Option #1: Disaster Preparedness Planning

Option #1: Disaster Preparedness Planning

Critical Thinking Assignment (85 Points)

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Choose one of the following two assignments to complete this week. Do not do both assignments. Identify your assignment choice in the title of your submission.

Option #1: Disaster Preparedness Planning

Visit the Red Cross websiteLinks to an external site. and explore the resources for emergency preparedness. Choose one of the emergency preparedness topics (i.e., hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake, or fire) and one area of need for preparedness (i.e., home and family, school and students, or workplace and employees) and then present a plan for preparedness that looks at how one might prepare for one of these types of emergencies in one of the areas. For example, how would one prepare for a flood in the workplace or for an earthquake at a school?

Your paper should address each of the following:

  • Identify the emergency preparedness topic you have chosen (i.e., hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake, or fire) and the area of need (i.e., home and family, school and students, or workplace and employees) and briefly describe the surrounding circumstances.
  • Apply the emergency preparedness topic to one area of need, presenting a detailed plan that could be given to the human services managers who will respond to the type of emergency and area of need you have specified.

Your paper should be 2- 3 pages in length and conform to APA guidelines in the CSU Global Writing CenterLinks to an external site.. Include at least one credible source in addition to the required material. The CSU Global LibraryLinks to an external site. is a good place to find these references.

Option #2: Disaster Interventions

Kanel (2019) refers to disasters in two categories: natural disasters and man-made disasters. Clients who experience a disaster may benefit from interventions that are tailored to the specific type of disaster. Choose one type of disaster from each category and include responses to the following in your well-written essay:

  1. The category and type of disaster you have chosen
  2. Interventions that may be used on a community level for this type of disaster
  3. Interventions that may be used on an individual level for this type of disaster
  4. Describe the concepts of PTSD, Trauma-Informed Care, and Critical Incident Debriefing as related to working with victims of disasters

Your paper should be 2-3 pages in length and conform to APA guidelines in the CSU Global Writing CenterLinks to an external site.. Include at least one credible source in addition to the required material. The CSU Global LibraryLinks to an external site. is a good place to find these references.

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