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Building Awareness of Disaster Behavioral Health

Topic Date and Time Aired Materials
*NEW* Deployment Supports for Disaster Behavioral Health Responders Podcast The goal of this 30-minute podcast is to prepare disaster behavioral health (DBH) responders and their family members for deployment by reviewing pre- and post- deployment guidelines and ways to prepare oneself and one's family members for the stress of deployment and reintegration into regular work and family life. This podcast has been archived at http://www.samhsa.gov/dtac/podcasts/deployment/register.asp. N/A Transcript
(PDF 94KB)

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(PDF 1.6MB)
*NEW* Cultural Awareness: Children and Youth in Disasters Podcast The goal of this 60-minute podcast is to assist disaster behavioral health (DBH) responders in providing culturally aware and appropriate DBH services for children, youth, and families impacted by natural and human-caused disasters. This podcast has been archived at http://www.samhsa.gov/dtac/podcasts/cultural-awareness/register.asp. N/A Transcript
(PDF 150KB)

Presentation
(PDF 1.7MB)
*NEW* Self-Care for Disaster Behavioral Health Responders Podcast The goal of this 60-minute podcast is to provide information, best practices, and tools that enable disaster behavioral health (DBH) responders and supervisors to identify and effectively manage stress and secondary traumatic stress through workplace structures and self-care practices. This podcast has been archived at http://www.samhsa.gov/DTAC/podcasts/selfcareDBHResponders/register.asp. N/A Transcript
(PDF 141KB)

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(PDF 1.41MB)
Introduction to Disaster Behavioral Health The goals of this webcast are to educate participants about the mental health, substance abuse, and stress management needs of people who have been exposed to human-caused, natural, or technological disasters. This webcast has been archived at http://www.samhsadtac.com/media/dbh101/index.htm. July 14, 2011
2 p.m. ET 		Transcript
(PDF 222KB)

Presentation
(PDF 1.57MB)
Applying Cultural Awareness to Disaster Behavioral Health The goal of this webcast is to provide information, recommendations, and tools that can be used to assess and strengthen cultural awareness practices in disaster behavioral health (DBH) services. This webcast has been archived at http://www.samhsadtac.com/media/PP_Cultural/index.htm. August 24, 2011
2 p.m. ET 		Transcript
(PDF 218KB)

Presentation
(PDF 3MB)
 

Promising Practices in Disaster Behavioral Health Planning

Topic Date and Time Aired Materials
Introduction to Promising Practices in Disaster Behavioral Health Planning The goal of this introductory webcast is to define promising practices in disaster behavioral health planning and share examples that have been implemented. This webcast has been archived at http://www.samhsadtac.com/media/IntroductionToPlanning/index.htm. June 27, 2011
2 p.m. ET 		Transcript
(PDF 211KB)

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(PDF 1.25MB)
Promising Practices in Disaster Behavioral Health Planning: Financials and Administration Operations The goal of this webcast is to identify policies, procedures, and promising practices in financial and administrative operations in DBH before, during, and after a disaster. This webcast has been archived at http://www.samhsadtac.com/media/PP_Financials/index.htm. July 21, 2011
2 p.m. ET 		Transcript
(PDF 201KB)

Presentation
(PDF 2MB)
Promising Practices in Disaster Behavioral Health Planning: Building Effective Partnerships This webcast provides information and examples of how to build effective working relationships with Federal, State, and local government, and non-government partners, in developing a comprehensive disaster behavioral health plan. This webcast has been archived at http://www.samhsadtac.com/media/PP_Partnerships/index.htm. July 27, 2011
2 p.m. ET 		Transcript
(PDF 210KB)

Presentation
(PDF 2MB)
Promising Practices in Disaster Behavioral Health Planning: Implementing Your Disaster Behavioral Health Plan This webcast addresses the essential components and promising practices in implementing a DBH plan for a State, Territory, or Tribe. It focused on identifying and defining the key mechanisms and processes that put a plan into action in response to an event. This webcast has been archived at http://www.samhsadtac.com/media/PP_Implementation/index.htm. July 28, 2011
2 p.m. ET 		Transcript
(PDF 212KB)

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(PDF 2MB)
Promising Practices in Disaster Behavioral Health Planning: Assessing Services and Information This webcast provides information and examples of promising practices in assessing services, resources (e.g., equipment and personnel), and information before, during, and after a disaster. This webcast has been archived at http://www.samhsadtac.com/media/PP_Assessing/index.htm. August 4, 2011
2 p.m. ET 		Transcript
(PDF 224KB)

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(PDF 2MB)
Promising Practices in Disaster Behavioral Health Planning: Logistical Support This webinar focuses on the elements of an effective logistical support system to include identification of training mechanisms for response personnel and utilization of volunteers. This webcast has been archived at http://www.samhsadtac.com/media/PP_Logistics/index.htm. August 10, 2011
2 p.m. ET 		Transcript
(PDF 230KB)

Presentation
(PDF 2MB)
Promising Practices in Disaster Behavioral Health Planning: Legal and Regulatory Authority This webcast addresses elements of legal and regulatory authority at the Federal, State, and local levels to include issues of responders’ liabilities, informed consent, confidentiality, and development of memoranda of understanding, and/or mutual aid agreements. This webcast has been archived at http://www.samhsadtac.com/media/PP_Legal/index.htm. August 18, 2011
2 p.m. ET		 Transcript
(PDF 196KB)

Presentation
(PDF 1.7MB)
Promising Practices in Disaster Behavioral Health Planning: Integrating Your Disaster Behavioral Health Plan This webcast discusses how States, Territories, and Tribes can update and integrate their DBH plans with their overarching disaster response plans. This webcast has been archived at http://www.samhsadtac.com/media/Integrating/index.htm. August 25, 2011
2 p.m. ET		 Transcript
(PDF 184KB)

Presentation
(PDF 2MB)
Promising Practices in Disaster Behavioral Health Planning: Plan Scalability This webcast provides information and examples about the elements of a scalable DBH plan, and identify promising practices in process development, standard operating procedures, and instructions that should be in place before a disaster. This webcast has been archived at http://www.samhsadtac.com/media/PP_Scalability/index.htm. August 30, 2011
2 p.m. ET		 Transcript
(PDF 205KB)

Presentation
(PDF 2MB)

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(PDF 149KB)

 

Last updated 12/28/2012

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