Programs

Working in collaboration with SUNY New Paltz professionals and community leaders, the IDMH offers education and training in disaster mental health, including conferences, workshops and seminars that reflect recent research and best practices.

IDMH programs include:

• Training and consulting in disaster mental health for professionals, paraprofessionals, and community members.
  
• An annual conference, as empirically-supported best practices are still evolving in this relatively new field, the conferences are expected to have national significance.
• An interdisciplinary undergraduate minor in disaster studies. The minor focuses on events of natural, technological and human-induced origin and on how these affect individuals, communities, organizations, and the nation. Those completing the minor will become certified responders for the American Red Cross. Interested students can download the course descriptions* and the minor form *.
• The Institute offers graduate training in disaster mental health to advanced counseling interns and mental health professionals that will enable them to respond to local, regional and national disasters as credentialed Disaster Mental Health workers.

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