Human beings can easily be involved in serious crises and catastrophes throughout their lives.
The spill of toxic substances is likely to bring about a sense of terror among the population that might cause more psychological victims than physical ones.

Before the surge of any emergency or catastrophe, it is highly significant to have the bulk of the population prepared as well as to get professional and interdisciplinary teams created and prepared.

The Course for Psycho-social Intervention on Emergencies and Catastrophes is unique. It is developed on a 50-50% theoretical- practical basis, with ‘role-play’ and drills as core features so as to be able to anticipate as many diverse scenarios for emergencies and catastrophes as possible.

Main Topics Covered by this Course:

- Theoretical framework for catastrophe intervention.
- Habitual reactions in a catastrophe situation.
- Training on skills to technical and psychological support in emergency and catastrophe situation.
- Psycho-social intervention in pre-hospital emergencies. Multiple accidents.
- Intervention in natural disasters.
- Intervention in suicides.
- Psycho-social intervention with immigrants, refugees, and expatriates.
- Collective emergencies and nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBQ) risk.
- Intervention protocols for disasters and catastrophes.
- Intervention in armed conflicts
- Intervention in terrorist attacks and kidnapping
- Techniques to face the intervene’s stress
- Debriefing, defusing and counseling
-etc...