CORE CONCEPTS
What training covers
Everyday skills for managing stress, setting goals and taking care of yourself. Departments can choose one, some or all for training.
Stress
Tell acute stress from chronic stress, spot your triggers and put a number on it with the SUDS scale.
Burnout
Recognize the three phases of burnout and the warning signs before it takes hold.
Goal Setting
Use the science of hope and SMART goals to set targets that work for you, not against you.
Perspective
Learn when and how to step back and see a hard situation from another angle.
Beliefs and Self-Defeating Thoughts
Catch “stinking thinking” and challenge it with the ABC Model, because thoughts drive feelings.
Empathy and Social Support
Listen so people feel heard, and build a circle that has your back.
Personal Boundaries
Name your limits, say them clearly and hold them when they get tested.
Self-Care: Fitness and Nutrition
How exercise changes your brain and how the gut-brain connection affects your mood.
Self-Care: Relaxation and Sleep
Relaxation techniques worth learning, and better sleep even on shift work.
Personal Financial Management
Why money stress hits so hard, plus a simple budget and an emergency savings plan.
Grief
Understand grief and its phases, and find healthy ways to carry a loss.
Wins and Lessons
Give your wins the attention they deserve and handle losses in healthy ways.
ADDITIONAL TOPICS
When the Job Takes a Toll
Heavier topics, including PTSI, moral injury and how the weight of the job reaches the people who love you. Departments can choose one, some or all for training. Each of these additional topics will include recommended resilience skills to mitigate the effects.
PTSI and Compassion Fatigue
What PTSI (Post-Traumatic Stress Injury) and compassion fatigue are, what helps and when to get help right away.
Vicarious Trauma
How other people's worst days add up over a career, and a plan for the hours and days after a hard call.
Depression
What depression is, how it shows up on the job and at home, and when to reach out.
Anxiety
How anxiety shows up in the body and mind, and the tools that calm it.
Moral Injury
When a call collides with your values, and the path toward moral repair.
Family Resilience
Bring the call home without the details, and build a family plan before the bad call.
RESILIENCE WORKBOOK
The workbook that goes with the training
Each training session may be paired with Peace, Strength, Purpose, SC4i’s resilience workbook for First Responders. Each topic covers one thing you deal with on the job, in plain language, with room to write your own answers.
Real strength isn’t carrying it alone. It’s knowing when to call it in.
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TRAINING REQUEST
Who it's for
This training can support departments, peer teams, family and the general public.
Length
Choose the full series, one part or a single topic workshop. SC4i can support 1 hour to 16 hour workshops.
Where
The training can occur in person at your department or office or it can occur online.
Bring Resilience Training to your department
Tell us about your team and we'll follow up with dates and details. Prefer to talk? Call 719.822.3387.
Please don't include personal health details in this form. We'll talk privately when we reach you.
ALSO AVAILABLE
More ways to build mental fitness
Mental Wellness and Resilience workshops
Community education that helps crush the stigma around asking for help.
Psychoeducation
Plain-language understanding of how stress and trauma affect the body and mind.
Critical Incident Response
Support for response personnel, usually 48 to 72 hours after a critical incident.
Reaching out is the first step.
Call 719.822.3387 or email contact@sc4i.org. No cost. No referral form. No chain of command.