Practicum in Disaster Response

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This is a field experience course requiring students to volunteer as American Red Cross disaster relief personnel in actual disaster responses, either within South Dakota, or as members of the Red Cross Disaster Services Human Resources (national disaster team). These responses can be completed in the student’s own time frame, including the summer. Students may also substitute other volunteer work for the disaster hours. These arrangements need to be negotiated between the student and a DMHI faculty member, but some minimum level of actual disaster response will be required for satisfactory completion of the course requirements. Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisite: PSYC 255 - Introduction to Disaster Response Note Registration restriction: Instructor consent. Open to all students, but does not count toward the Psychology major or minor. Does count toward and is required for the minor in Disaster Response and the specialization in Disaster Response for Psychology major.