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To assist faculty, staff and students affected by the recent typhoon Sendong, the university has invited Dr. Imelda B. Batar, a renowned psychiatrist on a medical mission with a team from Manila to give a lecture on coping with effects of disaster. Her lecture will be held at the University AVR, at 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., January 6, 2012.
Among the topics she will share are: What Traumatic Stress Is, Causes of a Traumatic Stress, Stages of Recovery and Usual Coping Mechanisms for Filipinos after such Trauma, and the Nature of Psycho-Social Processing.
The Extension Division headed by Dr. Victoria Sumanpan will likewise invite other participants from nearby Local Government Units and other universities to attend the session.
During a brainstorming meeting on possible post Sendong university-wide interventions, Dr. Dionel Albina and the rest of active extension participants were also thinking of moving towards giving gestures of appreciation to those who have helped the victims, conducting a thanksgiving prayer and a spiritual seminar, to the university's creation of a preliminary warning system and a disaster mitigation and preparedness center, and construction and rehabilitation endeavors in collaboration with other sectors in the community.
