Assignment Prompt & Instructions
**Planning to Manage a Crisis: Tornado Disaster Response in Rural Alabama**
**Slide 1: Title Slide**
**Planning to Manage a Crisis: Tornado Disaster Response in Rural Alabama**
**Slide 2: Crisis Identification and Categorization**
**•** **EF-3 tornado impacting Abbeville, Alabama**
**•** **Crisis Category: Ecosystemic**
**•** **Community-wide disruption affecting individuals, families, infrastructure, and services**
**Slide 3: Readiness and Preparedness**
**•** **Foundational crisis intervention training**
**•** **Experience with disaster-affected populations**
**•** **Familiarity with Alabama emergency management systems**
**•** **Growth areas: advanced disaster mental health, FEMA/VOAD coordination**
**Slide 4: Influence of Values, Beliefs, and Cultural Identity**
**•** **Commitment to service, dignity, and equity**
**•** **Faith-informed compassion and community-centered approach**
**•** **Rural Southern cultural attunement**
**•** **Awareness of personal worldview and communication style**
**Slide 5: Cultural Humility or Reflexivity Challenge**
**•** **Challenge: Assuming survivors prefer formal agencies over informal supports**
**•** **Importance: Rural communities may prioritize privacy and self-reliance**
**•** **Need for ongoing self-reflection to avoid misinterpretation**
**Slide 6: Initial Crisis Reactions**
**•** **Shock, confusion, disorientation**
**•** **Grief and loss**
**•** **Heightened anxiety and fear**
**•** **Survivor guilt**
**•** **Overwhelm due to disrupted housing, employment, and transportation**
**Slide 7: Treatment Model (Part 1)**
**Psychological First Aid (PFA)**
**•** **Evidence-based and flexible**
**•** **Prioritizes safety, stabilization, and immediate needs**
**•** **Supports diverse populations without requiring diagnosis**
**Slide 8: Treatment Model (Part 2)**
**Roberts’ Seven-Stage Crisis Intervention Model**
**•** **Assess lethality and safety**
**•** **Establish rapport**
**•** **Identify major problems**
**•** **Explore feelings**
**•** **Generate coping strategies**
**•** **Develop action plan**
**•** **Follow-up**
**Slide 9: Resource List (Local Resources)**
**•** **Henry County EMA**
**•** **Wiregrass United Way 2-1-1**
**•** **Southeast Alabama Mental Health Center**
**Slide 10: Resource List (Regional/National Resources)**
**•** **American Red Cross – Alabama Region**
**•** **FEMA Disaster Assistance**
**•** **Alabama VOAD**
**Slide 11: Team Wellness and Burnout Prevention**
**•** **Structured debriefing and rotation schedules**
**•** **Clear role assignments**
**•** **Access to supervision and peer consultation**
**•** **Encouraging boundaries and time off**
**•** **Monitoring for compassion fatigue**
**Slide 12: Leadership Characteristics and Social Change**
**•** **Trauma-informed, culturally responsive leadership**
**•** **Transparent communication**
**•** **Strength-based team empowerment**
**•** **Advocacy for equitable disaster recovery**
**•** **Modeling cultural humility**
**Slide 13: References (Part 1)**
**•** **James, R. K., & Gilliland, B. E. (2017).** _**Crisis intervention strategies**_ **(8th ed.). Cengage Learning.**
**•** **Aradhya, U. (2018). 10 tips to effective time management.** _**Human Capital, 22**_ **(6).**
**Slide 14: References (Part 2)**
**•** **Chaneski, W. S. (2017). Time management: How effective are you?** _**Manufacturing Engineering.**_
**•** **FEMA. Disaster assistance resources.**
**•** **American Red Cross. Alabama Region disaster services.**
**Slide 15: Appendix (Resource List Summary)**
**•** **Summary of agencies and services for survivors.**