[PBARC] The Arkansas Crisis Response Team classes

[Randy Geater]

This would help us prepare for an emergency:

Arkansas Hospital Association
Intended Audience
Administrators, Physicians, Psychologists, Pharmacists, Nurses,
Physical Therapists, Social Workers, Technicians, Chaplains,
Volunteers, CNAs, Facility and Maintenance Staff
Also invited
Emergency Management Personnel, First Responders
and Community Volunteers
November 11-12, 2010
Jones Center, Springdale
December 8-9, 2010
Hilton Garden Inn, Jonesboro
March 16-17, 2011
Ouachita County Medical Center, Camden
In Collaboration with
Basic Emotional First Aid
Crisis Response Training
The Arkansas Crisis Response Team
Presents
www.arkhospitals.org
Day One
7:30 a.m. Registration
8:00 a.m. - 11:45 p.m.
 Introductions, Purpose and Overview
 Why Intervention? New London, TX
 Philosophy of Crisis Intervention
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Lunch (provided)
12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
 Crisis Intervention Skills
 Group Intervention Simulation
 Applying the Intervention Model
 Wrap-up
* Breaks throughout the training
Day Two
8:00 a.m. - 11:45 p.m.
 Cultural, Values and Ethnicity in Crisis
 Healthcare and First Responders
 Looking at Death, Dying and Spirituality
 Hospital and Community Solutions
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Lunch (provided)
12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
 Responding to Children and the Elderly
 Healthcare and Community Scenarios
 Applying Intervention
 Caregivers Emotional Health
 Wrap-up, Closing, Evaluations
Basic Emotional First Aid Training
This two day workshop emphasizes the fundamentals of crisis and trauma by 
providing techniques for
“peer-to-peer” crisis intervention. Its goal is to provide emotional first aid 
and crisis response training to
hospital professionals and support staff. Although the primary focus is on 
hospital employees, other
interested disciplines are encouraged to participate.
Objectives:
 Provide the fundamentals of trauma and its effects on emotional wellbeing.
 Provide skills to reduce acute emotional stress caused by the proximity of 
any emergency by using
peer to peer crisis intervention.
 Provide an ongoing mechanism for emotional support to address acute, chronic 
and cumulative stress
that are prevalent in high stress healthcare environments.
 Create the opportunity to incorporate emotional first aid assessments into 
healthcare Standard
Operating Procedures.
Arkansas Hospital Association will furnish a Jump Drive which includes:
 Trauma Handouts for Adults, Children, Elderly, Special Populations, 
Educators, Emergency
Responders.
 Manuals on Mass Violence and Terrorism, Helping Children, Cultural 
Connections, Role of Culture
in Children
 ARCRT “Responder Newsletters”
 Arkansas Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster materials including 
“Light Our Way”
Two Day Agenda
The Arkansas Crisis Response Team (ARCRT)
The Arkansas Crisis Response Team is an all volunteer non-profit organization 
providing “emotional first
aid” in the aftermath of a natural or manmade disaster. ARCRT has served 
Arkansas communities for
more than 13 years. The 240-member team of professionals is comprised of 
healthcare professionals,
faith-based organizations, educators, higher education professionals, law 
enforcement officers, fire and
rescue responders, mental health professionals and victim advocates.
What Is Being Said About ARCRT Training?
“One of the strengths the ARCRT brings to its work with victims is its 
interdisciplinary membership, drawing
on the skills and gifts of many people bringing their professional expertise to 
the scene of a crisis. As a
physician, there is a niche for my skills in this team effort that complements 
the others, and it gets me
back to my roots in medicine — roots that involve listening to the person in 
front of me.”
— Steven L. Thomason, M.D., M.Div., Medical Director, Northwest Arkansas Circle 
of Life Hospice
“Crisis intervention is invaluable in a hospital setting where the staff is 
routinely under high amounts of job
related stress. This is especially true after intense or difficult cases, as 
well as periodically, to deal with
never-ending chronic stressors that are part of our day to day jobs.”
— Sandy Pryor, Director of Emergency Services, Baptist Health Medical Center, 
Little Rock
“As a member of the Arkansas Crisis Response Team, it is very rewarding to be 
able to give back to communities
and, in particular, other hospitals during their time of need. It is also very 
beneficial to have the
skills necessary to handle a crisis in the event that something were to happen 
at any of our own facilities.”
— Jennifer Lang, PhD, Administrator, Methodist Behavioral Hospital
“I recommend the ARCRT training which provides skills in emotional first aid. 
The training in crisis
response is invaluable for everyone in the health professions even if they never 
serve on a response
team. Being on a response team has also been one of my most rewarding and 
humbling experiences as a
physician.”
— Joanna Seibert, M.D., Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics, Arkansas 
Children’s Hospital and UAMS
Training Faculty
Jennifer Lang received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of 
Tulsa. She has been employed
by Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana as a child 
psychologist and as
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology and has extensive experience 
with both adult and child
populations. She is a certified crisis responder for the state of Arkansas and 
has responded to multiple
local and national disasters. Dr. Lang is the hospital administrator for 
Methodist Behavioral Hospital in
Maumelle, Arkansas.
Rev. Msgr. Jack D. Harris was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1974 and holds a 
Masters Degree in
Divinity. He is currently the ARCRT Chaplain and Vice-Chair of the Ethics 
Committee. Jack began direct
crisis intervention as a pastor in Jonesboro during the Westside Middle School 
shootings. Since then he
has responded to a wide variety of disasters including fatal fires, shootings, 
industrial accidents, tornadoes,
line of duty death, hurricanes and suicides. Jack led the first Arkansas team to 
New Jersey following
the World Trade Center disaster. In 2004, Jack was team leader in the aftermath 
of the four Florida hurricanes.
His leadership was called on again in 2005 when he led a team to the Mississippi 
Gulf Coast.
Because of his expertise in death and dying, Jack has led teams that involved 
high profile homicides.
Training Faculty (cont.)
Ginger Bankston Bailey is the ARCRT Executive Director. She holds a Master of 
Business Administration
and has been in victim advocacy and crisis intervention for more than 18 years. 
Ginger authored and
compiled the National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Board’s Mass 
Casualty Protocol –
Second Edition – Lessons Learned from September 11, 2001. Ginger serves as 
Bioterrorism Coordinator
for Methodist Behavioral Hospital and is the Exercise and Drill Co-Chair for the 
Metropolitan Hospital
Emergency Management Council. In 2005, Ginger was selected to lead the NOVA 
Advance Team to the
Mississippi Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina where she set up 
deployment sites in FEMA
Disaster Recovery Centers and the Salvation Army.
Captain Dale Saffold is Troop J Commander for the Arkansas State Police which is 
headquartered in
Clarksville, AR. Dale is the current president of the FBI National Academy 
Associates, Inc. He serves on
the Arkansas Wireless Information Network [AWIN] Board of Directors that created 
a statewide communication
network for emergency responders, healthcare and communities. Dale’s dedication 
to crisis intervention
has resulted in a highly skilled Arkansas State Police Crisis Response Team that 
operates under
the umbrella of the ARCRT. Dale has assisted with interventions involving law 
enforcement agencies after
a “line of duty” shooting or death. Dale serves on the ARCRT Board of Directors 
and is a current officer
on the Executive Committee.
Rev. Dr. Stan Wilson holds a Doctor of Ministry degree in Pastoral Care and 
Counseling from Midwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, and a Master of Divinity 
degree from Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Stan currently serves as the 
Director of Pastoral
Care for Baptist Health and has served as faculty, adjunct faculty, or as field 
supervisor for several
colleges and seminaries. He has expertise in grief, bereavement, counseling 
skills, and crisis intervention.
Stan is experienced in call-outs and has facilitated many interventions 
nationally and within Arkansas. He
has implemented crisis response interventions within the Baptist Healthcare 
System. Stan has served on
the ARCRT Executive Committee and Board of Directors.
Workshop Locations
November 11-12, Jones Center, 922 East Emma Avenue, Springdale, 479-756-8090
December 8-9, Hilton Garden Inn, 2840 South Caraway, Jonesboro, 870-931-7727
March 16-17, 2011, Ouachita County Medical Center, 638 California Avenue 
Southwest, Camden, 870-
836-1000
Continuing Education
Certificates of attendance with “clock hours” will be issued to all registrants 
attending this conference.
13.5 nursing contact hours will be awarded to nurses attending the entire 2-day 
event. Partial CNE
will NOT be awarded.
The Arkansas Hospital Association is an approved provider of continuing nursing 
education by Arkansas
Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing 
Center’s COA.
Arkansas Hospital Association
Basic Emotional First Aid: Crisis Response Every Time
Registration Form
Name, Title & E-Mail
Name, Title & E-Mail
Name, Title & E-Mail
Organization
Address
City State Zip
Telephone _______ FAX ______
Date & Location That you Plan on Attending
Jones Center, Springdale: November 11-12, 2010
Hilton Garden Inn, Jonesboro: December 8-9, 2010
Ouachita County Medical Center, Camden: March 16-17, 2011
Registration Fee
Registration fee includes printed materials, refreshments and lunch for BOTH 
days.
Individual Participant: $205 per participant
Team of 3 or More: $185 per participant
(All teams must register at the SAME time to receive the discounted fee)
Method of Payment
Check Enclosed (Please make checks payable to: Arkansas Hospital Association)
Credit Card: VISA MasterCard
Cardholder’s Name:
Cardholder’s Number: Exp. Date:
Cardholder’s Signature:
2 Ways to Register
 FAX: 501-224-0519 Mail: Anna Sroczynski, Registrar
Arkansas Hospital Association
419 Natural Resources Drive
Little Rock, AR 72205
501-224-7878
Refunds and Cancellations
If cancellations are received in writing five business days prior to the date of 
the workshop, 50% of the registration
fee is refundable. Registrants who cancel the day of the program or fail to 
attend must pay the entire fee. Substitutions,
however, are permitted. Registrations that are phoned in or faxed are subject to 
the same cancellation policy.

 Randy Geater   K5NDX
Almyra, Arkansas.
GRAND PRAIRIE ARC  PRESIDENT
Thank You,     73's