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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Psychological First Aid by Johns Hopkins University

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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

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!

PG

Feb 9, 2017

A very helpful course and full of practical information for persons interfered with disaster relief and crisis intervention as this course has a well- planned syllabus and really informative vignettes

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By Isidora P

Jul 15, 2020

Excelente curso. Muy informativo, explican las cosas con mucha claridad y te mantiene interesado en las clases todo el tiempo.

By SUJA M K

Jul 9, 2020

I liked the simulation videos the best. Gina did so well. Prof. Everly is a great teacher. I feel sort of sad the course ended

By Camila M

Jun 16, 2020

Muy buen curso. Te atrapa desde el comienzo, ya que es super interesante y los conceptos están muy bien explicados. Excelente!

By Iqbal P A Z

May 27, 2020

I'm not related to this field. But I found this course very helpful for me to understand what to do to help someone in crisis.

By Shanise G V

May 6, 2020

This course helped me a lot in understanding PFA. The instructor is very insightful, and lectures are never boring. Thank you!

By Kantaphon J

May 6, 2020

there is many new things to study in this course such as how to prevent people hearts.

this can use in real life to help people

By Ben M

Apr 24, 2020

Superb course. Sympathetically paced with clear explanations and demonstrations (of good and not so good ways of approaching).

By Dannis C

Oct 4, 2018

The simulations were the most helpful, and there isn't a lot of random busy work, it is all relevant and simple to understand.

By Jesse R

Jan 15, 2017

Amazing course and very helpful. Goes along with my suicide prevention and QPR. This will just be one more tool in my toolbox.

By Sonia F

Apr 7, 2016

Exactly what is needed. This is useful even to teach people to listen and be empathetic during day to day life. Great course!

By Marybeth S

Feb 21, 2022

Fantastic beginner's resource! PRACTICE the skills you learn here and you will be helping people without even realizing it!

By Elisabetta D

Mar 14, 2021

Very interesting and useful. I study psychology at university in Italy, and this course can be very useful for my future job.

By Geraldine C

Jan 2, 2021

Very helpful, it's simply structured with essential knowledge to provide compassionate and assistance to someone in a crisis.

By Upshantie S

Jun 24, 2020

This Class has taught me how to see anf be able to help whenever they is a need for help in my area. Thanks so much for this.

By MITTAPALLI S

May 1, 2020

Very helpfull contain't. This course thought me life is ups and downs just we enjoy don't panic. This is so social experiment

By James M

Apr 24, 2020

This course provides a nice overview of the Psychological First Aid model and its general application to different scenarios.

By C. G

Mar 15, 2020

I really enjoyed this course. The professor seemed really caring and explained the material well. He also gave good examples.

By Kevin R

Nov 24, 2019

A great and interesting course which really gives a well-founded basis for a first responder coping psychological distresses

By MaiAnh

Mar 17, 2019

Engaging and explicit content; with appropriate assignment difficulty. The content is concise but proper, easy to understand.

By Нарине А

Jan 31, 2019

Great course. Thank You for knowledjes that i got during these lessons, it was really interesting and helpful. Thanks again!)

By Anne R

Sep 22, 2018

Great for anyone interested in helping others. Everything is explained in attainable methods. I quite enjoyed this course.

By Carina A

Jan 5, 2017

Quando você começa, não tem mais vontade de parar! Realizei o curso de 4 semanas em 4 dias. Experiência rica de aprendizagem!

By Marlyn A

May 30, 2021

Pacing is just right, content was very informative and useful, assessment and the simulations helped me a lot in learning.

By LAMAR B

Apr 8, 2021

A great course as a foundation on psychological first aid! I especially appreciated the vignettes as a great learning tool.

By Fritsch M

Nov 24, 2020

Excellent, easy to understand and learn but also very short and straight to the point which makes it easy to learn everyday.