Resource Page for Presentation to Maryland State Firemen's Association Attendees
Thank you for viewing Resilience Skills Training: Behavioral Health Primary Prevention for First Responders, our presentation to the Maryland State Firemen’s Association 2020 Convention. Here are links to resources that we made reference to during the presentation.
- For an overview of the need for resilience skills training and a description of one approach to take, see the SpringerBriefs in Fire ebook, Resilience Training for Firefighters: An Approach to Prevent Behavioral Health Problems, by Karen F. Deppa, MAPP, and Judith Saltzberg, Ph.D., at https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319387789
- To watch the CNN news report on the challenges faced by EMTs returning to work after recovering from COVID-19, go to https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/02/us/paramedics-covid-19-recovery/index.html
- The 2019 Virginia Public Safety Mental Health Pilot Survey can be downloaded from http://fcop5000.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019-Fairfax-County-Police-Pilot-Survey-Summary.pdf
- To watch the LiveDifferent.com video on Negativity Bias, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8vfQFgpSmc
- For a description of the Three Good Things exercise and why it is effective at helping to alleviate depression, see the video by Happier.com of Dr. Martin Seligman from the University of Pennsylvania, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOGAp9dw8Ac
- For resources on how to set goals through the Wish-Outcome-Obstacle-Plan method, known as WOOP, visit https://woopmylife.org/en/home
- To watch the World Economic Forum video on “The science of how mindset transforms the human experience” with Dr. Alia Crum, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTDYtwqKBI8
- To take the free VIA Character Strengths Survey and find out what your top “signature strengths” are, go to https://www.viacharacter.org/survey/account/register
- To view the list of 24 VIA Character Strengths, go to https://www.viacharacter.org/character-strengths
- To download the NIOSH Fact Sheet on the Buddy System, go to https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/pdf/buddy-system.pdf
- To watch the Happier TV video on Active-Constructive Responding with Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzVw-tB7xGQ
And if you have questions about the presentation and want to learn more, please email Karen Deppa at [email protected] and Mike Donahue at [email protected]