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Crisis Counseling Assistance
and
Training Program
Regular Services Program
Phasedown Training
Objectives
Table of Contents
Section 100SP Phasedown
Components
Phases of Disaster Related
to Phasedown
Adapted from the Center for Mental Health
Services, 2000.
Collective reactions:
Preparing for Phasedown
Preparing for Phasedown
(cont.)
Preparing for Phasedown
(cont.)
Other Considerations
Section 200ssessing
the Need for Services
Assessing Individual and
Community Needs
Identifying Behavioral
Health Capacity
Identifying Other Disaster-Related
Services
Supplemental Content:
Event reactions are assessed using the SPRINT00, which has been validated in a CCP context. The referral script on page 2 of the form differs slightly, depending on the number of previous visits. The individual log should be filled out for the visit, even if the referral tool was used. Crisis counselors must have some training in the process of assessment, including how to answer participants00questions. This tool serves as a reminder that crisis counseling is intended to be a short-term intervention. Managers need to ensure that protocols are in place in their settings to ensure that individual crisis counseling does not become individual therapy.Instructor00 Notes:
Exercise Suggestion: Skills Practice00sing this Tool Emphasize presenting assessment and referral to survivors in a helpful and nonthreatening way.Instructor00 Notes:
Use this slide to review the typical community partners. Identify community organizations to partner with during phasedown. Identify the services needed in the community and what each partner can provide. Exercise Suggestion: 00ypical Partners During Phasedown00/font>Supplemental Content:
Training of human-service or community organizations in basic disaster behavioral health reactions and interventions can be another legacy item that CCPs leave in communities.Instructor00 Notes:
Exercise Suggestion: 00acilitated Group Discussion for Phasedown00/font>Instructor00 Notes:
Use this slide to point out any typical strategies not identified in the previous full-group discussion.Instructor00 Notes:
Exercise Suggestion: 00alk at Tables00taff Concerns at Phasedown00/font>Supplemental Content:
Communicating a firm end date helps staff realize that the program is indeed going to end and is not going to be extended indefinitely. Stress management opportunities are important throughout the CCP to address the stress risks to staff. CCPs often increase stress management opportunities toward the end of the program (as cumulative stress risks are higher). In addition to more formal stress management, simply providing staff with time and opportunities to share experiences and accomplishments can be an effective stress-reduction and mutual-support technique. Connect staff with employment resources (such as the One-Stop Career Centers http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/training/onestop.htm) and allow time, as appropriate, for job search activities. Incorporate future planning into individual supervision sessions. As a good deal of training is often provided to staff in a CCP, preparing written acknowledgement of completed training can be useful for staff in their job searches. Recognition opportunities or ceremonies both honor achievement and promote appropriate closure. Some programs arrange for certificates or letters of appreciation signed by an official (Commissioner of Mental Health, Governor, etc.). Some programs have found it helpful to combine more formal recognition for the CCP as a whole, with informal gatherings (such as potluck dinners) for individual providers or teams. Just as the CCP respects the wishes of the groups it serves, it should respect the wishes of the CCP staff and encourage them to decide what types of recognition or closure activities are right for them. The main goal of these strategies is to help staff address stress and concerns so that they can effectively carry out continued services as the CCP phases down.Instructor00 Notes:
Exercise Suggestion: 00eaving a Legacy00/font>Instructor00 Notes:
Use this slide to point out any typical legacy strategies not identified in the previous exercise.Instructor00 Notes:
Focus on the positive aspects of the final report. Emphasize that it should not be an afterthought, but rather, it becomes the public document that tells the story of the CCP. Reassure the group that the Federal Emergency Management Agency, SAMHSA, and SAMHSA DTAC will read the report thoroughly and retain best practices, materials, and promising approaches to inform future CCPs.Supplemental Content:
States must use the final program report template to complete their final program reports. Note that the same template is used for the RSP quarterly reports, as well as the Immediate Services Program and RSP final reports.Supplemental Content:
When presenting data and activity, reflect back to the program00 goals and targets originally written in the RSP application: Were the initial goals met?; If not, what changed and why?; and If changes were made, what factors influenced those decisions?Instructor00 Notes:
Provide Handout 8: Quarterly and Final Report FormatSupplemental Content:
Best practices from the final report will be used to inform future CCPs.Instructor00 Notes:
Provide Handout 8: Quarterly and Final Report FormatSupplemental Content:
If an extensive continued need can be clearly justified, a CCP may request a formal extension of the program. This is not typical, and the program should confer with the assigned Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) project officer prior to preparing any formal extension request. The end date may be prior to the 9-month program period.Supplemental Content:
CCP leadership should confer with the assigned CMHS project officer to identify the dates to begin formal phasedown, as well as the actual end date of program services.Supplemental Content:
The meeting with partners will be more productive if the CCP collects some needs assessment and capacity information prior to meeting.Instructor00 Notes:
Exercise Suggestion: 00egin a Draft of the Written Phasedown Plan00/font>Instructor00 Notes:
Please let the participants know that SAMHSA DTAC is available as a resource for information, assistance, and questions regarding the CCP.download Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program Regular Services ...
