Special Needs Shelter Overview
The Special Needs Shelter
Overview is a basic course for Public Health Staff that may
have a role in activation, operation and deactivation of
special needs shelters. The course is presented face to face
by Regional Special Needs Consultants with the assistance of
the Office of Public Health Nursing (OPHN) statewide Special
Needs Coordinator. The course includes information on
sheltering roles of both the Division of Emergency
Management and Florida Department of Health, the definition
of a special needs client and appropriate triaging and
individual roles and responsibilities of shelter staff.
Training and educational needs for staffing shelters is
identified and discussed.
- The course is open to any public
health worker staffing a Special Needs Shelter
- Continuing education
credit for nurses is available for successful completion
of this course
- Access to the course:
There is no cost associated
with taking this course.
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