Health care professionals and others who serve people with
special needs are invited to a free Emergency Preparedness Workshop
at the University of Virgin Islands from 5-9 p.m. on Dec. 4 and 5.
It will be videoconferenced between both UVI campuses. The workshop
is designed for health care professionals and others who serve
children and adults with special health needs, as well as students
who are planning careers in the health professions. It will teach
attendees how to conduct all planning and other activities
necessary to prepare people with special health care needs under
their care for the possibility of an emergency, how to respond
quickly and appropriately if an emergency arises and how to keep
their knowledge of emergency preparedness up-to-date.
Dr. Andrew Garrett, the director of planning and response at
Columbia University's National Center for Disaster Preparedness
will be the keynote speaker. Dr. Garrett is also the coordinator
for the disaster response network of the Children's Health Fund, a
national network of more than 20 mobile pediatric clinics for
underserved patients and an associate research scientist at the
Mailman School of Public Health.
Presenters will include representatives from the Developmental
Disabilities Planning Council in New York, the Emergency
Preparedness Project of the Westchester Institute for Human
Development, the New York State Department of Health and the Virgin
Islands University Center for Excellence on Developmental
Disabilities (VIUCEDD) Leadership Education and Developmental
Disabilities program. Other presenters include officials from the
VI Territorial Emergency Management Agency and the VI Department of
Health.
Continuing education credits are available for health care
providers and other professionals who serve people with special
needs, and students preparing for a career to serve people with
special needs.
The workshop is sponsored by the Westchester Institute for Human
Development University Center for Excellence in Developmental
Disabilities in partnership with VIUCEDD. It is also supported in
part by a grant from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the
United States Department of Health and Human Services. For further
information and to register for the workshop, before Nov. 25, go to
www.wihd.org/conference2 or
call Catherine Yankou at 914-493-8175.
To register for continuing education credits call Shammi Carr at
693-1173.
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