This training covers sources of stress for disaster workers other than first responders, including staff of federal agencies, state and local public health agencies, utilities, social services, repair and cleanup contractors, and voluntary organizations.

Provided through Prepare Iowa, a collaboration of the Iowa Department of Health and the Institute for Public Health Practice at the University of Iowa, this 15-minute course is designed to make emergency responders aware of the stress they may experience during disaster response and to equip them with ways to manage stress. The course presents symptoms of traumatic stress and techniques for managing stress during and after disaster response.

This 45-minute course covers workplace and disaster-related stressors, as well as the biological, psychological, and behavioral effects stress can have. Participants will learn about occurrences of stress at work and in various phases of disaster, as well as dimensions of stress. This course is the first in a three-part series on workforce resiliency.

The final course in a series on workforce resilience, this course addresses ways in which people and organizations can support their ability to respond to a disaster and provide services continuously after the disaster. The course covers steps that organizations can take to respond well in an emergency and support their employees in doing so. It also highlights ways for individuals to manage disaster stress.

This 13-minute training video teaches crisis counselors how to lead and facilitate group crisis counseling encounters and public education sessions effectively. It includes the goals of a group crisis counseling encounter, the difference between group crisis counseling and public education sessions, and tips and best practices for both types of sessions.

This 13-minute training video teaches crisis counselors how to perform an individual and family crisis counseling encounter. It utilizes role play to highlight crisis counseling skills and ways to interact with survivors. Although the video was developed for Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program staff, it may be useful to anyone providing crisis counseling to disaster-affected individuals and families.

The second in a three-part series, this 45-minute course provides information for public health professionals, first responders, rescue workers, and nurses to help them develop and use coping skills, self-care, and strategies to increase preparedness for their organizations. The 45-minute course covers coping styles, ways to increase organizational preparedness, and a method to foster personal resiliency.

This course helps participants better recognize and manage the symptoms of psychological distress and prepares them to apply basic Psychological First Aid (PFA) to children, the elderly, the general population, and themselves. The course defines PFA and presents its basic principles, features demonstrations of PFA, and covers how individuals may respond to stress associated with a disaster.

This part of FEMA’s website describes IS courses offered through FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI). Designed for first responders, emergency managers, and the public, EMI IS courses cover a range of emergency management topics.

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates and equips local teams to support their communities in and after disasters, providing services such as light search and rescue and disaster medical operations. This 6-hour course is designed to prepare individuals for a classroom-based CERT Basic Training course in their area, which is required before they can serve as CERT volunteers.

This 2-hour training covers the unique needs of children during disasters and other emergencies from medical and public health perspectives. Presenters discuss the healthcare delivery system that serves children; review experiences after disasters; and present strategies at national, state, and local levels for ensuring that children’s needs are met in and after disasters.

This section of the website of the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is for professional researchers, mental health treatment practitioners, and helpers who are concerned with trauma. The website brings together free, in-depth continuing education courses with topics ranging from PTSD in older adulthood to cross-cultural considerations to resilience.

Funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and administered by SAMHSA, the CCP is a supplemental grant program to help states, territories, and federally recognized tribes affected by major disasters to address the mental health and substance use-related needs of their residents. The CCP has several required trainings.

Designed for first responders, disaster responders, emergency managers, mental healthcare practitioners, and others, this curriculum helps those supporting disaster-affected communities to provide services that are appropriate and effective for people of all cultures.

This 2-hour training describes the stressors that response work may involve and possible consequences of stress. It equips responders with an arsenal of techniques for addressing and managing stress and heightening the ability to cope with challenges.

Designed for public health workers including mental and substance use disorder providers and practitioners, healthcare providers and practitioners, first responders, and emergency planners, this 1-hour training provides an overview of the psychological challenges communities may face after a disaster.

This 1-hour course provides general knowledge of how disaster affects children and adolescents. The course also emphasizes skills such as administering Psychological First Aid to children in the aftermath of a disaster and screening them for mental disorders in the months that follow. The course is provided through Prepare Iowa, a partnership of the Iowa Department of Public Health and the University of Iowa.

At this web page, CDC lists and describes resources for training in emergency preparedness and response for public health workers, healthcare workers, and public leaders. Resources include core competencies, as well as training centers and organizations offering courses on public health preparedness and community planning and engagement.

Provided through Prepare Iowa, a collaboration of the Iowa Department of Health and the University of Iowa, this 1-hour course is intended for anyone who may come into professional contact with disaster victims. The objectives of the course include defining disaster and trauma and understanding how proximity to a disaster event affects the potential for a traumatic response.

In this 1-hour course, information is provided on mental health assessment and intervention with disaster survivors, as well as on making sure that services provided after a disaster are culturally appropriate.

This 2-hour course covers the mental health effects disaster may have on survivors, including acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder. It provides public health professionals with information about common mental health consequences of disasters, strategies in the immediate response to a disaster that can help with prevention of mental disorders, and public health approaches to post-disaster mental health.

Developed for emergency medical services, fire, and First Responders personnel, as well as emergency management officials and emergency department nurses, this course provides information and training to help first responders make good decisions in a post-disaster environment.

Provided through Prepare Iowa, a collaboration of the Iowa Department of Health and the University of Iowa, this 1-hour course uses scenarios to teach concepts of Psychological First Aid in responding to disasters. The course is designed to help participants assess survivors for trauma and use mental health interventions to help stabilize survivors in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.

Appropriate for public health professionals, nurses, program managers, administrative employees, and first responders, this 1-hour course prepares people to support disaster survivors in crisis in meeting their emotional needs. The course covers models of crisis management and steps responders can take in engaging survivors and helping them with meeting their needs and coping after a disaster.

Designed for local health department personnel, this course prepares people who manage individuals and teams to use Psychological First Aid (PFA) to foster resilience in those they lead and supervise and help them to do the best work they can.