1. The Department of Education provides an intervention which aims to help teachers, personnel and learners who have experienced distressful and/or traumatic events in the war-torn city or calamity-affected areas regain a sense of normalcy in their lives. Psychological First Aid (PFA) also provides the recipients an avenue where they can express their current state and post-traumatic stress symptoms. Ultimately, it aids recipients into developing more adaptive ways of coping with stressful events.
2. The City Schools Division of Dasmariñas will be conducting a Cavite Cluster Psychological First Aid Training of School and Division Personnel on September 30, October 1-2, 2019, at Aqua Mira Hotel and Resort. Naic, Cavite.
3. Participants to this activity are five (5) school DRRM coordinators, five (5) guidance counselors, two (2) Division Office nurses, one (1) PDO I youth formation, one (1) process observer and one (1) Project Development Officer (PDO) II, DRRM. Refer to Enclosure No. 1 for the list of attendees.
4. Expenses relative to this activity shall be charged against DRRMS National Fund SARO subject to the usual government accounting and auditing rules and regulations.
5. For relevant queries, you may contact Mr. Miguel R. Melendres, PDO II-DRRM at (046) 432-9355 local 218 and email at miguel.melendres@deped.gov.ph.
6. Immediate dissemination of and compliance with this Memorandum is directed.
