Description

Pediatric Pandemic Network pediatric mental and behavioral health experts will present information on trauma-informed mental health care and describe how practical disaster response strategies can improve the care of and outcomes for children. Highlights from this Fireside Chat will offer ideas for how children’s hospitals can improve their disaster plans and protocols in situations that may lead to evacuation, reunification, surge, and triage/infection control/decontamination.

Objectives

  1. Understand the psychological impact of trauma-informed mental health approach on children/youth, their families and ED providers.
  2. Apply trauma-informed care approaches to the DRC focus areas (evacuation, reunification, surge, and triage/infection control/decontamination).
  3. Consider how to improve your facility’s pediatric disaster plan to address the mental and behavioral health of pediatric patients in disaster and crisis events.
Session date: 
04/28/2025 - 10:00am to 11:00am EDT
Location: 
Virtual
United States
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  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Children's National Hospital designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 ANCC
    Children's National Hospital will provide 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours for this Live activity.
  • 1.00 ASWB
    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Children’s National Hospital is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 continuing education credits.
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Speaker(s)

Kira Mauseth, Ph.D.

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Merritt Schreiber, Ph.D., Clinical-Child Psychology

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.