I have worked with first responders (communications, firefighters, pre-hospital care personnel, law enforcement, military, veterans) since 2008.
My subspecialty within this population is any call for service that involves the death of a child.
I have provided critical incident stress debriefing for call takers, paramedics, investigators, firefighters, and medical examiners after a child’s death.
Often it is the death of a child which brings a first responder into treatment.
For more information on the peer support trainings I offer, please visit my other website here: When a child dies.
WACD Presentations
When a Child Dies: Understanding Emergency Responders Reactions
San Jose Police Department (Homicide, Crime Scene, ICAC) — Jun 2024
Public Safety Peer Support Association — Nov 2019
Eureka Police Department, CA — Mar 2019
Palo Alto Police Department Peer Support Team, CA — 2013
Bay Area Paramedic Journal Club, Oakland, CA — Apr 2012
California Peer Support Association, Ventura, CA — Read Reviews — Sep 2009 & Sep 2010
West Coast Post-trauma Retreat, CA — various 2008-2010
San Mateo Critical Incident Stress Management Team, Daly City, CA — Nov 2008
When a Child Dies: Emergency Responders Reactions and DSM 5
International Association of Chiefs of Police, Philadelphia, PA — Oct 2013
WACD Publications
Emergency Medicine and Peer Support: When a Child Dies
LifeNet, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation newsletter — 2016
Police Psychology: When a child dies
Policepsychologyblog.com — June 16, 2015
When the “call” involves kids
California Psychologist, co-authored with Dr. Mark Kamena — 2013
Providing Peer Support When a Child Dies
Vanguard, San Jose Police Department POA magazine — 2012
Providing Peer Support When a Child Dies
Alameda County Emergency Medical Services Agency — 2011
Bad Kid Calls: First Responders Reactions to the Death of a Child
California Peer Support Association Quarterly Newsletter — 2009