First Responder Readiness Workshop For Providers

17903 Corporate Dr,San Antonio TX 78259

11 January, 2022

Description

First Responders face challenges and stress due to the nature of their occupations. Readiness & resilience skills increases overall health. 4-Hour Provider Readiness Facilitated Workshop First responders work in a world that is filled with hours of calm and moments of chaos. Couple this with everyday factors that touch our lives, and it is possible to lose our sense of purpose and drive. First Responders need mental health providers who are familiar with their unique experience and how these experiences affect personal and professional performance. First Responders are a guarded group, and the culture often instills the idea of self-reliance and strength. This creates a challenge for those outside the field attempting to offer aid. This workshop will offer an introduction to First Responder culture and how it affects the individual, provides specific examples of events that commonly challenge first responders, and offers actions steps to being accepted within an organization and by its members. This workshop is open to care providers such as Mental Health Practitioners, General Practitioners, Chaplains. Agency Peer Support Specialists are highly encouraged to attend as well. Outcomes: PROFESSIONALS 1) Differentiate first responder cultures from the culture of other professions 2) Identify and discuss unique aspects of first responder trauma and stress PARTNERSHIP 3) Identify three methods of partnering with local agencies PREVENTION 4) Introduce First Responders to the five RANGE Resilience Skills It is the mission of First H.E.L.P. to reduce mental health stigma through education, advocate for benefits for those suffering from post-traumatic stress, acknowledge the service and sacrifice and support the families of first responders we lost to suicide, assist first responders in their search for healing, lead policy makers and legislators toward necessary change, and to bring awareness to suicide and mental health issues within public safety. District 7 Fire & Rescue is hosting this training. FirstNET has provided funding for this series of workshops to be provided in San Antonio. Laurel Ridge Treatment Center is providing the training location.