Emergency Pedagogy Program
General Information
WISC offers the Emergency Pedagogy Course, which consists of thirteen individual three-day long intensives (modules) spread out over three years. The modules can be taken sequentially, but this is not compulsory. After successful completion of each module, the participant will receive a certificate. If the participant has successfully completed all thirteen modules, a complete certificate can be obtained.
The Emergency Pedagogy without Borders Organization, under the guidance of Bernd Ruf, and with Reinaldo Nascimento has been helping traumatized children and young people to process their experiences. The missions around the world are supplemented by national and international seminars. They are an important part of disaster preparedness and at the same time build up the network of global crisis intervention teams.
The prerequisite for certification is regular participation in a course. The certificates are given to the participants via the regional groups, but are issued and signed by the Friends of Waldorf Education.
The main learning outcomes of this module are to know, practice and learn to apply behavioral measures for risk reduction in crisis regions.
This module will cover items such as hotel/room selection; food and water; moving in danger zones; bribery/corruption; behavior at checkpoints; dealing with monitoring and other safety measures to avoid and address risks in home country and away interventions.
Lead: Kim Yu
Kim Yu is a senior safety engineer and is the Fire Safety Specialist for Caltech. She also a council member for her city of Altadena. Prior to that, Kim spent over 16.5 years with the Pasadena Fire Department as a Hazardous Materials Specialist where she served as a first responder and Deputy Health Officer for all Haz Mat incidents, enforced laws and regulations to protect the public from fire, environmental and chemical hazards, and lead the Haz Mat team in the Counterterrorism Unit with the Pasadena Police Department. During this time, she was also appointed to the State Fire Marshal’s Special Effect Advisory Committee where she served for 3 years before leaving the fire service. In her role with the Pasadena Fire Department, she has extensive experience working with both the LA County Fire Department, and the LA County Sheriffs Department and even worked for the LA County Department of Public Works for 2 years in their Environmental Programs Division. She graduated with a degree from UCLA in Biochemistry and obtained a master’s in public health from the USC Keck School of Medicine with an emphasis on global health leadership.
MODULE 9
Date: Friday Oct 3, 6-9pm and Saturday Oct 4 9am-6pm
Location: Rudolf Steiner Community Center, 110 Martin Alley, Pasadena
Price: Cost: $148.57-$275.00 (scholarships available)
