Join Chaplain Deb Wacker, M.Div, MBA, BCCC, FHPC for an introduction to psycho-spiritual first aid, a key intervention in disaster and crisis response. Participants will learn this intervention’s principles, how it differs from other interventions (such as critical incident stress management), where to learn more about psycho-spiritual first aid, and how they might implement it in their own practice of spiritual care.
14 hurricanes. 41,944 wildfires. 1,078 tornadoes. Flash flooding abounds. All in a nine-month time period in 2023.
No doubt, the effects of climate change continue to accelerate. With ever more disasters, the need and level of skills for those in service positions also accelerate.
As I write this, two of our Hawaiian islands have been decimated by wildfire to the likes of Pompeii. The effects of climate change have devastated more communities than we can track. In 2023, over 26,276 individuals have lost their lives to gun violence. There have been 431 mass shooting incidents across our nation.