DTAC Podcasts and Videos
The SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center (DTAC) offers audio podcasts and videos for disaster behavioral health professionals, emergency managers, and the public.
This episode features Brian Houston, Co‑director of the Terrorism and Disaster Center at the University of Missouri, a partner in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. He discusses community resilience definitions, models, strategies, and tools.
In this episode, we hear from Dr. Melissa Riley, State Coordinator for the Tennessee Disaster Crisis Counseling Program. She discusses ways trauma can affect our lives in the short and long term and how to enhance resilience in individuals, families, and communities.
This episode features Thomas R. Thomson, the Access Specialist and Disaster Coordinator for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. He discusses how an agency can prepare itself for a disaster, increase employee resilience, and serve the community in a time of need.
In this episode, we hear from Amy Kevis, a sworn officer and the Assistant Director for Community Mental Health and Addiction Services in Delaware. She shares why it is important for first responders to build resiliency and unique challenges facing first responders.
This episode features Dee S. Owens, Special Assistant to the Director in SAMHSA’s Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality. She discusses why it is critical for disaster behavioral health coordinators to consider the needs of people with substance use disorders, and how planning efforts can increase resiliency among this population.
In this episode, we hear from Natalie Grant, a Program Analyst in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (since renamed the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response), Division of Recovery. She served as the Health and Social Services Field Coordinator for the federal interagency coordination following Hurricane Sandy from 2012 to 2016 and has supported recovery planning and coordination in other disaster and emergency incidents nationwide.
Promising Practices Videos
The Promising Practices in Disaster Behavioral Health Planning video series offers disaster behavioral health professionals a set of eight practices which other professionals in the field have found helpful in planning and preparedness for disaster behavioral health response and recovery. SAMHSA DTAC collaborated with several states and disaster behavioral health experts to formalize this series of practices.
The Introduction to Promising Practices in Disaster Behavioral Health Planning video (2019) (6 minutes, 13 seconds) provides an overview of promising practices in disaster behavioral health planning. The following videos provide greater detail on each practice:
- Plan Scalability (2019) (8 minutes, 1 second)
- Partnerships (2019) (6 minutes, 2 seconds)
- Financial and Administrative Preparedness (2019) (4 minutes, 27 seconds)
- Plan Implementation (2019) (5 minutes, 28 seconds)
- Services Assessment (2019) (5 minutes, 3 seconds)
- Logistical Support (2019) (9 minutes, 19 seconds)
- Legal and Regulatory Guidance (2019) (9 minutes, 40 seconds)
- Plan Integration (2019) (5 minutes, 43 seconds)