Behavioral Health Strike Team
Complete the required training and certification courses to prepare for deployment as a Behavioral Health Strike Team member. Track your progress, 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.
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.
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.
Cultural Considerations
Learn how culture, identity and community shape responses to mass violence and disasters. Through two videos from Missouri DMH, explore culturally responsive approaches to disaster behavioral health and ways to better support individuals and communities during times of crisis.
Just in Time Training: 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 & NOVA
Explore crisis response and victim advocacy through two training videos from the National Organization for Victim Advocacy (NOVA). Learn key considerations for effective crisis response and the role of navigators in supporting individuals and families at Family Assistance Centers.
ODS & Vibrant
Explore behavioral health considerations for some of the most challenging impacts of disasters and community crises. Through three videos from Vibrant Emotional Health, learn about addressing grief, supporting children during disasters, and responding to community violence and school shooting events.
Memorials and Anniversaries
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.