Goals and Objectives
• Differentiate between an emergency and a disaster
• Identify recommendations for storage of emergency food, water, and other basic supplies
• Identify recommendations for continuity of business following a disaster
• Identify basic requirements regarding disaster planning and preparedness
• Identify and differentiate between responsibilities of administrators and staff members during and after disasters
• Define mitigation as it relates to emergency management
• Identify the importance of promoting resilience in children
• Define and demonstrate understanding of impact and relief
• Identify typical responses of children in various age groups to disaster
• Identify recommended strategies and practices for helping children and adults cope in the aftermath of disaster
• Identify recommended safe practices and policies for responding to various types of disasters and security threats, including tornadoes, storms, earthquakes, and terrorist attacks
• Identify recommended strategies and practices for coping with the death of a child, death of a loved one, incarceration of a parent, or major financial troubles within a family