Crisis and Disaster Response: Supporting Survivors

June 2025
CE Networking Event & Presentation
including Q&A

Friday, June 20, 2025
9:00am-11:00am

Online Via Zoom

2 CE Credits

Crisis and Disaster Response: Supporting Survivors

with Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW

Disasters like the recent Los Angeles wildfires devastate a community’s infrastructure and create significant mental health challenges. It is essential for mental health providers to offer disaster-informed interventions – not only during the immediate crisis but throughout the long-term recovery process. The key concepts and wellness skills of the evidence-based Community and Trauma Resiliency Models will be presented. They are designed to support recovery and healing following traumatic experiences and have been brought to disasters worldwide, including the Los Angeles, Lahaina, and Paradise wildfires. Grounded in neuroscience, these biologically based models teach six wellness skills that help restore balance to the mind, body, and spirit.

Educational Goals/Learning Objectives:

To increase participants’ knowledge and practical clinical skills in responding to individuals and communities during crises and disasters.

At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. Identify the three basic skills of the Trauma and Community Resiliency Models and how they can be applied to disaster settings.
2. Identify two or more key concepts of the Community Resiliency Model and how they correspond to helping survivors of disasters.

Presenter:

Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW (she/her) is co-founder and Director of Innovation of the Trauma Resource Institute (TRI). She developed the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) and the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM). Her book Building Resilience to Trauma: the Trauma and Community Resiliency Models gained recognition from the United Nations. She contributes to Psychology Today, providing expertise on trauma-related topics. Her podcast, Resiliency Within, is available on iTunes. She has responded to disasters worldwide and has presented at the U.N., the Global Fund, Catalyst 2030, Psychotherapy Networker, and the Skoll World Forum.

For more information, contact Course Organizer/CE Networking Chair Alexandra Levins-Trail.

Event Details:

For: Licensed Therapists, Associates, Students, & Related Professionals

When: Friday, June 20, 2025 from 9:00am-11:00am

            8:30-9:00: Check-In
            9:00: Meeting/Presentation Begins
            11:00: Meeting/Presentation & Related Announcements End
            11:00-11:30: Participant Announcements (optional)

If you are interested in expanding your professional networking, sign up for Participant Announcements when you register. This segment is from 11:00am-11:30am, and is an optional 1/2 hour after the presentation.

After the presentation we will provide you with a link to a simple online test and evaluation questionnaire. When the test questions and the evaluation are completed, you will be provided with an online CE Certificate that can be personalized with your name and license information and either printed or saved on your computer.

Where: Online Via Zoom (Your registration confirmation email will include the Zoom link and instructions for accessing the event. A reminder email will be sent prior to the event.)

Cost:
$25 for LA-CAMFT Members
Other CAMFT Chapter Members
CSCSW Members
$15 for Prelicensed Members
Other CAMFT Chapter Prelicensed Members
$35 for Non-Members
$20 for Prelicensed Non-Members

*Registration closes Thursday, June 19 at 10:00pm.*

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Register online today! We look forward to seeing you on Zoom.