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by Ela Schwartz

After Hurricane Sandy swept through the New York-metropolitan area, faculty and administrators from the Adelphi and the 茄子视频 Institute for Parenting took stock of the situation: Not only were thousands of children and adults emotionally traumatized, so were the mental-health providers these people were counting on to provide services.

Luckily Marcy Safyer, M.S.W., LCSW-R, director of the institute, had two colleagues who contacted her to offer their assistance: Michele Many, M.S.W., LCSW, and Amy Dickson, Psy.D.听 The two assistant professors with the LSU Health Sciences-New Orleans, Department of Psychiatry had both worked tirelessly after Hurricane Katrina to provide services to storm victims.

Ms. Many and Dr. Dickson recommended introducing their New York counterparts to Psychological First Aid (PFA). Developed by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) and the National Center for PTSD, Psychological First Aid is considered the state-of-the-art approach for helping people cope in the immediate days to weeks following a disaster.

By November 16, Adelphi faculty and staff rapidly pulled together 鈥淎fter the Storm: Psychological First Aid in Response to Hurricane Sandy,鈥� which included an introduction to Psychological First Aid. The overwhelmingly positive response prompted Adelphi to follow up on January 11 with 鈥淭he Ongoing Response to Hurricane Sandy: What鈥檚 Next?鈥� The day of training offered by the 茄子视频 , the institute and the offered attendees certification in Psychological First Aid.

The event was attended by not only mental health professionals but emergency-service workers and even a librarian from a hard-hit community.

鈥淔or our first event in November, we were telling, not teaching,鈥� Ms. Safyer said. This brings us full circle. With this training (attendees) feel 鈥業 can do this,鈥� that they now have the skills to administer Psychological First Aid.鈥�

Ms. Many and Dr. Dickson provided the training gratis. 鈥淪o many people were generous to us following Katrina,鈥� Ms. Many said. 鈥淲e wanted to pay it forward.鈥�