Describe the importance of self-care and how it relates to people impacted by a disaster as well as those who do disaster-related work.

Discuss the pros
of an Unmet Needs Roundtable as well as the types of agencies and roles that
would be beneficial to have as stakeholders. Be sure to include information on
how Disaster Case Management fits in.

2. Describe the importance of self-care and how it relates
to people impacted by a disaster as well as those who do disaster-related work.
Discuss ways for disaster workers and impacted people/communities to foster
self-care and healing.

3. Pick and describe a topic from the Week 13 assignments
(e.g. land use/development; social capital; culture of preparedness; research;
flood insurance; building codes; etc.). Discuss actions that you believe
emergency managers should take during preparedness – in light of lessons
learned – to increase the resiliency of people/communities so they can have
beer outcomes in disaster recovery. Explain how those actions might impact not
only the general public but vulnerable populations.

4. Use the Tedx Boston link
below as a foundation to describe the concept of “recovery in a box” and pick
one tool that you would put in your “recovery in a box” if you where an emergency manager Explain why you would
utilize this tool and how this tool would help the local community become
recovery experts. Include any positive potential impact on vulnerable populations.

5. Watch the TED talk video on the Medici Effect link below.
Describe the concept and discuss how it relates to disaster response and
recovery. What intersections of fields and theories have you observed? What
improvements could be made in connection to other fields?

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