Safeguard Certified — Community Healers
Gain essential understanding of the emotional and cultural factors that shape how Veterans experience loss, trauma, and healing. Learn to offer compassionate, informed support to individuals and communities affected by suicide.
This pathway is for you if you are a:
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15 Things Veterans Want You To Know
Learn 15 key facts about military culture in their own words, several questions to ask, and one to avoid. This course provides valuable guidance for anyone looking to connect more meaningfully with those who served.
VA S.A.V.E.
In collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs, this course covers suicide risk in the military and Veteran communities. Learn to identify at-risk Veterans and use S.A.V.E. steps to help make a difference.
Secure Firearm Storage Conversations: STORES & Minutes Matter
Secure Firearm Storage Conversations (STORES/MM Training) is a 30-minute, self-paced eLearning course designed for clinicians and community partners who engage with Veterans and their families.
Postvention: Healing After Suicide Loss
This 30-minute course provides learners with a clear understanding of suicide postvention—what it is, why it matters for individual and community healing, and how it supports ongoing prevention.
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Building Belonging: Understanding and Supporting Veterans in Faith Communities
Faith communities have long been a source of comfort, hope, and support for those facing difficult times. In this course, you'll learn how faith communities can become places of support for Veterans and those facing trauma.
Grief and Trauma
In “Grief and Trauma,” Dr. Shauna Springer explains that grief and trauma are different challenges — and that they require different healing strategies.
Become Safeguard Certified as a Community Healer!
Complete all of the courses and unlock your Safeguard Certified badge.
Safeguard Master — Community Healers
Deepen your capacity to foster healing and resilience after suicide loss. Explore restorative practices, postvention approaches, and ways to strengthen connection and meaning across Veteran and civilian communities.
Complete the Safeguard Certified pathway above to earn your Safeguard Master badge.
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Communicating With Veterans
This course discusses how to communicate effectively with Veterans using communication tools, such as open-ended questions, affirmations, and reflections.
Respite for Military & Veteran Caregivers
Respite is an essential part of maintaining balance and wellness throughout your caregiver journey. In this course, we will discuss the types of respite, formal and informal respite resources, and how to customize respite to fit your needs.
Connecting with the Veteran In Your Life
This course provides information to help caregivers understand and address a lack of connection with the Veteran in their life. The new course incorporates a strengths-based approach to connections between a caregiver and a Veteran.
The Basics of Military Culture
Want to learn more about the US military and Veteran population? Here’s where you start. Our new Military Culture course series takes a deeper dive into four defining aspects of daily life in the military: Service, Values, People, and Transition.