1. Presented at the: Texas Unites Conference Galveston, Texas October 22 th, 2013

3.  Victoria L. Calder, Ph.D., Director, Texas School Safety Center  Frances Douglas, Psy.D., Chief Psychologist, Office of Psychological Services, Texas Department of Public Safety  Elizabeth Disco-Shearer, President, Texas Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster  Chance A. Freeman, Branch Manager, Disaster Behavioral Health Services, Department of State Health Services

8.  Subcommittee on Planning  Subcommittee on Training and Experience

10. DBHResponse Local Mental Health Authority Incident Command/Emergency Management DPS VICTIM SERVICES DSHS State Medical Operations Center Disaster Behavioral Health Services Emergency Event DBH Consortium TDEM State Operations Center Disaster District Chair

11. Type 1-Professional Behavioral Health Services All of Type 2 requirements and: Training: Licensure/Certification in a recognized behavioral health field Experience: Two years professional clinical experience and worked at least one disaster Other: Experience in providing Early Psychological Intervention Type 2-Crisis Intervention All of Type 3 requirements and Training: ICISF CISM, NOVA, Spiritual Care Experience: Two years professional experience and/or worked at least two disasters with supervision Other: Training in specialized services Type 3-Psychological First Aid Training: ICS 100, ICS 200, ICS 700, ICS 800, Psychological First Aid, Cultural Awareness, Experience: One year professional experience and/or worked at least one disaster with supervision Other: Endorsed by recognized organization(s); Non-Discrimination Affidavit; Work within VOAD points of consensus for Disaster Spiritual Care

12. Process will be included in the Guide

14. DISASTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY (LMHA) POPULATIONS SERVED SERVICE LOCATIONS LMHA CLIENTS FIRST RESPONDERS SURVIVORS FAMILY ASSISTANCE CENTER SHELTERS INCIDENT COMMAND RE- ENTRY HOMEOWNERS BUSINESS OWNERS SCHOOLS CHILDREN NURSING HOME ELDERLY SPANISH SPEAKERS LAW ENFORCEMENT FIRE EMS COMMUNICATION PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES OTHER VOLUNTEERS FORMAL SERVICES BEREAVEDSURVIVORS FIRST RESPONDERS SURVIVORS DSHS DISASTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES WEST, TEXAS FERTILIZER EXPLOSION RESPONSE

17. 17  DSHS DBHS http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhsa-disaster/  National Child Traumatic Stress Network PFA http://www.nctsn.org/content/psychological-first-aid http://www.nctsnet.org/content/pfa-mobile  World Health PFA model http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2011/humanitarian _relief_20110819/en/index.html  Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) http://store.samhsa.gov/pages/searchResult/psychological+first+aid http://disasterdistress.samhsa.gov/  FEMA Incident Command System Training http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/ICSResource/index.htm

18. Disaster Behavioral Health Services DBHS@DSHS.state.tx.us 512-206-5555

19.  Mosaic created by Hurricane Ike survivors: “The Tree of Life”