Psychological First Aid

$49.00

Learn to provide psychological first aid to people in an emergency by employing the RAPID model: Reflective listening, Assessment of needs, Prioritization, Intervention, and Disposition. read more…

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What you'll learn

Introduction

Reflective Listening/Rapport

Assessment and Prioritization

Intervention and Disposition

Self-Care and Wrap-Up

Description

Learn to provide psychological first aid to people in an emergency by employing the RAPID model: Reflective listening, Assessment of needs, Prioritization, Intervention, and Disposition. Utilizing the RAPID model (Reflective listening, Assessment of needs, Prioritization, Intervention, and Disposition), this specialized course provides perspectives on injuries and trauma that are beyond those physical in nature.

The RAPID model is readily applicable to public health settings, the workplace, the military, faith-based organizations, mass disaster venues, and even the demands of more commonplace critical events, e.g, dealing with the psychological aftermath of accidents, robberies, suicide, homicide, or community violence. In addition, the RAPID model has been found effective in promoting personal and community resilience. Participants will increase their abilities to: – Discuss key concepts related to PFA – Listen reflectively – Differentiate benign, non-incapacitating psychological/ behavioral crisis reactions from more severe, potentially incapacitating, crisis reactions – Prioritize (triage) psychological/ behavioral crisis reactions – Mitigate acute distress and dysfunction, as appropriate – Recognize when to facilitate access to further mental health support – Practice self-care Developed in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Open Education Lab.

Requirements

Access to a computer or mobile device with an internet connection.

Motivation to learn!

There are no special materials or prerequisite knowledge required for this course.

Who this course is for

Students who are new to this field

Students willing to put in a couple hours to learn about Psychological First Aid

Advanced students wanting to add another skill to their portfolio

Content Creator

George Everly, Jr., PhD – Professor, Center for Public Health Preparedness – Bloomberg School of Public Health

This course includes

Participation Confirmation/Certificate

Option for learning at your own pace

Videos and reading material about the course

Practice tests

Assessed tasks with feedback from other course participants

Evaluated tests with feedback

Evaluated programming tasks

Discussions

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