Originally published in the 2016 1st Quarter of EAPA’s The Journal of Employee Assistance, the article summaries the Critical Incident Response Summit held at the 2015 World EAP Conference in San Diego, California.
Hosted by R3 Continuum, the summit included 57 attendees representing 26 EAP organizations, Industry- related professional, published researchers and affiliated stakeholders. Click here to view the article.
About the Author: Jeff Gorter, LMSW, is Director of EAP Relations for R3 Continuum. Mr. Gorter brings over 28 years of clinical experience including consultation and extensive on-site critical incident response to businesses and communities. He has responded directly to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Hurricane Katrina, the Virginia Tech shootings, the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill, the earthquake/tsunami in Japan, the Orlando nightclub shooting, and the Newtown Tragedy. He has conducted trainings and presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Conference, the World Conference on Disaster Management, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA) Annual World Conference and at other state and national venues on a variety of topics. Mr. Gorter also serves as an adjunct faculty member at Western Michigan University in the MSW Graduate Program.
