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SPR Michigan

Presenter: Beckie Gierer

(Pre-registration is required)

Date: Thursday February 2nd & Friday February 3rd, 2023

Register on Zoom in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvceCtqT4oGdOHO4KwKBt3Biwa84rWMVEH

You can download the workbook here: 

https://www.nctsn.org/resources/skills-for-psychological-recovery

Training Description:

Skills for Psychological Recovery (SPR) isan evidence-informed modular intervention that aims to help survivors gain skills to manage distress and cope with post-disaster stress and adversity. Individuals affected by disaster or traumati incident, whether survivors, witnesses, or responders to such events, may struggle with or face new challenges following the event. SPR was developed by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network anf the National Center for PTSD, ith contributions from individuals involved in disaster research and respose. 

SPR is designed to help children, adolescents, adults, and families gain skills to reduce ongoing distress and effectively cope in the weeks and months following disaster and trauma. It is based on an understanding that disaster survivors will experience a broad range of reactions (physical, psychological, behavioral, spiritual) over differing periods of time. SPR is not formal mental health treatment, but rather a secondary prevention model that utilizes skills-building components that have been found helpful in a variety of post-trauma situations. Although some individuals will need referral for treatment after an event, research suggests that a skills-building approach is more effective than supportive counseling for most. 

Learning Objectives:

• Understanding the six skills: Each hour a skill.
• Gathering information and prioratizing assistance helps survivors to identify their primary concerns and pick the SPR strategy to focus on.
• Building problem-solving skills teaches survivors the tools to break problems down into more manageable chunks, identify a range of way to respond, and create an action plan to move forwad.
• Promoting positive activities guides survivors to increase meaningful and positive activities in their schedule, with the goal of building resilience and bringing more fulfilment and enjoyment into their life. 
• Managing reactions help survivors to better manage distressing physical and emotional reactions by using such tools as breathing retrainng, writing exercises, and identifying and planning for triggers and remiders. 
• Promoting helpful thinking assists survivors learn how their thoughts influence their emotions, become more aware of what they are saying to themselves, and replace unhelpful with more helpful thoughts.
• Rebuilding Healthy social connections encourages survivors to access and enhance social and community supports while keeping in mind the current post-disaster recovery circumstances.

Time Agenda:

Day 1:

8:30AM T0 9:30AM-Welcome and itroduction followed by overview of SPR

9:30AM To 10:30AM- Information gathering

10:30 AM TO 12:30PM- Problem solving

Day 2:

8:30AM TO 9:15AM- Positive activities 

9:15AM To 10:30AM- Managing reactions

10:30AM To 12:30PM-  Review and discussion of Spr skills

Registration Policy

Pre-registration is required.  Plan to pre-register to ensure your attendance.

ADA Accommodations

If you have individual requirements or need special services to participate in this training, please notify Trent Sanford at Tsanford@dwihn.org. Please make arrangements at least two weeks before the training date.

For technical assistance, contact our help desk at (313) 451-3792 or dwchelp@dwihn.org 

If you have questions regarding the training, contact Trent Sanford at Tsanford@dwihn.org

Registration Policy

Pre-registration is required. Participants are welcome to attend the training as a walk-in (someone that did not pre-register), however, walk-ins will NOT be guaranteed seats or materials. Walk-ins will be asked to wait until the training begins in order to receive training materials and be seated to assure that there is enough room. This training fills quickly and walk-in space is extremely limited, if space is available at all. Plan to pre-register to ensure your attendance.

Walk-ins WILL NOT be permitted. Register to ensure your attendance.

Photo Consent

By joining us at this event, attendees consent to Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network's Detroit Wayne Connect photographing, videotaping and using your image and likeness.

Continuing Education Information

-8 Continuing Education Credits are approved for this training. Participants must arrive on time and remain in the training for   it's entirety.  

-TRAINING HOURS: This training will count toward the annual training hours required by most provider agencies.

ADA Accommodations

If you have individual requirements or need special services to participate in this training, please notify Trent Sanford at Tsanford@dwihn.org. Please make arrangements at least two weeks before the training date.

For technical assistance, contact our help desk at (313) 451-3792 or dwchelp@dwihn.org 

If you have questions regarding the training, contact Trent Sanford at Tsanford@dwihn.org