Professional Resources

The Gulf 7 Pediatric Disaster Network is dedicated to developing
and implementing educational tools and resources for hospitals,
healthcare providers, and healthcare coalitions in the Gulf Coast Region.

Pediatric Preparedness for the Healthcare Professional

This 2-day, 16-hour course will be a standardized, national-level pediatric disaster training focused on emergency management, public health, clinical preparedness, and resiliency and recovery. At the successful completion of the course, participants will recognize components necessary to develop comprehensive community and facility plans for improving pediatric clinical and post-disaster resilience.


Who should attend?
This course is optimized for healthcare providers, EMS/medical response personnel, medical volunteers, emergency managers, and public health workers.

What credits can I earn?
Participants can earn 16 hours of CME, CNE, and EMS CE!

• CME – AMA PRA Category 1 credit (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• CNE – approved contact hours (Emergency Nurses Association)
• EMS CE – approved CE hours (TX DSHS, Provider #01828, TEEX)

What does it cost?
The course is free for all attendees.

How do I register?
Simply click the “Register Here” button under the course you are interested in attending. You’ll be taken to the TEEX portal to complete the process. Registration opens approximately 2 months prior to course start date.

Questions?

Email Marie Kasbaum at Marie.Kasbaum@bcm.edu

(Pediatric Preparedness for the Healthcare Professional is a G7-specific course developed in partnership with TEEX, but it is a separate and unique course from the TEEX MGT439 course, with its own content and curriculum. To learn about TEEX’s MGT439 course, click here.)

2025 Course Dates

April 14-15

St. Petersburg, Florida
Registration Closed

June 4-5

San Juan, Puerto Rico
Register Here

June 10-11

Macon, Georgia
Registration Open Now

June 26-27

New Orleans, Louisiana
Register Here

July 22-23

Mobile, Alabama
Register Here

August 4-5

San Antonio, Texas
Registration Coming Soon

September 3-4

San Francisco, California
Registration Coming Soon

September 16-17

Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Registration Coming Soon

September 29-30

Grand Rapids, Michigan
Registration Coming Soon

Trauma and Grief Component Therapy for Adolescents (TGCTA) in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters

The Gulf 7 Pediatric Disaster Network (G7) is excited to host a virtual, two-day training in TGCTA, taught by experts from the Lucine Center for Trauma and Grief.


What is TGCTA?

  • TGCTA is a manualized, evidence-based, assessment-driven intervention for adolescents ages 11-18 who have been exposed to trauma, bereavement, and/or traumatic losses.

  • Originally designed for small-group settings, TGCTA can also be used effectively in individual treatment in a variety of different settings.

  • TGCTA is designed to reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress, depression, suicide risk, unhelpful grief reactions, school problems, and disruptive or violent behavior.

  • TGCTA is a modularized intervention that can be flexibly tailored to meet the needs of youth.

Who Should Attend?
School, hospital, and community-based counselors, therapists, social workers, psychologists and other mental health professionals who provide services to adolescents (ages 11 and up) are invited to register for this training.

What does it cost?
The course is free for all attendees.

How do I register?
Simply click the Register with Lucine Center link below. You’ll be taken to the Lucine Center portal to complete the process.

Questions?
Click here to learn more about TGCTA or email marisa@lucinecenter.com

2025 Course Dates

May 19-20

VIRTUAL (via ZOOM)
9:30am-5pm ET | 8:30am-4pm CT
Registration Closed