Speaker: CIRECIE A. WEST-OLATUNJI, PHD, Associate Professor, University of Florida and SHIRLEY ST JUSTE doctoral student at Howard University who will translate in Creole for our Haitian American listeners
Among other things, Rebecca Daniel-Burke asks the following questions:
- Acknowledgement that being in the U.S. with family in Haiti is very stressful
- Key symptoms of distress
- Ways to mitigate symptoms of distress
- When to get help
- Where to get help
Running time: 48:27
Date Recorded: 1/15/10
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To contact:
Cirecie A. West-Olatunji, PhD cirecie@ufl.edu
Shirley St Juste stjusteshirley@gmail.com
Rebecca Daniel-Burke rdanielburke@counseling.org
American Counseling Association www.counseling.org
Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development http://www.amcdaca.org
American Red Cross www.redcross.org
For inquiries about relatives living and who have citizenship in Haiti, please be patient and call repeatedly until the lines clear or contact other family members who live nearby. Telephone, Internet and other communication lines are often disrupted in times of disaster. You can register and search at ICRC Family Links
People trying to locate U.S. citizens living or traveling in Haiti should contact the U.S. Department of State, Office of Overseas Citizens Services, at 1-888-407-4747 or (202) 647-5225.