Thinking about Hurricane Katrina, review pp. 164-175 of the article, "After Katrina: Building Back Better Than Ever," and think about how the recommendations made might be applied to other natural disaster situations and/or locations.

Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal. (2005). After Katrina: Building back better than everLinks to an external site.. Retrieved from http://www.mississippirenewal.com/documents/Governors_Commission_Report.pdf

Review the article, "Project CREST: A New Model for Mental Health Intervention After a Community Disaster." Consider how response analysis led to the development, in this example, of a useful new disaster intervention training.

North, C. S., & Hong, B. A. (2000). Project CREST: A new model for mental health intervention after a community disasterLinks to an external site.. American Journal of Public Health, 90(7), 1057-1058.

Review the article, "Styles of Suicide Intervention: Professionals' Responses and Clients' Preferences," and reflect on how the authors investigated and analyzed professional responses to client suicide.

Thomas, J. C., & Lietner, L. M. (2005). Styles of suicide intervention: Professionals' responses and clients' preferencesLinks to an external site.. Humanistic Psychologist, 33(2), 145-165.

Using Hurricane Katrina as your natural disaster case study, think about and evaluate the strategies used in the Mississippi crisis plan.

• Research the impact of Hurricane Katrina on either the Alabama or Louisiana coast line.
• Then consider which elements or strategies of the Mississippi crisis plan might be applicable and/or relevant to use in Alabama or Louisiana.
• Research the demographics for either the Alabama or Louisiana coast line and determine how the Mississippi crisis plan could be used in either of those states.
• Consider what you think might need to be added to the Mississippi crisis plan were it to be applied to recovery efforts in either Alabama or Louisiana.
• Based on your evaluation of strategies and the situation in the Hurricane Katrina natural disaster, explain which strategies you would use and why.
• Based on your analysis of the Mississippi crisis plan, explain which elements of the plan might be relevant/applicable to either Alabama or Louisiana.
• Identify any element of the plan that might be missing for either Alabama or Louisiana.

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