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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

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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!

SA

Aug 14, 2020

Found the course really informational and useful on both personal and professional levels. The techniques and skills were easily implementable and highly transferable to various real-life situations.

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By Yasmin V

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Apr 6, 2020

Very engaging course that should be weighted the same way as physical first aid.

By melissa b

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Mar 29, 2020

I loved it and have learned a lot to help people and how to take care of myself.

By Kimmy G

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Apr 10, 2016

Very informative information that can be used in many instances throughout life.

By Jawaher S A

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Feb 11, 2024

دورة مميزة داعمة على صعيد من يقدمها والمحتاج لها في صميم المادة العلمية المقدمة

By Xin Y L

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Jul 25, 2022

instructors are very nice and explain things well. i learned a lot, thank you !

By Ijeoma U

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Apr 18, 2022

The Facilitator is outsatnding , his ability to impact knowledge is top notch .

By Naomi I A

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Mar 28, 2022

I found this to be an eye opener especially using the RAPID model of response.

By SEMENOVICH, B

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Mar 12, 2021

I really found this to be beneficial to my job at a crisis intervention center.

By Orkan A

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Feb 26, 2021

the knowledge of the front line emergency management system for a better assist

By Teena S

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Aug 25, 2020

This course has been really helpful to achieve my initial goal of attending it.

By FATHIMA F

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Jul 8, 2020

Very efficient and provide good information regarding in psychological sector.

By Shum L Y J

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May 10, 2020

Inspiring. Believing that you can make a positive difference on someone's life.

By Chan P M

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May 8, 2020

I really appreciate the learning through the excellent material in this course.

By Danial S

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Apr 23, 2020

It is one of the best courses I've ever taken at Coursera!!! Thank you so much!

By Daniel V

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Apr 10, 2020

Great introduction course to PFA. Very straight forward and easy to understand.

By Anja S

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Apr 17, 2018

It was very helpfull. Lots of good nformation. Good explainations and examples.

By rashmi r

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Oct 20, 2017

Very well presented. Certainly a must take course for all health professionals.

By Fred S

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Apr 21, 2017

Thank you very much, very informative, course presented in an excellent fashion

By Jean-Noel L

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Jun 18, 2016

Great course that will be quite helpul to me, being in M.A Clinical Psychology.

By Josh N

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Nov 7, 2022

An excellent course designed to help those in distress in the wake of disaster

By eugene s

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Jul 16, 2021

I am very very happy about using this course. will be very helpful in my work.

By Salma S

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Jan 1, 2021

very useful specially in this time of world's pandemics and different worries.

By Jennifer B O

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Nov 5, 2020

The best course I have ever taken. It was interactive and easy to understand .

By Chaudhary N A A k

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Oct 12, 2020

Thanks for making this course. The course is amazing and really helpful to us.

By Oshagbemi A

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Sep 15, 2020

Awesome experience on Psychological First Aid, very inspiring and mind driven.