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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

GT

Dec 19, 2019

Great structure and interactive format. Clear expectations and excellent materials. Subject was explained in an effective manner that was easily understood and applied. Very useful for any profession!

IT

Oct 12, 2020

this opened my mind towards intervention needs in a catastrophic event. something like this is required more than ever now. the content of the course was very good and thorough. very nicely explained.

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By Marga S J

May 12, 2020

I learned a lot of new ideas and terms during the course that I found useful. The professor was very engaging and the course material made learning very enjoyable.

By Lúcia P

Apr 10, 2020

Excellent course.. helps organize ideais and steps to be followed during that kind of work. Professor George is super, he explanes in a very easy way to comprehend

By Madina S

Sep 23, 2019

Course that helps in gaining professional knowledge in a very simplistic way which is both - productive and short. So it won't take a while to try out your skills.

By Karen M F M

Apr 16, 2019

It is an excellent course that has taught me important tools to offer help to people in cases of emergency and to help them mitigate the acute stress they may feel

By Fernando B

May 14, 2018

Usually all the efforts are focused on conventional first aid, but is very rare to be told about how to deal with human emotions when disastes strikes.

Great course

By Tom R

Apr 24, 2018

Excellent and thorough overview of practical skills for real life. Would highly recommend for anyone in healthcare or any field who wants to be useful in a crisis.

By Sarah H

Nov 29, 2017

Very informative and useful for anyone who commonly deals with people in crisis or would like an introduction into what that would look like as a volunteer or care

By Md R

Nov 7, 2017

This is great course for any one who is interested in working with psychological healing. Took this course out of curiosity and learned some new approaches. Thanks

By Damla E

Apr 16, 2021

Thank you Coursera, Johns Hopkins University and Dr. George Everly for this Psychological First Aid course. It was so beneficial and so much fun at the same time.

By inyene e

Mar 19, 2021

This is one of the best courses I've had all my life..... It gives the best insight to how crises should be handled and how individuals can be aided in such times

By Samantha B

Sep 23, 2020

Absolutely brilliant! I've loved this course. It's really engaging and informative. I love that you really see a tutor, really makes you feel a part of something.

By Ikhsan A .

Jul 17, 2020

i learned so many thing like how there is people goes through psycological region when there is sudeenly occurs to them, in this corouse i learned lots of things

By Yelamanchili S

May 16, 2020

one of the best courses to teach how to handle people in need of psychological distress and specially dealing with people of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

By Zhané R

Mar 28, 2020

Highly informative, I feel more ready as a first-reponder. With a First Aid certificate and PFA knowledge, I feel more holistically able to help people in crisis.

By Sujatha G

Oct 30, 2023

A wonderful course. Knowing , Understanding ,and applying the model of PFA ., Psychological First aid is a must to everyone .Thankyou for this wonderful course .

By Alberto M M

Jul 14, 2023

Very grateful for the information and the quality, both of the curse and the instructor. I feel well equiped to support people whenever and whereever it's needed

By Julia S

Jun 30, 2021

Один из самых лучших курсов! Огромная благодарность всем, кто организовал этот курс! One of the best courses! Many thanks to everyone who organized this course!

By ZOI L

Dec 24, 2020

καλυπτει επαρκως μια πληρη θεματολογια επανω στις ψπβ και σε καθιστα ικανο να ασχοληθεις περεταιρω και να βοηθησεις τον εαυτο σου και το κοσμο που σε εχει αναγκη

By Alyssa G L

Nov 3, 2020

This is honestly so relevant to just being human. I feel like if we all were prepared with these skills we can easily help one another socially in today's world.

By Al D T

Oct 21, 2020

Thank so much Johns Hopkins University! for giving such wonderful course. A big thanks to Instructor George Everly, Jr. PhD and to all Coursera Family. Godspeed.

By Khalid B

Sep 19, 2020

I couldn't have asked for a better Mentor/Instructor/Teacher/Guide Than Professor George. Thank you very much, Professor. Hope you live a long, and healthy life.

By Shrishti V

Aug 7, 2020

A brief, but practical and informative course on Psychological First Aid. Easily applicable to varied cultural settings, with some tweaks depending on the norms.

By Jesalyn C

Jul 30, 2020

I believe I can easily apply what I have learned in this PFA course because it was presented in a simple and straightforward manner. Thank you for offering this!

By Bruce M d S

Jul 14, 2020

Sometimes you try to learn something to become a better professional. And in rare cases you learn stuff that makes you a better human. This course provides both.

By Judy B

May 21, 2020

The course was very helpful and informative. I enjoyed it. The price of the certificate is a little high for a 6 hour course. Is there anyway to lower the price?