Disaster and Trauma Training Series
Part One: The Basics
This is an introduction to foundational public health terms and approaches to disaster in order to reduce its immediate, intermediate and long-term negative effects. The purpose of the webinar is to give human service providers accurate language to discuss disaster with clients and patients. Key resources are provided.
Objectives:
- Provide standard terms and definitions from public health to describe disaster and its response
- Give human service providers the words and information to begin to talk about what is currently happening (coronavirus in California)
Webinar Recording:
Part One Materials Link:
Google Drive folder containing PowerPoint PDF, Safe Coping Skills handout (in English and Spanish), Spirituality & Trauma white paper PDF, DSM-5 for PTSD PDF, PTS in First Responders fact sheet PDF and downloadable copy of webinar recording
Part One Other Videos and Resources Links:
- Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers List: https://covid19.ca.gov/img/EssentialCriticalInfrastructureWorkers.pdf
- California CHAPTER 8. Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance for Disaster Service Workers and Public Employees [Gov. Code Title 1 Chapt. 8 ยง3100 – 3109]: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&division=4.&title=1.&part=&chapter=8.&article
- Public Health Threats & the US Constitution: https://www.changelabsolutions.org/product/public-health-threats-us-constitution
- CDC TRAIN online training portal: https://www.train.org/cdctrain/welcome
- The COVID Tracking Project latest statistics: https://covidtracking.com
- California COVID-19 dashboard: https://www.covid19.ca.gov
- ACEs Aware initiative: http://www.ACESaware.org/COVID19
Part Two: Self-Protection
The Self-Protection webinar is designed to help client-based work to focus concretely on building safety through self-protection. Increasing safety is the concrete short-term goal to increase wellbeing overall, reducing the longer-term negative impact of disaster exposure, specifically for trauma survivors. By comparing and contrasting grief and trauma, client-based work can help people though those processes, as needed. By learning to distinguish between physical and emotional safety, professionals can assist clients to promote safety during and after COVID-19 and the shutdown.
Objectives:
- Use trauma-informed approaches to build safety through self-protection
- Use public health approach of prevention and universal precautions
a. Compare and contrast trauma and grief
b. Distinguish between physical and emotional safety - Recognize the inevitable impact of trauma work
Webinar Recording:
Part Two Materials Link:
Google Drive folder containing PowerPoint PDF, Building Safety workbook PDF, Trauma Survivor Bill of Rights PDF, Part One handouts on Spirituality & Trauma and Safe Coping Skills (in English and Spanish), and downloadable copy of webinar recording
Part Two Other Resources Links:
- WHO-5 Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WHOFIVE
- Give printouts of trauma-related guides or handouts to all clients rather than single out particular client; see National Child Trauma Stress Network for examples of printer-friendly handouts: http://www.nctsn.org
- Public Health Threats & the US Constitution: https://www.changelabsolutions.org/product/public-health-threats-us-constitution
- CDC TRAIN online training portal: https://www.train.org/cdctrain/welcome
Part Three: Safe Action
The Safe Action webinar is designed to focus client-based work more concretely on building safety through safe action. This training explores the role of effective action and blocked action in the trauma dynamic. Trainees will develop a variety of creative and fun approaches to helping clients take action steps toward building safety skills.
Objectives:
- Understand action as a natural part of human response to physical safety threats
- Develop the ability to connect trauma to a prior blocked action
- Focus active efforts on action as steps to produce coping and increase resilience
Webinar Recording:
Part Three Materials Link:
Google Drive folder containing PowerPoint PDF, Six Necessary Safety Categories PDF, Safe Talk/Thoughts PDF, Massachusetts DMH Safety Tool PDF, Part One and Two handouts on Safe Coping Skills (in English and Spanish) and Building Safety workbook PDF, downloadable copy of Safety Focused video, and downloadable copy of webinar recording
Part Three Resource Link and Other Video
- WHO-5 Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WHOFIVE
Part Four: Self Regulation
The Self Regulation webinar focuses on understanding the somatosenory system as part of the safety production process. Self-regulatory activities are practiced during the webinar.
Objectives:
- Identify the three brain segments of the neurosequential model
- Explore the concept of ontogeny as a safety-building evolutionary mechanism
- Engage trainees to actively try several self-regulatory activities
Webinar Recording:
Part Four Materials Link:
Google Drive folder containing PowerPoint PDF, Grounding Activities/Techniques PDF, Capacitar Trauma Tool Kit PDF, How to Manage Trauma PDF, Capacitar Practices of Healing to Transform Anxiety PDF, Building Safety workbook PDF from Part Two and Part Three, downloadable copy of the Safety Focused video from Part Three, and downloadable copy of webinar recording
Part Four Other Resources:
- US Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD at http://www.ptsd.va.gov Search results for “mindfulness”: https://www.index.va.gov/search/va/va_search.jsp?NQ=URL%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.ptsd.va.gov%2F&QT=mindfulness&submit.x=26&submit.y=10
- Mindfulness App (from National Center for PTSD): https://www.ptsd.va.gov/appvid/mobile/mindfulcoach_app.asp
- 22 Mindfulness Exercises, Techniques & Activities For Adults (+PDFs) (from PositivePsychology.com): https://positivepsychology.com/mindfulness-exercises-techniques-activities/
- Seven Slide Series on brain structure and function core concepts: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheChildTraumaAcademyChannel/videos