The Resilient Minds Course is an 8-hour workshop, led by a firefighter instructor and delivered by CMHA to your fire department.
We offer courses exclusively for specific fire departments, as well as several open enrollment sessions for individual firefighters throughout the year. Open enrollment dates are also open to departments with small groups of firefighters (3 to 5) interested in taking the 8-Hour Resilient Minds course.
Maximum number of participants per workshop are 25 for in-person and 20 for online sessions.
The course contains four modules:
Module 1: Psychological Trauma – Awareness and Understanding
Learn the definition of trauma, the various responses a healthy human may experience after a traumatic event, followed by assessment and intervention practices to mitigate the negative impacts of trauma and mental illness.
Module 2: Psychological Trauma – Potential Risks and Strategies
Explore psychological trauma further. Through the application of the 4R Action Toolkit, fire staff will learn the importance of early recognition and early intervention to prevent a moderate to severe mental health problem from developing.
Module 3: The Trauma Informed First Responder
Gain a basic understanding of mental health and illness. Learn to apply the 4R Action Toolkit to communicate and respond appropriately to a citizen, colleague or family member experiencing a mental health problem/crisis.
Module 4: Managing Workplace Stress and Building Resiliency
Explore the risk factors and impact of workplace/life stress and learn to strengthen your resiliency by building and applying valuable and helpful coping strategies.
What firefighters are saying about our program:
“The facilitators created a safe, comfortable and interesting learning environment. We were impressed with the interactive capabilities of the Zoom classroom and the way it was incorporated into the course. They taught us coping skills such as the 4R Action Toolkit that we will be able to take into our careers and use to remain healthy for ourselves and our families. As members of the fire service, we would recommend this course to anyone involved in emergency response.”
– Firefighter recruits in Class 2021-01 (A Platoon), Whitby Fire & Emergency Services, Ontario
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