Objectives
  • Define Risk Management and Disaster Management
  • Explore why risk and disaster management are an ethical imperative
  • Describe the different types of risk and potential ways to mitigate it
  • Describe the disaster awareness and planning process
  • Learn about how different disasters can impact individual practitioners, agencies and recovery residences
  • Explore ways to mitigate risks in disasters
  • Identify the steps in the disaster planning process
  • Explore how disaster and risk management intertwine to ensure continuity of client care and agency solvency

Risk Management and Disaster Planning for Mental Health and Recovery Residences, based on Counselor Toolbox Episodes 139 and 140