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SAMHSA Technical Assistance, Training Resources and Videos
SAMHSA’s Disaster Technical Assistance Center
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Webcasts & Trainings
(coping with compassion fatigue, etc.)
Creating Safe Scenes Course
Self-care for Disaster BH Responders
SAMHSA Resources
Tips for Health Care Practitioners and Responders:
Helping Survivors Cope with Grief After a Disaster or Traumatic Event
Adjusting to Life at Home:
Tips for Families of Returning Disaster Responders
Helping Staff Manage Stress When Returning to Work:
Tips for Survivors
Tips for Disaster Responders:
Culture Awareness When Working in Indian Country Post Disaster
Tips for Disaster:
Understanding Historical Trauma When Responding to an Event in Indian Country
Tips for Disaster Responders:
Identifying Substance Misuse in the Responder Community
Tips for Disaster Responders:
Preventing and Managing Stress
Tips for Disaster Responders:
Returning To Work
Tips for Disaster Responders:
Understand Compassion Fatigue
Resources for Disaster Response Professionals (NCTSN)
Guidelines for Working with First Responders (Firefighters, Police, Emergency Medical Service and Military) in the Aftermath of Disaster
from the American Group Psychotherapy Association. This tip sheet lists common characteristics of disaster responders, offers interventions for working with disaster responders, and provides additional resources in working with this population.
Self-Care for Disaster Behavioral Health Responders
(PPT). The goal of this podcast, developed by SAMHSA, is to provide information, best practices, and tools that enable disaster behavioral health responders and supervisors to identify and effectively manage stress and secondary traumatic stress through workplace structures and self-care practices.