Agenda Item Name:
Title
International Travel Request for the Mobile Response Team Coordinator Amanda DeLorenzo, to present at the American Counseling Association Conference in Toronto, Canada on March 30 and April 1, 2023
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Presenter:
Claudia Tuck, 352-231-0058
Description:
The Mobile Response Team Coordinator has been invited to present at the American Counseling Association Conference in Toronto, Canada. The Alachua County Travel policy requires County Manager and Board approval for all travel outside the United States. The travel expenses have been approved for reimbursement under the Lutheran Services of Florida agreement that provides funding for 988, MRT, and Metamorphosis. The employee would depart March 29 and return on April 2, 2023 at an estimated cost of $2,325.00.
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Authorize the employee travel to Toronto, Canada.
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Prior Board Motions:
None
Fiscal Consideration:
Fiscal Consideration
Estimated cost $2,325.00
023.29.2940.569.40.13 Project 3222907
275.29.2940.569.40.13 Project 3222908
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Strategic Guide:
Strategic Guide
Social and Economic Opportunity
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Background:
The American Counseling Association promotes public confidence and trust in the counseling profession so that professionals can further assist their clients and students in dealing with the challenges life presents. The American Counseling Association services professional counselors in the U.S. and in 50 other countries including Europe, Latin America, the Philippines and the Virgin Islands.
The Mobile Response Team Coordinator will be presenting twice, once on How to Help: Crisis Response to Gun Violence and Mass Shootings which focuses on crisis competencies essential to the foundational knowledge that all entry-level counselors should have. Other professional counselors also benefit as most often do not receive formal training to engage in crisis-related work and often feel unprepared or incapable to assist in these situations. The employee will be presenting a second time Suicide Ideation After a Mass Shooting: Stories and Journeys of Survivors. Mass shootings are no longer an infrequent occurrence, the numbers of fatalities and survivors are growing from these tragic incidents. In the aftermath of a mass shooting, survivors may experience suicide ideation; however, it is often overlooked due to the focus on the traumatic event.