Resilience First Aid Courses

• The Predictive 6 Factor Resilience Model (PR6): A structured framework for understanding and strengthening the six measurable domains of resilience (Composure, Collaboration, Vision, Reasoning, Health, and Tenacity) with practical application to aquatic work environments. 

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• The ALL Protocol: A conversational system grounded in established psychological principles that gives peer supporters a repeatable, confident approach to supportive interactions with coworkers. 

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• Pre-Incident Education on Critical Incident Stress Management: An orientation to CISM principles, the stress continuum, and how critical incidents affect aquatic professionals so your team understands the psychological landscape and what post-incident procedures need to be in place before an incident occurs, not after. Participants will be provided a Standard Operating Procedure Template that can be customized to your facility. 

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• Protective Factors for Aquatic Professional Mental Health: Identification of the specific resilience factors that serve as buffers against cumulative stress, psychological stress, and the unique pressures of aquatic operations from seasonal staffing to high-acuity rescue environments. 

 

• Best Practices for Training and Preparing Staff for Critical Incidents: Practical guidance for building a peer support program structure, establishing psychological readiness as an operational standard, and creating pathways to additional support including when and how to connect staff with Employee Assistance Programs, local, national and professional mental health resources. 

 

• Self-Care and Sustainability: The Anchor self-management system, designed to protect peer supporters from burnout while actively supporting others. 

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• Suicide Risk Recognition: Idetification of warning signs across each resilience domain, aligned with RFA's accreditation as a suicide prevention training course.