Outlines and describes The 12 Core Concepts: Concepts for Understanding Traumatic Stress Responses in Children and Families.

APD - Anticipate: Understand your stress reactions; Plan: Plan for your Response Challenges; Deter: Monitor your stress reactions and activate your Coping Plan early to maximize your resilience during disaster response.

Best practice guide for well-being. The Five Ways to Wellbeing was introduced to Aotearoa New Zealand in 2009 as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, building on work done by the new economics foundation (nef) for the UK government. This paper aims to develop confidence in organisations and workers ..

¿Qué son los primeros auxilios psicológicos? El origen del concepto de primeros auxilios psicológicos (Psychological First Aid, PFA) se puede encontrar en un artículo publicado por la Asociación Americana de Psiquiatría (American Psychiatric Association) en 1954 que reconocía la necesidad de realizar una intervención aguda para aliviar el estrés ..

There is increasing knowledge that health care workers (HCWs) can experience a variety of emotional impacts when responding to disasters and terrorism events. The Anticipate, Plan and Deter (APD) Responder Risk and Resilience Model was developed to provide a new, evidence-informed method for understanding and managing psychological impacts among ..

Job Action Sheet to accompany Just in Time (JIT) Pediatric Mental Health Checklist for Response to Mass Violence Incidents National Children's Disaster Mental Health Concept of Operations (CONOPS)

Planning for a disaster should also include being ready for difficult emotions. This safety plan and coping card helps families think through how to deal with stress and offers tools on how to stay emotionally safe.

This checklist for Just-in-Time Implementation is based on the National Children’s Disaster Mental Health Concept of Operations (NCDMH CONOPS). It is designed to assist local, county, and state agencies in implementing a comprehensive disaster behavioral/mental health incident response strategy for children, youth and families.