EBP Exchange – UMB School of Social Work

Psychological First Aid (PFA) developed by the National Center for PTSD and the National Child Traumatic Stress Network is an evidence informed module used to assist children, adolescents, adults, and families in the immediate aftermath of disasters, crises, and terrorism. Aimed to reduce initial distress and foster short and long term adaptation and functioning, PFA can be implemented by a wide variety of service providers including, but not limited to first responders, crisis teams, school personnel, faith based organizations, emergency health care providers and other community based teams. This web-based presentation is facilitated by Linda Ligenza, LCSW, and Linda Watson, PhD and offers an overview of PFA Approaches, Factors Related to Recovery, Core Principles and Actions in PFA, Clinical Applications and Demonstrations, a web link to the PFA Training Manual and additional resources for service providers.

The Psychological First Aid online interactive presentation can be found at the following website: http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/samhsadr/presentation3.htm#

School of Social Work Associate Professor Kathryn Collins is building a database of web based training curricula related to social work micro, mezzo, macro, and policy practice (including promising, best, evidence based practices for each area). Please send any information or web addresses to kcollins@ssw.umaryland.edu.