursday, April 19, 2007, 1:00-2:30 PM
  
• Target Audience: Stakeholders, Agency Leads, Supervisors, and LMRT members

• To provide a rationale for a focus on children disaster mental health research
• To list and describe types of disasters
• To describe the mission and components of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• To provide an overview of the Disaster Research Training Program and the role of LMRTs

Session materials

• UTP Slides
  
• Session recording [ 17 MB ]

Session 2: Team Building and Culturally Competent Disaster Research

• Facilitators: Randy Beaton and Erin Moran
• Date: Thursday, May 3, 2007, 12:00-3:00 PM
• Target Audience: LMRT members

After participating in the Team Building module, participants will be able to:

• Identify benefits of team building
• Understand the value of working as a team
• Understand the vital role that teams play in building networks and/or communities to accomplish tasks that have broad base support
• Develop capacity to conduct post-disaster research in with planned/timed effort
• Develop skills for effective team building

After participating in the Culturally Competent Disaster Research module participants will be able to:

• Define "cultural competence"
• Understand the importance of cultural competence in disaster services/research
• Identify barriers to services/research in minority/marginalized communities following traumatic events
• Identify potential solutions to these barriers
• Discuss cultural competence issues specific to children

Session materials

• Team Building Slides
  
• Cultural Competency Slides
• Cultural Competency in Research and Services: Readings and Resources
• Traumatic Stress in American Indians: Selected References
• American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research Journal Archives
  Please note: Markstrom, C. & Charley, P. (2003) Psychological effects of technological/human-caused environmental disasters examination of the Navajo and uranium (Case study)- Click on volume 11 (1), pages 19-45 (pdf pages 23-49).
• Session recordings: Team Building module [ 11 MB ] | Cultural Competency module [ 19 MB ]
  

Session 3: Coping and Resilience

• Facilitator: Leslie Wind
• Date: Thursday, May 17, 2007, 12:00-3:00 PM
• Target Audience: LMRT members

After participating in the Coping and Resilience module, participants will be able to:

• Identify and define key concepts related to stress, coping, and resilience
• Recognize models of coping and resilience
• Understand the transactional nature of coping and resilience processes
• Differentiate key culturally-based aspects of coping and resilience
• Discuss coping and resilience issues specific to youth exposed to mass level traumatic events

Session Materials

• Coping and Resilience Slides
  
• Coping and Resilience Bibliography
• Session recordings: Part 1 [ 15 MB ] | Part 2 [ 11 MB ]

Session 4: Research Methodology and Program Evaluation

• Facilitator: L. Clark Johnson
• Date: Thursday, May 31, 2007, 12:00-3:00 PM
• Target Audience: LMRT members

After participating in the Research Methodology participants will be able to:

• Types of disasters studied
• Study designs
• Sampling issues
• Developmental stages represented
• Post disaster assessment time points
• Youth self-report vs. parent reporting of youth reactions
• Study locations

After participating in the Program Evaluation module, participants will be able to:

• Understand the standards by which the quality of a program evaluation is judged
• Identify the steps in conducting a program evaluation
• Recognize the barriers and challenges in conducting evaluations of disaster mental health programs
• Comprehend the factors that influence capacity for program evaluation

• Program Evaluation Slides - Part 1
  
• Program Evaluation Slides - Part 2
• Ex Ante Guide
• Checklist of Ex Ante Evaluation
  
• Session recordings: Part 1 [ 10 MB ] | Part 2 [ 12 MB ]

Session 5: Children's Disaster Mental Health and Child Mental Health Screenings

• Facilitator: Lucy Berliner
• Date: Thursday, June 14, 2007, 12:00-3:00 PM
• Target Audience: LMRT members

After participating in the Children’s Disaster Mental Health & Child Mental Health Screenings module, participants will be able to:

• To assist participants in understanding child mental health issues related to trauma, disaster and terrorism to establish a foundation for disaster mental health research
• To provide a rationale for child mental health screenings and to consider some limitations and problems with screening

• Children's Disaster Mental Health Slides
• APA Resilience Fact Sheets
  
• Session recordings: Part 1 [ 13 MB ] | Part 2 [ 16 MB ]

Session 6: Early Interventions and Psychoeducational Groups Interventions with Children

• Facilitators: Gil Reyes
• Date: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 12:00-3:00 PM
• Target Audience: LMRT members

After participating in the Early Interventions module, participants will be able to:

• To consider key components of early (post-disaster) interventions such as psychological first aid
• To consider needed research with early interventions

After participating in the Group Interventions with Children module, participants will be able to:

• To consider outcomes studies of psychoeducational and group interventions with children
• To consider some of the generalizations about these interventions

• Children's Psychosocial Services in Disasters Slides
• DRT: Services and Interventions Reference List
• PREPARE Curriculum
  
• Session recordings: Part 1 [ 14 MB ] | Part 2 [ 17 MB ]

Session 7: Disaster Research Ethics; Gaps and Challenges in Disaster Research and Team Sustainability

• Facilitators: Randy Beaton and Sharon Elsayed, Suzanne Manning and Richard Bruzustowicz with the University of Washington Human Subjects Division
• Date: Thursday, July 12, 2007, 12:00-3:00 PM
• Target Audience: LMRT members
  

After participating in the Research Ethics module, participants will be able to:

• Develop competencies in recognizing:
  • Ethical issues involving standard of practice, informed consent, confidentiality, record keeping, and supervision in the provision of disaster mental health services
  • Legal issues involving professional liability, vicarious liability, licensure, and HIPAA in the provision of disaster mental health services
• Develop competencies in recognizing:
  • The impact of states' disaster related statutes on the provision of disaster mental health services and research
  • The impact of federal statutes (HHS, FDA, & HIPAA) when conducting disaster mental health research

After participating in the Gaps and Challenges in Disaster Research, participants will be able to:

• Identify significant gaps in knowledge about harmful effects of disasters on children's psychosocial functioning.
• Identify significant gaps in knowledge about variables that influence the differential effects of disasters on children's psychosocial functioning.
• Identify significant gaps in knowledge about the effectiveness of psychosocial services and interventions for children affected by disasters.
• Identify significant challenges to extending and elaborating knowledge about the effects of disasters on children's psychosocial functioning and the effectiveness of disaster mental health interventions.

• Norris, F., Friedman, M., Watson, P., Byrne, C., Diaz, E., & Kaniasty, K. (2002). 60,000 disaster victims speak, Part I: An empirical review of the empirical literature, 1981 – 2001. Psychiatry, 65, 207-239.
• Norris, F., Friedman, M., & Watson, P. (2002). 60,000 disaster victims speak, Part II: Summary and implications of the disaster mental health research. Psychiatry, 65, 240 - 260.
• Rubonis, A., & Bickman, L. (1991). Psychological impairment in the wake of disaster: The disaster-psychopathology relationship. Psychological Bulletin, 109(3), 384-399.
• Baron, R., & Kenny, D. (1986). The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1173-1182.
  
• Cohen, J., Cohen, P, West, S.G, and Aiken, L.S., (2003). Applied multiple regression/correlation analysis for the behavioral sciences (3rd Ed.). Hillsdale: Erlbaum.

• Practical Ethical and Legal Information Slides
• Gaps and Challenges in Disaster Research Slides
• Session recordings: Part 1 [ 15 MB ] | Part 2 [ 15 MB ]