Training & Education

First Responders, Stress Management and Coronavirus

Self-paced Webinar

Webinar for first responders presented by a long time EMS professional, author, educator, mentor to many, Mike Taigman. In addition to the webinar, the site has resources and links to books.

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Changing the Conversation about Mental Health to Support Students During a Pandemic

April 9, 2020

This one-hour session will focus on the emergent pandemic and the impact it is having on college students’ mental health and well-being.

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Changing the Conversation About Mental Health - How do we Come Back to the New Normal?

April 13, 2020

This one-hour session will discuss what coming back to the “New Normal” looks like for college students’ as they return to campuses.

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Telehealth Learning and Consultation, funded by SAMHSA

April 14, 2020

This hour-long online series will support behavioral health providers who are new to using telehealth.

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Telehealth with Children and Adolescents, funded by SAMHSA

April 21, 2020

This hour-long online series will support behavioral health providers who are new to using telehealth.

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Telehealth Troubleshooting, funded by SAMHSA

April 28, 2020

This hour-long online series will support behavioral health providers who are new to using telehealth.

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POSTPONED - 2020 Maine Public Health Volunteers Summit

In order to balance the timing of this conference against the risks and needs of the evolving COVID-19 situation, we are moving to postpone the Summit.

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trained disaster behavioral health volunteer

Join our statewide team of trained volunteers who respond locally to help minimize the impact of disasters & public health emergencies.

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Building Workforce Resilience through the Practice of Psychological First Aid

This 90 minute course helps supervisors and leaders understand and address staff stress-risks and reactions.

Mental Health: Self-Care Johns Hopkins Programs

This presentation discusses the different types of stress and their sources. The speaker also provides seven methods for reducing stress.

Psychological First Aid Online

This 6-hour interactive course puts the participant in the role of a provider in a post-disaster scene. It features innovative activities and video demonstrations.

Introduction to Incident Command System, ICS-100 (IS-100.b)

This course describes the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of the Incident Command System.

Planning for the Needs of Children in Disasters (IS-366)

This four-hour course teaches state emergency managers/planners how to help children mitigate, prepare, respond, and recover from disasters.

National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
(IS-700.A)

This course introduces and overviews the National Incident Management System (NIMS).

Religious and Cultural Literacy and Competency in Disaster

This course explores how religious and cultural communities are engaged during disasters, how religious and cultural diversity and practice...

Creating Safe Scenes Training Course

This accredited, online course helps first responders assist individuals in crisis with mental illness or substance use disorder using safe, positive approaches.

Self-care for Disaster Behavioral Health Responders

In this 60-minute podcast, disaster behavioral health responders can learn about best practices and tools.

Stress Management for Emergency Responders
What Agencies Can Do

This podcast provides information on stress management for individuals, teams, and agencies.

Understanding Compassion Fatigue and Compassion Satisfaction: Tips for Disaster Responders

Learn about the positive and negative effects of helping disaster survivors.