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The purpose of this course is to provide the people who are responsible for emergency planning or care of special needs groups with the skills and knowledge they will need to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against emergency situations.
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:
Define special needs populations at the local level.
Identify appropriate resources to assist in planning for special needs populations.
Identify capabilities and limitations of the special needs network.
Define key terms related to special needs planning.
Describe the special needs considerations in all phases of comprehensive emergency management.
Identify the relationship between special needs planning and the community Emergency Operations Plan.
Identify basic components of a special needs plan.
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