ALRID Regions 1 & 2 Present:
Disaster 101: Interpreter Dynamics
Saturday, August 22, 2015
8:00 am ‐ 5:00 pm
ADRS Community Room
3000 Johnson Road SW
Huntsville, AL 35805
Sponsored by: ALRID & The American Red Cross
Click here for a brocher: Disaster101.pdf
Psychological First Aid for Interpreters: Helping Others in Times of Stress
Prepares Interpreters working with American Red Cross workers to provide basic care, comfort and support to people who are experiencing disaster related stress. Interpreters will learn to identify ways to assist victims in their preferred mode of communication.
(RID Activity No. 0263.0815.04 ‐ .3 CEUs)
Disaster Services 101: An Overview And How Interpreters Fit In
Learn ways to help the community prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. Learn about volunteer opportunities at local Red Cross chapters.
Discuss how interpreters fit in to the dynamic and ways to improve seamless service delivery.
(RID Activity No. 0263.0815.05 ‐ .1 CEUs)
Fundamentals and Logistics for Interpreters
Prepares participants to assist in the opening, organizing, opera ng and closing of a Red Cross Shelter. This includes discussing ways of making the shelter more visually accessible for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people including accessibility for interpreters.
(RID Activity No. 0263.0815.06 ‐ .3 CEUs)
Disaster 101: Interpreter Dynamics
Agenda
August 22, 2015
8:00 ‐ 8:30 Registration
8:30 ‐ 10:30 Psychological First Aid
10:30 ‐ 10:45 Break
10:45 ‐ 11:45 Psychological First Aid (Conclusion)
11:45 ‐ 12:30 Lunch (Provided Onsite)
Surveys for Region 2
12:30 ‐ 1:30 Disaster Services 101
1:30 ‐ 1:45 Break
1:45 ‐ 4:45 Shelter Fundamentals and Logistics for Interpreters
4:45 ‐ 5:00 Wrap up and Evaluations
About the Presenters:
Christopher Pennington, American Red Cross
Regional Volunteer Lead Mass Care/ Logistics
Christopher Pennington has been with the American Red Cross for five years and has worked many deployments in and out of State in Mass Care. Mainly in Sheltering, but with all aspects of Mass Care which includes Feeding, Bulk Distribution and Safe and Well Linking. He has worked all aspects in and around Shelters from a Service Associate to Supervisor, to Managing the Shelter as a whole, he has also worked as a Sheltering Manager which consists of running Multiple Shelters simultaneously.
Denise McClendon, LCSW lives in Hanceville, AL. She is married with one step son and four grandchildren. She received her Master’s in Social Work from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1992 and re red in 2011 to be a pastor's wife, help with family rental property and to volunteer. She has been actively involved with the Cullman office of the Red Cross since 2012. She serves as the Disaster Action Team Leader as well as the Disaster Mental Health Lead for the Mid Alabama Chapter. She has responded to major disasters throughout the United States in the area of Disaster Mental Health. She is a certified instructor for Psychological First Aid, Disaster Mental Health Fundamentals and Coping in Today's World.
To register by mail, please complete and return to the address below:
Disaster 101: Interpreter Dynamics
Registration Form
Name:________________________________
Address:_____________________________
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Email:________________________________
Phone:_______________________________
Registration Fee
_______ $25.00 ALRID Member (Lunch Provided)
_______ $35.00 Non‐Member (Lunch Provided)
_______ $10.00 Late Fee (After August 14) (Lunch is not guaranteed if registration is received after August 14)
Completed Registration Form along with check made payable to ALRID, must be mailed by July 1, 2015 to:
Chaeney Milligan
ALRID Region 2 Representative
c/o AIDB
600 St. Clair Ave., Bldg. 2
Huntsville, AL 35801
Please note: No refunds will be given unless the workshop is cancelled.
For Accommodations Contact:
Chaeney Milligan
(256) 539‐7881
