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Response Team Breakout Sessions

Response Team Breakout 1 session

Kathy Hartgraves presents on Partnership, Recruitment, and Invitation to Serve regarding an annual conference developing a response team.

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Becky Posey Williams presents training for a Bishop's Response Team at Do No Harm 2018.

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Betty and Gere Reist lead participants at Do No Harm 2018 through role-playing scenarios that could happen while serving on a response team.

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Nancy Lambert and Eldon Davis present how to maintain a Bishop's Response Team after its development.

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