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Trauma Outreach Program’s Trauma First Aide®

 

Trauma First Aide® (TFA) – TOP offers condensed education programs designed specifically for use in the field.  The Trauma First Aide® course is taught by the FHE-Trauma Outreach Program.  Trauma First Aide® is a short course designed to teach skills that reduce and/or prevent symptoms of traumatic stress within a single treatment setting and/or emergency setting.  The overall goal of the field training is to increase the capacity of the local service providers to treat trauma within their own communities and to help trauma survivors heal and return to productive lives after a disaster.  Building capacity is an investment in the future.

 

Currently, TOP is teaching Trauma First Aide® classes to health providers and first responders in New Orleans in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina.  Additional classes are expected throughout the gulf coast.

 

NEW TOP Offerings – TOP will also be offering classes of the Trauma First Aide® Orientation this year to the SE community combined with a basic orientation to TOP Field Projects.  Please contact the listed coordinator listed in your area for a brochure and more information.

 

Locations:                              Dates:                         Coordinators:                        Email:                                                 Phone:

San Francisco, CA               May 5-7                     Julia Gombos                        Juliagombos@earthlink.net             (415) 457-6929

New York, New York             June 23-25                 Christina Kuepper-Oake      ckoake@optonline.net                     (201) 612-8844

Los Angeles, CA                   July 29-30                  Faith Mitchell/Larry Shaw     Faith@autismprograms.com            (310) 909-9951

Boston, MA                            Sept. 29-Oct-1           Holly Burnes                           hburnes@gmail.com                        (617) 277-0340

Santa Fe, NM                        Nov 3-5                       Meg Deutsch                         megdeutsch@comcast.com            (505) 379-3218

Ashville, NC                           Fall 2006 TBA           Patti Elledge                          patelledge@hotmail.com                 (828) 277-4572

Canada                                  TBA                                                                            TOP@traumahealing.com

San Diego                             TBA                                                                            TOP@traumahealing.com

 

 

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