Courageous Connections
Operational Stress Behind the Frontlines
Overview
Objectives of this course is to:
- Offer foundational knowledge on the unique areas of risk posed within the work of being a first-responder
- Understand mental health and how to break the stigma on operational stress injuries
- The benefits of developing a communication plan as a family to help mitigate these risks
- Ways to strengthen your family through creative strategies
We recognize First Responders and their families are an underserved population in access to culturally specific and uniquely designed mental health care supports.
Course Outline
- Introduction
- - Courageous Conversations Course Introduction (Video)
- - Operational Stress Behind the Frontlines; What is an OSI (PDF)
- Conversation 1
- - How to have Effective Courageous Conversations (Video)
- - Meta-Moment (PDF)
- Conversation 2
- - Culture Shift (Video)
- - Mental Toughness Worksheet (PDF)
- - Culture Shift (PDF)
- Conversation 3
- - Mental Health and Operational Stress (Video)
- - What is an operational stress injury? (Video)
- - What do we know about First Responder Mental Health and Operational Stress? (Video)
- - Looking at First Responder Mental Health on a Continuum (PDF)
- - Red Flags (PDF)
- - Causes of an OSI (PDF)
- Conversation 4
- - Protective Factors Against OSIs and Strategies (Video)
- - Take Ownership of Our Mental Health: Protecting Our Mental Health as a First Responder Worksheet (PDF)
- - Certificate