Virtual Training Skills for Psychological Recovery Dealing With Youth and Families In Crisis? Learn Skills to Address Acute Distress and Handle With Care!

Skills for Psychological Recovery (SPR) is an evidence-informed modular intervention that aims to help children and families gain skills to manage distress and cope with post-disaster stress, and adversities that may prompt Handle With Care notifications. This intervention is based on an understanding that individuals exposed to crisis and adversity will experience a broad range of reactions (physical, psychological, behavioral, spiritual) over time. SPR is not formal mental health treatment, but rather a secondary prevention model that utilizes skills-building components that have been found helpful in a variety of post-trauma situations. Although some individuals will need referral for treatment after an event, research suggests that a skills-building approach is more effective than supportive counseling for most.

Who should register: 

School personnel, family resource and youth services workers (FRYSCs), faith leaders, youth group leaders, social service workers, librarians, health care workers, emergency response personnel, or anyone seeking skills in order to offer support students and families exposed to adversity. This event is free for participants. 

What participants will experience:

SPR aims to help children and families gain skills to manage distress and cope with distress and adversity. This course utilizes skills-building components from mental health treatment that have been found helpful in a variety of post-trauma situations. Research suggests that a skills-building approach is more effective than supportive counseling. SPR is appropriate for developmental levels across the lifespan and is culturally informed.

SPR can be delivered in a variety of settings (e.g., schools, clinics, hospitals, assisted living facilities, houses of worship, community centers, libraries, and homes). Each SPR skill can be covered in one contact or meeting with a survivor and then reinforced through the use of handouts and practice. 

This training is approved for  Social Work, Psychology (pending), and EILA credit. Partial credit will not be given.

Session Details

April 24th, 2026

9:30 AM - 2:30 PM EST / 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM CT

This event is free for participants.