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About the Course

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....

Top reviews

IT

Oct 12, 2020

this opened my mind towards intervention needs in a catastrophic event. something like this is required more than ever now. the content of the course was very good and thorough. very nicely explained.

ED

May 22, 2020

I am very happy and satisfied with the course program. In fact, I am excited to apply what I have learned and also looking forward to enroll in another course. Thank you for this learning opportunity!

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By Hillow i

Apr 4, 2018

well elabrated and structured,rlevant and very important videos and other learning material a quizes that cant be done if you haven't studied

By Sienna T

Sep 25, 2022

Awesome course!!! So informative, never boring, includes super short vignettes to actually show you how to implement the PFA techniques. :)

By Deleted A

Sep 19, 2021

I learned a lot about how to respond to people in disasters. I think that it requires a lot of personal resiliency to do this kind of work.

By Jessica B

Aug 19, 2020

It was a very good course but I wish they told us who we need to contact and what protocols were supposed to follow to help the individuals.

By Manindra K

May 18, 2020

An awesome course, it provides you with the relevant skills and knowledge to provide psychological first aid in the time of crisis/disaster.

By Denicar Y C D

Jan 26, 2022

This course is really interesting and so I’ve decided to try it. I learned so much. Thank you! Would recommend this to my family & friends.

By Miranda L A

Aug 5, 2021

Fun and engaging, and very educational. They did a great job at keeping it just challenging enough to hold your attention but not bore you.

By Maureen L

Apr 23, 2021

This course has been really helpful and I would recommend it to my circle of friends. The presentations were simply put and easy to follow.

By Francis O

Apr 14, 2021

A POWERFUL COURSE POWERFULLY PRESENTED BY A POWERFUL FACULTY FROM A POWERFUL UNIVERSITY. THIS HAS COMPLETELY IMPACTED MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE.

By Sean O

Sep 14, 2020

Dr. George Everly is a very wonderful lecturer and I enjoyed his teachings during the course of this engagement. He's a very wonderful man

By RANWALAGE D H M P

Aug 4, 2020

Its a interesting courses..this course is help ful for me as a nursing student..I have gain lot of interesting things related to this feild

By Anna

Aug 3, 2020

Great teacher, easy to listen to, the course was great, stayed on topic and had relevant information. Would recommend if you're interested.

By Anastasia I

May 20, 2020

Extremely great course, very hands-on, practical, showing best-case and worst-case practice expamples. Great theoretical impact. Thank you!

By Jon V H D S

May 17, 2020

It's not that excessive. Simple, understandable, brief, and clear. Listen carefully to the lecture, read your notes and review if possible.

By Michael M

Apr 23, 2020

This course was excellent in providing a clear message to perform PFA. I will highly recommend this course to my professors and colleagues.

By Catherine G

Apr 18, 2020

really relevant in this Covid-19 times, high quality teacher, offering jaw dropping demos with mastery.

Would do it again ! Highly recommend

By Mrudul H

Apr 18, 2020

Came to know what all steps must be taken to help survivors during a pandemic and self care plays a major role while dealing with survivors

By Dominique L

Mar 27, 2023

Wonderful class, easy to follow, with a pleasant instructor. I would definitely take an advanced course with this professor in this topic.

By Ahmad D

Mar 17, 2022

I just finished, so I'm not really coherent, but I do know that I want to keep learning, not just about this field, but others. Thank you.

By sucheeta s

May 12, 2021

It was amazing course to understand the first aid in psychology. I was thrilled and excited. I gained so much knowledge during the course.

By Leandra H

Feb 21, 2021

This course was very timely and informative. I love the way the course was structured: a step by step approach to Psychological First-Aid!

By Sinem Ö

Dec 10, 2020

As a mental health professional I can say the course was very informative, well organised and engaging (especially the simulation videos).

By talal a a

Sep 24, 2020

thank you for offering a chance to get this course for free. it improved my skills a lot, and helped me to be more professional in my work

By Esraa

Aug 18, 2020

Thank you for offering a topic that many of us think we do not need because we imagine that in case of a disaster we can easily handle it.

By Rajagopalan S

Jul 11, 2020

Very nice course. Lots of inputs. Its an art. It requires practice and deliberate skill to master the art.

Happy to have joined the course.