Reminder from the AK School Nursing & Health Services Listserv:

This is a reminder to join today, Thursday 11/6/2025 at 3pm for the next session in our Alaska School-Based Mental Behavioral Health Educational Series. 

Topic:     Disaster Behavioral Health: Recovery from Large-Scale Events

Presented by:     Kira Mauseth, PhD

Objectives:

• Describe behavioral health considerations related to the phases of large-scale disaster.
• Explain how and why disaster behavioral health varies from traditional clinical practice or support. 
• Identify some existing coping strategies that are culturally supported and aligned with BH best practices for recovery.

When:     Thursday, November 6th, 2025

        3:00pm - 4:00pm AKDST

Zoom Link: https://education-alaska-gov.zoom.us/j/4733004608?omn=87496688182

Please share with your school counselors, social workers, nurses, and school health office staff (sub nurses/health aids) in your districts!

We hope you will all will be able to join us for this amazing opportunity!  This is the second presentation in our PAL-PAK/Seattle Children’s Hospital partnership for an Alaskan school nursing/health services learning series.

The presentation will be followed by a discussion where you can ask questions, share successes or challenges, get subject matter expert feedback/recommendations, and hear what school nurses in Alaska are doing to on this topic to support students. 

Series sessions occur the FIRST THURSDAY of each month from 3:00 – 4:00pm, through May 2026.