Supporting Trauma Recovery After Hurricane Maria: NCTSN Lessons Learned in Puerto Rico

• 2020

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• Melissa Brymer; Rosaura Orengo-Aguayo; Andrew Fernandez; Rosa Martinez Colon; Adriana McCormick

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Hurricane Maria was a deadly Category 4 storm that created widespread devastation in Puerto Rico in September 2017. This webinar highlights how the National Child Traumatic Stress Network brought in culturally-adapted trauma and grief interventions to several child-serving systems and worked to ensure the sustainability of these practices to better identify and treat traumatized and bereaved children and families.

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Hazard: Natural Disasters

Audiences: Behavioral Health Professionals; Emergency Managers; Nurses; Physicians; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stages: Recovery; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Psychology, Adolescent; Psychology, Child; Psychosocial Support Systems; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Community Networks; Cyclonic Storms; Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders; Psychological First Aid; Community Support

Institutions: National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN); Medical University of South Carolina; SGA Youth & Family Services; Baystate Medical Center

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