Abbreviated Psychological First Aid (PFA)
This two-hour abbreviated PFA training provides information on how and when to provide psychological first aid to people impacted by a traumatic event, and ways to enhance provider care before, during and after a traumatic event.
March 16, 4-5:30 p.m. ET
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Caring for Vulnerable Populations Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic
This one-hour training provides guidance on how health care workers can support the unique physical and mental health concerns of high-risk vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic.
February 25, 4-5 p.m. ET
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April 1, 4-5 p.m. ET
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Who, Me? Stigma and Discrimination Associated with COVID-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic, stigma and discrimination against people of certain ethnic backgrounds, travelers, and residents of areas with high numbers of positive cases, and health care providers have been observed. This one-hour training provides strategies to combat stigma and discrimination, and support those who may be experiencing stigma and discrimination associated with COVID-19.
March 2, 4-5 p.m. ET
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Breaking the Sheep Counting Cycle: Strategies for Improving Sleep During Stressful Times
This one-hour training discusses how emergencies and social distancing affect normal sleep patterns, the consequences and significance of altered sleep patterns and offers recommendations for improving sleep during stressful times.
March 25, 11-12 p.m. ET
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You Can’t Give What You Don’t Have: Self-Care Strategies for the Busy Health Professional
The goal of this one-hour training is to increase the ability of providers to identify natural emotional responses to crises, and learn to manage fear, anxiety, and stress reactions in themselves and among the people they serve.
March 18, 11-12 p.m. ET
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Social, But Isolated: Strategies to Support Front Line Health Workers Dealing with Personal and Professional Isolation
This one-hour training teaches strategies for managing stress related to isolation, social distancing and quarantining that providers can apply to their own self-care routine, as well as provision of care to their patients.
February 23, 12-1 p.m. ET
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Infodemia: Discriminating Between Correct and Incorrect Information
Infodemia has been defined as an overabundance of information that makes it difficult for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance, adding stress, anxiety and misinformation to one’s current state. This one-hour training provides practical and self-care strategies for combating the Infodemic, isolating reliable information, and managing information overload and related stress reactions.
Building Resilience While Navigating Grief and Mourning: Guidance for Frontline Health Workers
This one-hour training discusses the difference between grief and mourning, why mourning is essential to healing, COVID-19’s impact on healthy mourning, and positive coping tools for helping those you serve navigate the grief process.
February 25, 12-1 p.m. ET
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March 23, 4-5 p.m. ET
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Helping Kids Cope with Grief and Loss During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This one-hour training provides guidance on how grief affects children and teens at different developmental stages; how COVID-19 has impacted this; the importance of normalizing feelings and encouraging expression of feelings; and strategies for helping children understand, express themselves and mourn in healthy ways.
February 23, 4-5 p.m. ET
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March 30, 12-1 p.m. ET
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A Trauma Informed Approach to Supporting Children and Adolescents in the Age of COVID-19
This one-hour training provides an overview of the common reactions children exhibit when facing an emergency, typical stress responses, and how to communicate with and support children in regaining a sense of security.
March 4, 12-1 p.m. ET
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Difficult Issues for Health Care Providers
This one-hour training provides an overview of
provider and system-related issues that may impact
challenging situations. Learn how to use intervention
guidelines and strategies to manage difficult
workplace environments for yourself and
your patients.
March 11, 4-5 p.m. ET
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Zoom Fatigue – The Cost of Being in Two Places at
Once
In this webinar, we will explore “Zoom Fatigue.” We’ll
review its symptoms and causes, how to reduce screen
usage and positive coping tools to counteract its effects.
We will finish by looking at some of the positive aspects
of this new lifestyle and ways video chats can help
facilitate mental as well as physical health.
March 9, 12-1 p.m. ET
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We are continually developing new trainings to meet our partners’ evolving needs. For more information on these courses, or information on other mental health offerings, please contact: mentalhealth@americares.org