SAMHSA Technical Assistance, Training Resources and Videos
- SAMHSA’s Disaster Technical Assistance Center(opens in a new tab) (DTAC)
- Webcasts & Trainings(opens in a new tab) (coping with compassion fatigue, etc.)
- Creating Safe Scenes Course(opens in a new tab)
- Self-care for Disaster BH Responders(opens in a new tab)
SAMHSA Resources
- Tips for Health Care Practitioners and Responders: Helping Survivors Cope with Grief After a Disaster or Traumatic Event(opens in a new tab)
- Adjusting to Life at Home: Tips for Families of Returning Disaster Responders(opens in a new tab)
- Helping Staff Manage Stress When Returning to Work: Tips for Survivors(opens in a new tab)
- Tips for Disaster Responders: Culture Awareness When Working in Indian Country Post Disaster
- Tips for Disaster: Understanding Historical Trauma When Responding to an Event in Indian Country
- Tips for Disaster Responders: Identifying Substance Misuse in the Responder Community(opens in a new tab)
- Tips for Disaster Responders: Preventing and Managing Stress
- Tips for Disaster Responders: Returning To Work
- Tips for Disaster Responders: Understand Compassion Fatigue
Resources for Disaster Response Professionals (NCTSN)
- Guidelines for Working with First Responders (Firefighters, Police, Emergency Medical Service and Military) in the Aftermath of Disaster(opens in a new tab) from the American Group Psychotherapy Association. This tip sheet lists common characteristics of disaster responders, offers interventions for working with disaster responders, and provides additional resources in working with this population.
- Self-Care for Disaster Behavioral Health Responders(opens in a new tab) (PPT). The goal of this podcast, developed by SAMHSA, is to provide information, best practices, and tools that enable disaster behavioral health responders and supervisors to identify and effectively manage stress and secondary traumatic stress through workplace structures and self-care practices.