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Our Mastering Resilience Workbook

Begin your journey today in mastering resilience with our workbook, made with first responders in mind.

Self-Assessment
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Mastering Resilience: First Responder Edition is a practical guide tailored for first responders, focusing on building resilience against the unique stress of trauma exposure. It combines foundational knowledge, self-assessments, and actionable strategies to prevent burnout, compassion fatigue, and post-trauma reactions, enhancing well-being, performance, and career longevity.
Developed By
Dr. Allison Agliata, PHD, BBC
This module delves into the various types of trauma, offering a thorough exploration of their psychological and physiological impacts. It provides first responders with a comprehensive understanding of different trauma experiences, including acute trauma, vicarious trauma, moral injury, cumulative trauma, and complex trauma. By distinguishing between these types, the module helps normalize the diverse ways trauma can manifest and affect individuals.
Focusing on self-awareness and situational awareness, this module teaches techniques to enhance emotional and environmental awareness. It covers locus of control and introduces Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. This is the framework by which readers will determine their areas of strength and challenge. By improving awareness, first responders can better identify and address stressors, enhancing their overall resilience.
This module explores how integrating healthy habits at various levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs can build resilience and strength for first responders. It begins with addressing physiological needs by promoting adequate sleep, balanced nutrition, and regular exercise to support physical health. The focus then shifts to safety needs, providing strategies to manage stress and enhance security in both personal and professional environments. It emphasizes love and belonging by fostering supportive relationships with colleagues and family, and addresses esteem needs through techniques for healthy thinking strategies and positive self-talk. Finally, the module encourages self-actualization by promoting personal growth and values alignment. By meeting needs across all levels of the hierarchy, first responders will be ready to develop a comprehensive resilience plan that supports their overall well-being and effectiveness.
This module reviews the various symptoms associated with acute trauma to help normalize reactions to intense incidents. By understanding typical responses, first responders can better recognize and validate their own experiences and those of their peers. The module also provides crucial psychological first aid strategies designed to promote resilience and mitigate the risk of more severe trauma responses over time. It includes evidence-based techniques for immediate stress management, such as debriefing, active listening, and providing emotional support. The focus is on equipping first responders with essential skills to effectively address acute stress and foster long-term recovery and resilience.
The final module guides readers in creating a personalized resilience plan tailored to their individual needs and circumstances. It includes implementing healthy habits, identifying coping strategies, and integrating support systems. The goal is to develop a dynamic and adaptable plan that provides a clear roadmap for managing stress and maintaining resilience over time.
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Mastering Resilience: First Responder Edition

Mastering Resilience: First Responder Edition is an essential self-paced course tailored for first responders facing the challenges of repeated trauma exposure. This course goes beyond theory, offering a deep dive into how trauma impacts mental and physical well-being while providing practical tools to strengthen resilience. Through expert guidance, interactive self-assessments, and actionable strategies, participants will learn to combat burnout, compassion fatigue, and post-trauma reactions.

Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to thrive on the front lines, ensuring a healthier, more fulfilling career.

A COURSE FOR PROVIDERS

First Responder Treatment Provider

This course is designed for helping professionals seeking to enhance their skill set, knowledge and efficacy in working with first responders, including dispatchers, emergency services technicians, paramedics, firefighters, and police officers. This course delves into the unique challenges faced by first responders and equips participants with practical strategies to address these challenges effectively while promoting resiliency. Through a combination of video lessons, case studies, reflective prompts, and knowledge assessments, participants will gain insights into the psychological, emotional, and relational dynamics unique to first responders. One of the highlights of this course is the introduction of the PEACE Resilience Model as a preventative strategy for clients that will experience ongoing traumatic exposure.

This course is ideal for mental health professionals, counselors, therapists, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, social workers, and other helping professionals who are committed to providing competent and compassionate care to first responders. By the end of the training, participants will be equipped with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to make a positive impact in the lives of first responders and their support systems. This course is a required component of the First Responder Provider Certification program under the International Trauma Training Institute.

This course is 13 CEU hours based on NBCC standards. Participants have 1 year to complete the course with access at any time for self-paced learning.