Featured Training
Bullying is a major epidemic leading to severe crises when it reaches critical mass. Resiliency LLC offers a unique program to activate multiple resources in a systemic approach. RESPECT is proactive and preventive.
We offer schools and agencies a comprehensive program designed to flow naturally into the dynamics and structure of your organization. The three key aspects are: 1. System-based Initiatives: RESPECT helps you apply a variety of initiatives including theme weeks, teacher of the month, student of the month, motivational speakers, respect campaigns, spirit week, service learning, school/community approaches with adults and students, and organization-wide collaborative activities. 2: Integrated Approach: RESPECT integrates through PEER LEADERSHIP. Peer approaches consist of transitional support, awareness education, mentoring, mediation, team building and proactive referrals. 3: Skill Set Training: RESPECT engages workshop participants in learning effective communication, rapport building, nonverbal cues and detection of early warning signals. |
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Behavior Management
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Description: “How are we to wake up and face each day confronting . . . the real chance that a disaster can affect us personally? How can we enjoy the beauty of life amidst the threat of danger? How can we rise above the fear?”
MaryEllen Salamone, Families of September 11 This training provides the understanding and strategies for people to control their fear and function effectively in their everyday lives despite living in a dangerous world. Key Topics:
Recommended for: professionals and general public Length: 90 minutes |
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Description: When a disaster strikes, will people behave as emergency management planners think that they will? What human behaviors do planners need to consider for emergency planning?
This training presents the evidence-based human behaviors before, during, and immediately after the impact of a disaster. It focuses on what people do when faced with a threat, when a warning is given, or an alarm sounds. The training covers tips on how to increase the probability that people will take appropriate action. Key Topics:
Recommended for: emergency management professionals Length: 90 minutes |
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Description: As a CEO, you have achieved your position because you have worked hard and possess the qualities of a resilient leader. You have the abilities to cope with the vicissitudes of your work and bounce back from the adversities that beset your business. As a resilient leader, you exemplify certain attributes such as creativity, flexibility, optimism, and self-assurance, and are a role model for your workforce.
What if suddenly you were no longer available? This is a horrible question to contemplate if you think of death or serious illness as the only possible reasons for your no longer being available. Nevertheless, a more likely scenario would be that a disaster might impede your leading your company. You might be on a business trip and a disaster could ground all flights. Furthermore, communications systems might be down because of the disaster. You would have no way to return. You would have no way to communicate. You would be unavailable. What would happen to your company without your leadership during a time of trauma and tragedy? You still could serve as a role model, as your executive staff considers, “What would our CEO do?” But who will temporarily take your place? Who will lead? Who will rally others to action? Do you have a leadership template that can be replicated and sustained? Have you tested it? This training focuses on how to form and sustain a resilient leadership team who can take charge when a disaster strikes if the CEO is not available or assist the CEO if the CEO is available to lead. It presents the aspects of leadership behavior that are essential for the continuity of operations (COOP) of your business. Key Topics:
Recommended for: CEOs and business leaders Length: 90 minutes |
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Description: Communication is essential before, during, and in the aftermath of a disaster. Authorities must keep the public informed. Crisis communication provides information about a pending crisis or an event; for example, “a hurricane is heading our way.” Risk communication provides information about the outcome of a behavior or exposure. Will the outcome be good or bad? What is the magnitude? For example, seasonal flu exposure is bad and the magnitude is about 36,000 deaths per year. The behavior of getting a flu vaccine could have a good outcome but the percentage of vaccinated people who are protected from the flu varies from year to year. Authorities can enlist the media as an ally in disseminating accurate information or cause conflicts with the media. What authorities say and how they say it has an impact. When communicating about crisis and risk, authorities need to strike a balance between providing accurate information without provoking intense emotions. The goal is to promote people to take appropriate action for their safety.
This training covers: 1) the fundamentals of crisis and risk communication, 2) tips on working with the media, and 3) how to keep your community appropriately informed. There will be interactive group learning exercise to problem-solve a media crisis. Key Topics:
Recommended for: mental health professionals active in disaster and for emergency management professionals Length: 2 hours |
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Community Safety and Readiness
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Description: This training focuses on utilizing the power of people to help people in times of tragedy and trauma. This training is designed for a wide variety of individuals to learn about the human dimensions of disaster, the essential role of resiliency in surviving traumatic events, and the appropriate actions to help others.
Disasters challenge our survival. We need to survive in three ways. Stay alive. Continue to function as individuals. Carry on as a society. But when disaster strikes, how do individuals, organizations, and communities survive? Resiliency is the answer. The evidence-based Resiliency Model developed by Resiliency LLC is the core of a 10-step approach that ranges from the practical to the mental health aspects of traumatic events. The Resiliency Model recognizes that individuals possess specific characteristics essential to “bounce back” from a crisis or disaster, or provide elasticity to endure adversity. In addition, the Resiliency Model provides ways to develop and enhance resilience. We often proceed with our everyday lives as if nothing will happen. If we think that something will happen, we usually don’t think about it happening where we live. If we think something will happen in our locale, we often don’t think it will happen to us. Yet unfortunately, mass shootings, natural disasters, pandemics, and terrorism happen. How do we contend with our complacency, denial, and a lack of mindfulness? Through this training, you will learn how to change these attitudes and motivate yourself for preparedness. Disasters are psychosocial events that involve a threefold individual reaction. We react biologically. We react psychologically. We react as members of society. This training focuses on resilient reactions. Learning to cope with worst case scenarios, will help you manage everyday adversity and crises. Key Topics:
◊ Fear Management
◊ What to Say and Not to Say ◊ “Do’s and Don’ts” for Avoiding Disaster Response Pitfall Educational Objectives: At the completion of this educational activity, you should be able to: 1) apply a 10-step approach for survival 2) explain the 12 key aspects of resiliency 3) motivate themselves to take action for survival 4) assess risk 5) describe what to expect if disaster strikes. 6) delineate emergency management phases. 7) formulate a Personal Emergency Plan (PEP). 8) utilize knowledge about typical human behavior for prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. 9) detail the 4 psychosocial disaster phases. 10) identify the warning signs that help is needed. 11) access available resources. 12) apply strategies for self-care. 13) enumerate the 8 actions of Psychological First AidÓ.14) use communication skills. 15) mention at least 3 things that could be said and 3 things to avoid saying. 16) recognize potential disaster response pitfalls and avoid them. 17) list the 6 Skills for Psychological Recovery 8) infuse a culture of resiliency in organizations and communities. Recommended for: Business Continuity and Resilience Mangers. Citizens, Clergy and Faith-Based Leaders, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Members, Community Leaders. EMTs and Paramedics, Law Enforcement Officers, Health Professionals, Higher Education Staff (Administrators, Faculty, Student Health Personnel, Residential Hall Managers and Advisors), Mental Health Professionals, Peer Helping Professionals (PPE), School Professionals (Administrators, Counselors, School Resource Officers, and Teachers) Length: 3 hours (either as one meeting or two 1.5 hour meetings) |
Crisis Counselor Team Training
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Description: School districts are utilizing in-house Crisis Counselor Teams for prevention and to provide psychological support at times of trauma and tragedy. This training is essential for school Crisis Counselor Teams
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Recommended for: public school districts and private schools Length: 2 days |
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Description: Psychological First Aid (PFA) is the standard for early intervention after a disaster. PFA is a manualized, evidence informed approach for providing psychological and social support for child, adolescent, and adult disaster survivors.
This training provides guidance for crisis counselors by describing PFA. In addition to covering the 8 actions of PFA in depth, the training focuses on counselor actions to calm the excited person and engage the silent, withdrawn person. While crisis counselors are providing PFA, they may be faced with various dilemmas. This training covers the usual dilemmas and provides tips how to avoid these dilemmas from becoming pitfalls. A disaster scenario is presented. After observing and discussing a demonstration of PFA and counselor actions, participants engage in role-play using brief scripts for crisis counselors and disaster survivors. While practicing PFA and counselor interventions, the participants will identify the emotions, key issues, and dilemma illustrated by each role-play. Key Topics:
Recommended for: mental health professionals active in disaster, crisis counselor team members Length: 4 hours |
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Description: This training focuses on utilizing the power of peers for the four phases of crisis and disaster management – Prevention, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery. Existing student peer programs will be presented as strategic initiatives to infuse crisis/disaster phases into their programming. This training is designed for professionals operating existing peer leadership programs as well as those who recognize peers as valuable resources in the prevention and intervention of traumatic events.
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Recommended for: Current peer helping professionals (CPPE), School Counselors, Social Workers, After-school Coordinators, School Resource Officers, School Admin-istrators, Peer Education Higher Education Sponsors Length: 90 minutes |
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Planning
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Description: This workshop is an inactive learning exercise for individuals in key positions within your organization. It is designed to teach participants how to write an emergency operation plan (EOP) or disaster manual. The participants produce an actual EOP for your organization or update and improve an existing EOP.
Depending on the size of the group, smaller breakout groups may be formed to work on specific tasks. Although manual templates are supplied, a brainstorming method is used to stimulate involvement in the planning process and demonstrate that individuals, using their common sense, are able to develop the essential elements of an EOP. Key Topics:
Recommended for: Stakeholders in disaster planning Length: 5 weekly meetings for 1.5 hours each (local organizations only) or 1 day (6.5 hours) |
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Description: This a course on traumatic stress, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other trauma-related disorders
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Recommended for: psychiatrists and psychiatric residents Length: Series of 3 two-hour lectures (in Northern New Jersey) |
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Programs for Prevention
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Through its affiliation with Edu-Psych Outreach, Inc, Resiliency LLC offers schools a variety of training programs for prevention and PEER leadership programs
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Resiliency
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The Need: We are at risk for natural disasters, disease outbreaks, industrial and transportation disasters, terrorist attacks. We can either let fear dominate our lives, live in denial, or prepare to meet these challenges.
The Solution: Offer the members of your organization resiliency training to improve readiness and maintain their morale and productivity. Based on our book, Resiliency in the Face of Disaster and Terrorism: 10 Things to Do to Survive, this training provides an easy-to-follow 10 step map to face the challenges of traumatic events ranging from individual tragedy to mass terrorism. The training teaches vital strategies aimed at physical survival, coping, helping others, and restoring pre-disaster functioning Three Training Options: Direct – Resiliency LLC directly trains your staff. This option is essential for smaller organizations or those that are new to emergency management grounded in a mental health perspective. Train the Trainer – Resiliency LLC trains selected personnel to teach other members of your organization. This option is ideal for large organizations that wish to efficiently train many employees. Trainer manuals including PowerPoint presentations on CD are provided. Staff Support – Resiliency LLC trains selected staff to serve as personal resources for others during a crisis or disaster. This option is designed especially for organizations with existing crisis counselor teams that wish to extend their knowledge. Key Topics: Participants will learn how to prevent, prepare, respond, and recover using a disaster mental health approach including:
Length: 2.5 days |
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Self-Care for Caregivers
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Description: This is a ongoing, comprehensive program for training and support that is especially designed for mental health care facility case managers and other clinical mental health staff who work with trauma victims, experience vicarious trauma, and are at risk of developing compassion fatigue. This program embraces 7 Principles: 1) Self-Care 2) Mutual Support 3) Active Learning 4) Cognitive Holding 5) Cultural Competency 6) Sustainability 7) Prevention
Educational Objectives: During the course of this program, participants should be able to: 1) perform periodic self-assessment about resilience assets, risks for compassion fatigue and burn out, what they can offer and receive from their peers for mutual support 2) express what motivates them to serve 3) explain the essential role of empathy 4) describe concepts of burnout and vicarious trauma 5) cite 3 factors that reduce the risk of developing posttraumatic stress 6) appreciation the importance of mutual support 7) employ 10 steps to enhance resilience 8) use 4 actions for coping 9) utilize strategies for helping oneself and others 10) apply strategies internalized during learning exercises that enhanced resilience Key Topics:
Timeline: 1) Initial 2 day training with active collaborative learning exercises, lectures, discussions, questions and answers, homework 2) Ongoing peer support workshop groups initially facilitated by Resiliency LLC facilitators 3) Resiliency LLC trains facility clinical staff as peer leaders and support group facilitators 4) The mental health care facility’s Peer leaders and support group facilitators sustain the support program. 5) Resiliency LLC offers optional intermittent consultation and program evaluation. |
Teamwork
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Description: This half-day training uses a presentation, Question and Answer sessions, and discussion to teach the fundamentals of emergency management to key members of your organization. Participants will learn to function as an emergency management and response team (EMRT) and to staff an emergency operation center (EOC) for your organization. This training includes an exercise in order to begin developing an EMRT or to restructure an existing team.
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Recommended for: Businesses and schools Length: 4 hours
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Recommended for: Organizations (Business, Colleges, Hospitals and Health care Facilities, Non-profits, Office of Emergency Management, Schools) that should have in-house Crisis Counselor Teams (CCT). Length: 4 hours School Version
Office of Emergency Management Version
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