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ASSYST HEART
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WHAT IS THE ASSYST HEART PROJECT?
In March 2022, at the start of the Ukrainian invasion/war, the Humanitarian Emergency ASSYST Response Training was born to give specialized mental health providers (SMHP) from countries needing support the knowledge to conduct sustainable ASSYST Humanitarian & Research Psychosocial Projects.

HOW MANY SMHP HAVE BEEN TRAINED PRO-BONO AND FROM WHICH COUNTRIES?
As of September 2023, over 8,000 SMHP from Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Syria, Bulgaria, Iran, South Sudan, Peru, the USA, and Poland have been trained pro-bono.
IS IT NECESSARY FOR SMHP TO BE EMDR PRACTITIONERS?
No, it is not necessary to be an EMDR practitioner
We have observed that after seeing the effectiveness of the ASSYST treatment intervention procedures, SMHP are more likely to take the EMDR therapy basic training and advance trainings
WHAT ARE THE LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF THE TRAINING?
At the end of the training, participants will be able to:
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Explain what trauma is from the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) theoretical model
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Explain the relationship between the AIP-model and the human nervous system
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Describe early psychological intervention and its main objectives
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Explain what a stepped care approach is
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Describe what we should do during critical care, rapid response, or early intervention
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Describe what we should do to stabilize our patient's autonomic nervous system
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List the tools we have to respond to emergencies
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Describe the ASSYST treatment intervention procedures
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List the ASSYST humanitarian psychosocial projects
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Use the ASSYST individual and group in-person protocols
WHAT ARE THE ASSYST HEART PARTICIPANT'S REQUIREMENTS?
Students must read all the pre-training material
Students must keep their cameras on during the whole training
Students will provide the ASSYST treatment intervention procedures to real life patients after the training
Students must attend the Q&A session and keep their cameras on the whole time
The ASSYST HEART faculty gives pro-bono guidance on how to do field-work and research with the ASSYST treatment intervention procedures
Students that fulfill all requirements will receive the certificate of completion
ASSYST HEART CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION


Nicolle Mainthow
Please send an email to our ASSYST Humanitarian & Research Psychosocial Projects Leader, Nicolle Mainthow
The ASSYST HEART steering committee will make the final decision regarding your request
HOW TO REQUEST OUR ASSYST HEART TRAINING
Please, keep in mind that only SMHP (Licensed clinicians) can take this training
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