Join us for this 75-minute webinar on LEND A HAND, a crisis management, triage, and de-escalation model.
LEND A HAND is a crisis management model that provides specific information on how to assess and support people in crisis in any number of professional, clinical, or social circumstances that we may encounter. With attention to issues of diversity, perception, and self-awareness for providers, LEND A HAND includes intervention and communication strategies that are derived from evidence-based best practices in safety and de-escalation.
Participants in the LEND A HAND webinar will be able to:
Dr. Kira Mauseth is a practicing clinical psychologist who splits her professional time between seeing patients at Snohomish Psychology Associates, teaching as a Senior Instructor at Seattle University and serving as a co-lead for the Behavioral Health Strike Team for the WA State Department of Health. She also serves on the state’s Disaster Medical Advisory Committee (DMAC). Her work and research interests focus on resilience and recovery from trauma as well as well as disaster behavioral health. She has worked abroad extensively in disaster response and with first responders and health care workers throughout United States. Dr. Mauseth also conducts trainings and provides presentations to organizations and educational groups about disaster preparedness and resilience building within local communities.
