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.

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.

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 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.

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.