Participants of this webcast will learn about promising practices in disaster behavioral health planning, and speakers will share successful examples that have been implemented in the field. The Introduction to Promising Practices in Disaster Behavioral Health Planning (Date Recorded: July 10, 2013) (55 minutes) full webcast and abbreviated updated video defines promising practices in DBH planning and provides examples of successful implementation of promising practices in the field.
Understanding Compassion Fatigue and Compassion Satisfaction: Tips for Disaster Responders Podcast
This podcast can help disaster behavioral health professionals learn about the positive and negative effects of helping disaster survivors.
Crisis Counseling Skills
This Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) Disaster Technical Assistance (DTAC) video demonstrates exemplary crisis counseling skills such as active listening and provides Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (CCP) staff with tips for working with survivors through all stages of recovery. It depicts role play scenarios and provides suggestions to improve active listening skills and help CCP staff assist angry survivors.
Stress Management Techniques, Healthy Coping Strategies, Breathing Exercise
This Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) Disaster Technical Assistance (DTAC) video provides tips for Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (CCP) staff on self-care and boundaries between survivors and CCP staff. It is meant to help staff understand the personal impact of working with disaster survivors. It also covers the importance of practicing self-care and demonstrates a breathing exercise that may help staff reduce stress.
Trauma Research: The Role of Cultural Sensitivity
This 75-minute webinar focuses on cultural sensitivity and race and how both affect research on posttraumatic stress disorder in children. These issues are explored in relation to research on Hurricane Katrina and African Americans.