HARRIS IS RECOVERING FROM A BROKEN LEG. A LOT OF THE STORY. DEIRE:DR JUNE IS PTSD MONTH. THE GOALS I TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE DISORDER AND ELIMINATE THE STIGMA ATTACHED TO IT. ONE NATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IS EDUCATING AND TRAINING FIRST RESPONDERS, VETERANS, AND FAMILIES ABOUT HOW TO PREVENT PTSD. JOINING US THIS MORNING FROM THE CODE PROJECTS I BRANDIELEE BAKER, THE PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. DEIRE:DR I THINK WE TALK ABOUT PTSD MUCH MORE THEN WE USE TO WIN YOU AND I WERE GROWING UP, BUT THERE’S A LOT OF WORK TO DO. WHAT ARE THE AREAS OR WHO ARE THE TYPES OF PEOPLE YOU ARE STILL MOST CONCERNED WITH? >> OUR FRONTLINES OFFICERS -- FRONT LINE OFFICERS, SPECIFICALLY LAW-ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME. YOU HAVE DONE A BEAUTIFUL JOB COVENGRI CRISIS RESPONSE THAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND EMS WORKERS ARE FACING IN YOUR COMMUNITY. THIS -- THEY ARE SEEING DEATH, EYTH ARE DEALING WITH VIOLENCE, DEALING WITH ALL OF THE RKDA ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES IN SUCCESSION, CALL AFTER CALL, AND THAT ABSOLUTELY HAS AN IMPACT ON THEIR NERVOUS SYSTEMS. IF WE ARE TNO PROVIDING ONGOING SUPPORT, THERE WILBEL [INDISCERNIBLE] DEIRDRE: ARE WE GETTING BETTER AT TEACHING PEOPLE IN THESE TYPES OF JOBS OR GOING TO THESE EXPERIENCES BEFORE THE CRISIS THAT IT IS NORMAL TO EXPERIENCE THIS AND THAT THEY MIGHT EXPERIENCE IT? BRANDIELEE: WE ARE JUST AT THE BEGINNGIN STAGES OF NORMALIZING ETH RESPONSES THAT ARE GOING TO OCCUR. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW STRONG YOU ARE, HOW ADEPT IN THE SKILLS . YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM IS STILL IMPACTED BY THESE THINGS, AND WE ARE JUSTOW PROVIDING TRAININGS AND EDUCATION THAT ALLOW OUR OFFICERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND MILITARY TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR NERVOUS SYSTEMS ARE SPREONDING AND THAT IT IS NORMAL AND THAT IS WHY SUPPORT IS ALSO A NORMAL, INTEGRAL PART OF BEING A FITRS RESPONDER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. DEIRDRE: IT SEEMS LIKE IN SOME FIELDS, WE STARTO T DEVELOP PROCEDURES AFTER WE KNEW WE WERE IN SITUATIONS THAT SHOULD BE STRESSFUL KELI THAT TO DEBRIEF AND HELP PEOPLE GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY CAN HANDLE SOME OF THESE THINGS. BRANDIELEE: YES. DEBRIEFINGS AND DEFUSING’S ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PROCESS AND ONGOING PEER SUPPO.RT CERTAINLY COUNSELING SERVICES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A NORMAL FAST A, LIKE WE HAVE A GENERAL PRACTITIONER FOR OUR PHYSICAL AMMONS IN OUR STRESS CAREERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIT RSRESPONSE. WE SHOULD ALSO HAVE A COUNSELOR IN OUR BACK POCKET WHEN WE ARE FEELING A LITTLE OFF. TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IS NOT SUFFERING FOR SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES OR COUNTRY. DEIRDRE: WHAT IS THE BEST THING A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER CAN SAY AFTER AN EVENT LIKE THIS? BRANDIEL:EE LET ME KNOW HOW I CAN SUPPORT YOU OR ASK HOW CAN I SUPPORT YOU. OFTEN TIMES, WITH THE WELL INTENTIOOFN HELPING, OFTEN TIME WE IMPOSE WHAT WE THINK IS GOING ON OR WHAT WE THINK A PERSON NEEDS, AND THAT CAN BE SNEE AS MU CH MORE PRESSURE ON AN ALREADY OVERWHELMED NERVOUS SYSTEM OF OUR LOVED ONES. SO ASKING HOW CAN I SUPPORT YOU, HOW CAN I LPHE YOU, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED? IT GIVES THE LOVED ONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SELF ASSESS AND GIVE AN ANSWER THAT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR THEM. DEIRDRE: I THINK IT IS -- YOU PUT IT SO BEAUTIFULLY, AND I THINK AFTER THIS LAST YEAR, WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH CAREERS THAT MAY BE NOT WOULD THINK WERE STRESSFUL HAVE FELT EXTREEM STRESS AND IT SEEMS LIKE GOOD ADVICE FOR ALL OF U