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Funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 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. This web page details trainings for staff employed by FEMA and SAMHSA's CCP.
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This free online course is designed to help first responders cope with the opioid overdose crisis. The course highlights the mental and physical stressors first responders face due to the crisis, as well as coping and stress management strategies and resources.
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Designed for law enforcement officers, this free online course describes common stressors in the line of duty and identifies ways to manage stress. The course highlights signs and symptoms of stress, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and suicidal thoughts that law enforcement officers may notice in themselves or their coworkers. It also provides information on where and how to seek additional help.
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This online course offers approaches first responders can use to maximize safety in scenes where an individual is in mental illness- or substance use-related crisis. The 1.5-hour course covers mental and substance use disorders, as well as de-escalation techniques.
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This free, 1-hour online course for fire and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel provides information on stressors and behavioral health issues and conditions that are more common in fire and EMS. It also covers techniques for healthy coping and stress management.
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This web page details the collaborative National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and International Association of Fire Fighters Emergency Responder Training Program, tailored to address the occupational safety and behavioral health needs of emergency responders working in fire departments across the nation. The web page provides additional details on the importance of firefighting training.
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Provided by the Institute for Public Health Practice at the University of Iowa College of Public Health, this 1-hour course uses scenarios to teach concepts of Psychological First Aid in responding to disasters. The course is designed to help public health professionals and others involved with post-disaster recovery to assess survivors and use mental health interventions to help stabilize survivors in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.
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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. The course describes PFA, an evidence-informed, modular approach for helping people in the immediate aftermath of disasters. It explains how leaders can use PFA with their teams.
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This recorded training features subject matter experts who explore the impacts of mass violence or domestic terrorism incidents on law enforcement officers. The training highlights the effect of vicarious trauma on first responders and provides strategies for organizations to support their personnel and mitigate the effects.
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This 1-hour course offers an overview of how disaster affects children and adolescents and emphasizes skills such as administering Psychological First Aid to children and screening them for mental disorders. The course is provided through Prepare Iowa, a partnership of the Iowa Department of Public Health and the University of Iowa. To access this course, users must create an account through Prepare Iowa's training platform.
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This free, on-demand online course describes Stress First Aid and prepares fire, emergency medical services, and rescue personnel to use this technique, which includes several actions responders can use to manage stress for themselves and their teams. While the course is available free of charge, people need to set up a free account with the Fire Hero Learning Network website to access it.
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This toolkit is designed to support delivery of a training for mental health and other professionals on supporting children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in coping with and recovering from trauma. Although the toolkit is available free of charge, users must create an NCTSN Learning Center account and log in to access this resource.
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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 course is designed to increase participants’ knowledge of the CERT program and to prepare them for a classroom-based CERT Basic training course in their area.
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Psychological First Aid (PFA) Online is an interactive course in which the participant learns about PFA by taking on the role of a provider after a disaster. The course includes expert tips, videos, and activities in support of learning. The course is available free of charge; however, to complete the course, you must create an NCTSN Learning Center account.
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This 5-hour online course prepares responders and others working with disaster survivors to use Skills for Psychological Recovery (SPR) to help survivors manage their reactions and cope with difficulties in the weeks and months after a disaster. The course covers the basics of delivering SPR and the core skills of SPR. Users must create a free account with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Learning Center to access the course.
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This 5-hour online course prepares responders and others working with disaster survivors to use Skills for Psychological Recovery (SPR) to help survivors manage their reactions and cope with difficulties in the weeks and months after a disaster. The course covers the basics of delivering SPR and the core skills of SPR. Users must create a free account with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Learning Center to access the course.
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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.
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Developed by the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, or ASPR (formerly the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response), this document provides self-paced learning modules on self-care and disaster behavioral health. Topics covered include compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress, organizational wellness, and cognitive tools. Related resources are also provided.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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This toolkit is designed to support delivery of a training for mental health and other professionals on supporting children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in coping with and recovering from trauma. Although the toolkit is available free of charge, users must create an NCTSN Learning Center account and log in to access this resource.
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This course for animal owners, animal care professionals, and industry is designed to build disaster preparedness. The course details the typical hazards that affect animals and actions owners can take to reduce the impact of disasters for animals.
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This course is designed to help communities develop plans for managing animal care during an emergency. The course covers how the Incident Command System can be used in responding to a disaster involving animals, resources communities can use to help with disaster recovery, and how communities can increase support for a disaster plan that included and accounts for animals.
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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.
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