Resilencey Training for disaster workers
Disaster Worker Resiliency Training
The main goal of the course is to prepare disaster workers, volunteers, or homeowners to recognize and address psychological stress and trauma associated with disaster work. In so doing, this training program is designed to help participants avoid the more severe negative impacts of psychological stress and trauma.
This training will use the National Institute of Environmental Health Science “Disaster Worker Resiliency Manual.”
If you are interested in hosting this training at your Organization or Institution please contact the NPETE Office for more information.
Overall Learning Objectives
After completing this course participants will be able to demonstrate an ability to:
- Recognize signs and symptoms of disaster work related stress
- Obtain support through your employer/organization and community resources
- Build your own resilience by demonstrating stress reduction and coping strategies
This awareness-level training is designed for a wide variety of disaster-impacted workers, including those working in disaster response, recovery, and rebuilding – such as paid employees, volunteers, and homeowners in a disaster-impacted area. It may be appropriate for disaster workers who are also disaster survivors.
There are activities including small groups, individual, and large group activities. Participation and sharing of knowledge and experiences is key to the program.