PREPaRE Workshop 2

When Registering

Please DO NOT use a HIDOE email. Pre-training emails and information we share will be blocked from delivery.

Cost: Includes all materials and 13 NASP-Approved CPDs

Free for KKP and HW CA staff

Donation-based for all other participants. Suggested donation is a minimum of $55 per person per workshop to cover materials cost. These donations are used to fund future PREPaRE training in the State. Please make donations directly to HASP from our main webpage (www.hasp.wildapricot.org). Mahalo!

Who Should Receive Workshop 2 Training?

PREPaRE Workshop 2 is appropriate for any individual filling the role of a crisis intervention specialist. This includes school mental health staff (school psychologists, social workers, counselors, and nurses), administrators, and other members of school crisis teams identified as appropriate providers of psychological first aid. Additionally, this workshop is relevant to community-based mental health practitioners who may work with the school crisis response teams.

About the Trainers: 

Leslie Baunach and Traci Effinger are Nationally Certified School Psychologists who often co-train together and worked for the Hawaiʻi Department of Education for over 10 years (where Traci still works). They are the only NASP PREPaRE, Workshop 2, 3rd Edition trainers in Hawaiʻi. Leslie and Traci have worked from preschool to high school in their daily jobs as school psychologists in addition to responding to crisis events at all levels. They recognize the specific needs of Asian- American/Pacific Islander Communities (AAPIC), having worked with this population in the schools and community in Hawaiʻi. They understand how a large island school system works, the importance of working with community agencies, and the unique culture. Traci and Leslie have provided training for Punahou School, in Saipan for the CNMI Project HALIGI AWARE, Hawaiʻi After School Alliance, and Mountain Plains MHTTC.