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Online Trainings

• Planning for Disaster-Related Risk and Functional Needs of People with Disabilities: Train-The-Trainer and Non-Trainer Versions
• Animal Emergency Preparedness
• Ready, Willing and Able

Planning for Disaster-Related Risk and Functional Needs of People with Disabilities: Train-The-Trainer (Courses 1026720 and 1026403)

One of the key concepts of FEMA’s “Whole Community” approach to emergency management is to understand and meet the true needs of the entire community. This 75-minute course for trainers identifies functional needs and seven risk factors associated with disasters and the health and safety of people with disabilities and how to prepare accordingly.

The course provides all the materials needed for a trainer to deliver the curriculum in his or her own community.

It is available free on the TRAIN Internet educational system (for Kansans https://ks.train.org; all others www.train.org). Look for course #1026720.

For persons who do NOT plan to teach, a one-hour course is available under the following title and course number: Planning for Disaster-Related Risk and Functional Needs of People with Disabilities, course 1026403.  

Animal Emergency Preparedness (Course 1025307)

Hurricane Katrina, the tornadoes in Greensburg, Kansas, and Joplin, Missouri, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan - these and many other events have shown us that disasters do not distinguish between animals and humans.

The good news: It is possible to prepare for your animals as well as for yourself.

This online course provides information on how to keep service animals and pets safe in both natural and manmade disasters. The course is offered on KS-TRAIN, a free online learning resource for public health professionals. The hour-long course is appropriate for a wide audience, from professionals to pet owners, including:

• Emergency responders
• People with disabilities who use service animals or have pets
• Professionals who provide services to people with disabilities, such as staff from centers for independent living and personal care attendants
• Staff and volunteers of animal shelters
• People who have pets or know others who have pets
  

"Animal Emergency Preparedness" explains the importance of disaster preparedness for service animals and pets and identifies the steps needed for disaster preparedness for service animals, dogs, cats and other small pets. It also describes what to expect after a disaster to avoid new dangers to service animals or pets and explain options for responsible volunteering when animal rescue or sheltering is needed after a disaster.

To take the course, Kansans should go to https://ks.train.org (all others www.train.org) and search for: Animal Emergency Preparedness, course number 1025307. (If you are a first-time user, you will need to create a login name and password.)

Continuing education units are not offered, but people who take the course will have access to the objectives and an official certificate noting the course time of 60 minutes. They can then self-submit to their professional entity for CEUs. The course is free and open to anyone in the United States.

"Ready, Willing and Able" (Course 1020884)

This course is also available on http://ks.train.org.(For other states, got to www.train.org.) Credit is offered.

The RTC/IL developed the course in collaboration with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. It is designed for the public health, hospital, preparedness, emergency response and disaster relief workforces.

The training covers disability etiquette and terminology, and communiciatons and assistance techniques for assisting people with disabilities during disasters.

To enroll, visit KansasTrain and search for "Ready, Willing and Able," course number 1010884.