Behavioral Health Strike Team
This page contains links to pre-recorded training videos that can be used to meet qualification requirements, and build the skills needed to respond with confidence.
MARCCD
MARCCD (Model for Adaptive Response to Complex Cyclical Disasters) helps communities anticipate, adapt and grow through disasters. Through a short animated series, learn coping strategies, resilience-building skills and how community support carries people through stress, trauma and recovery.
Phases of Disaster
After a disaster, individuals and communities can move through distinct phases of recovery As time progresses, they gradually adjust and adapt to their new circumstances, eventually moving towards long-term recovery and personal growth, often emerging with a newfound sense of resilience and strength.
Psychological First Aid
Learn about PFA, a systematic approach that equips individuals and families to cope with the immediate aftermath of a disaster or terrorism.
Stress Reactions
Trauma has the transformative potential to significantly affect both individuals and the communities they belong to, bringing forth a complex interplay of experiences and outcomes. Explore the prevalent post-disaster stress reactions for deeper understanding.
Caring for Children in Disaster
Learn how disasters affect children and how to support their safety, routines, and emotional needs. This training covers age-related reactions and practical ways to help children and caregivers during and after a disaster.
Memorials and Anniversaries: Key Considerations
Explore how memorials and anniversaries can affect individuals and communities following a disaster or traumatic event. Learn how these moments may bring up grief and other difficult emotions, and how thoughtful support can help people navigate them with care and resilience.
ODS and NOVA – The Navigator Role in a FAC
Learn the navigator role in a Family Assistance Center (FAC). This NOVA training covers how navigators guide families through services, information, and support after a critical incident.
JIT Behavioral Health Disaster Response Preparedness
Prepare for behavioral health disaster response with this just-in-time training from Vibrant Emotional Health. Learn key considerations for disaster response preparedness and how to apply behavioral health strategies when support is needed most.
ODS and NOVA: Crisis Response Training Refresher
Review NOVA’s crisis intervention model for people who have completed basic crisis response training. This refresher covers core skills for supporting individuals and groups after a critical incident.
Community Violence and School Shooting Events
Learn behavioral health considerations for community violence and school shooting events. This training covers common reactions and ways to support survivors, families, schools, and communities after these incidents.
Cultural Considerations in Mass Violence Incident Response
Learn how culture, identity, and community shape responses to mass violence. This training covers culturally responsive approaches to supporting individuals and communities after a mass violence incident.
ODS and Vibrant: Addressing Grief
Learn how to recognize and respond to grief after a disaster or community crisis. This Vibrant training covers common grief reactions and ways to support individuals and communities as they cope with loss.
Cultural Considerations in Disaster Behavioral Health
Learn how culture and community influence disaster behavioral health needs and help-seeking. This training covers culturally responsive practices for supporting people during preparedness, response, and recovery.