Assignment task: Provide a detail answer to the following
After reviewing the journal articles and completing the Week 8 chapter readings, please respond to the following:
1. Provide an overview of the challenges to crisis teams, the errors that occurred, and how you would manage the crisis if you were in a position of responsibility and authority. Support your position based on information gleaned from the journal articles, the course texts, and other academic resources.
2. If you were in a disaster setting working with people in crisis, how would you assure self-care? As the supervisor of a crisis team in a disaster area, how would you ensure a psychologically safe environment for your staff?
3. Discuss the symptoms you might observe in children after exposure to a community disaster. Describe your assessment and treatment approach.
Rizzuto, T. E., & Maloney, L. K. (2008). Organizing chaos: Crisis management in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Professional Psychology, 39, (1), 77-85.
Dass-Brailsford, P. (2008). After the storm: Recognition, recovery, and reconstruction. Professional Psychology, 39, (1), 24-30.
Jones, R. T., Immel, C. S., Moore, R. M., & Hadder, J. M. (2008). Hurricane Katrina: Experiences of psychologists and implications for future disaster response. Professional Psychology, 39, (1), 100-106.
Aten, J. D., Madson, M. B., Rice, A., & Chamberlain, A. K. (2008). Post-disaster supervisor strategies for promoting supervisee self-care: Lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 2, (2), 75-82.