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CE Course Description

Disasters can devastate communities, as well as jeopardize individuals' health and overall well-being. Moreover, disasters, whether natural or man-made, can lead to widespread death and destruction. Due to the catastrophic nature of disasters, health care organizations should have disaster plans in place to help mitigate the impact of a disaster on patient care. This course will review the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Technical Assistance Publication (TAP), Disaster Planning Handbook for Behavioral Health Service Programs, to provide health care professionals with the necessary insight to develop and improve disaster plans, which may be used in the event of a disaster to ensure effective patient care, and save lives.

Author:  This report was prepared for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) by a panel of field reviewers, including behavioral health service providers with experience in disaster preparedness and response, who contributed to the original 2013 version of this TAP.  For the 2021 update, subject matter experts and writers reviewed the content to ensure that the revised document realistically reflects how behavioral health service programs can respond to the challenges of disaster preparedness and response. [This TAP was revised during the COVID-19 pandemic.]

Recommended Citation:  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): TAP 34: Disaster Planning Handbook for Behavioral Health Service Programs. SAMHSA Publication No. PEP2021-02-01-001. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Published 2021.

References / Contributions by:

1. Benlloch, J M , Cortes, J C , Martinez-Rodriguez, D , Julian, R S , & Villanueva, R J (2020) Efect of the early use of antivirals on the COVID-19 pandemic: A computational network modeling approach Chaos, Solitons, and Fractals, 140, 110168
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2021a) Demographic trends of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the US reported to CDC Retrieved March 4, 2021, from https://covid cdc gov/covid-data-tracker/#demographics
3. Federal Emergency Management Agency (2010a) Comprehensive preparedness guide 101: Developing and maintaining emergency operations plans (Version 2 0) U S Department of Homeland Security Retrieved September 8, 2020, from www ready gov/sites/default/fles/2019-06/comprehensive_preparedness_guide_developing_and_maintaining_emergency_operations_plans pdf 4. Ko, J Y , Danielson, M L , Town, M , Derado, G , Greenlund, K J , Kirley, P D , COVID-NET Surveillance Team (2020) Risk factors for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated hospitalization: COVID-19-associated hospitalization surveillance network and behavioral risk factor surveillance system Preprint version submitted to medRxiv Retrieved January 13, 2021, from https://academic oup com/cid/advance-article/doi/10 1093/cid/ciaa1419/5908300

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CE Course Objectives

1. Examine the rationale and process for disaster planning.
2. Evaluate disaster planning and preparation, while obtaining insight into disaster planning teams and how disasters may impact individuals.
3. Recognize concepts related to continuity planning, while obtaining insight into the effective  management of prescription medications.
4. Identify concepts related to planning issues for a pandemic disease.
5. Analyze how to effectively complete, test, activate, and deactivate a disaster plan.

CE Outline and Main Points

1. Forward
2. Introduction
3. TAP Development Participants
4. Publication Information
5. Chapter 1: Rational and Process for Planning
6. Chapter 2: Disaster Planning and Preparation 
7. Chapter 3: Continuity Planning
8. Chapter 4: Management of Prescription Medications
9. Chapter 5: Planning Issues for a Pandemic Issues
10. Chapter 6: Completing, Testing, Activating, and Deactivating the Disaster Plan
11. Appendix A: Biography
12. Appendix B: Worksheets
13. Appendix C: Abbreviations and Acronyms
14. Appendix D: Disaster Planning Web Resources
15. Sample E: Sample Memorandum of Agreement Between Opioid Treatment Programs

Social Work Approval

Social Work CE Credit for this course is offered with the following approvals. Many state boards of social work will accept the approvals listed. Provider Approvals by state and license type can be found here.

• Quantum Units Education is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, CAMFT Provider #89970, to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEP. Quantum Units Education maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
• Florida board for Social Workers CE Provider #50-8650 (Quantum 'immediately' reports CE Credits to Florida licensees) 
• Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, License No. 159.001261 approved CE Sponsor
• Ohio CSWMFTB #RCST091701 approved CE Provider
• Texas Board of SWE #5070 approved CE Provider
• Quantum Units Education, #1289, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 01/03/2023 - 01/03/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 5.00 'General' continuing education credits.

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Added On: 02/01/2021