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Psychological First Aid (RCLDS)
Wednesday April 26, 2023, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Psychological First-aid is a training program that equips you to provide appropriate support to those in need after a traumatic event.
What You Will Learn:
- How to respond to someone experiencing trauma
- How to communicate and listen
- How to help calm and support someone in the face of disaster
- How to link to further professional help when needed
- How to help the survivors feel less overwhelmed and able to cope
- How to help reduce the initial distress
- How to encourage short and long term adaptive functioning
- How to take care of yourself
Learning Outcomes
- Understanding crises and trauma
- Knowing when to do, who should do and how to do Psychological First Aid
- How to help and work in a trauma informed way– giving support that doesn’t intrude
- What supports look like in the aftermath of a crisis
- Helping people to connect to information, services and social supports
- Caring for yourself and others
