A stigma of mental illness is associated with behavioral health. By focusing on educational practice, awareness is created without the stigma. Learning skills that manage stress helps us to better deal with our challenges. We become resilient. More »
These resilience practices emerged from a University of Arizona and Southern Arizona VA Health Care System program to reintegrate military veterans into an academic setting through resilience-based education. Building upon the success of the veterans program, the semester-long courses have been redesigned for the general student population, medical education, and even as short-encounter instruction for families and first responders. These practices are also consistent with recommendations of the World Health Organization for suicide prevention. The resources presented on this site are intended to aid you in your personal resilience and to serve as foundational material for course development. You are encouraged to use, adapt, improve upon, and share these resources in the spirit of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. More »
Each of the following sections provides resources to make you successful with your exploration and learning. Unsure where to start? Try ... You, Family, and Resilience.
You, Family, and ResilienceWe face a lot of change and uncertainty. How we cope with these stressful challenges is, in part, up to us. By practicing to be resilient, we take greater control of our challenges and we make our families more resilient, too. More » |
Educator/DeveloperA substantial body of research supports resilience and effective learning. Resilience skills and methods for learning these skills are provided for your program development. More » |
First ResponderEMS, police, and firefighters, are often the first responders to deal with incidents that pose significant threats to health and life. There are protective factors for these work-related exposures and stressors. More » |
Nursing and HealthcareNursing education programs are building resilience into their curricula to better deal with issues such as academic success, patient care, stress, burnout, and suicide. More » |
Military VeteranA brief backgound of the military veterans program that has become the genesis for a broad range of resilence-based courses and programs. More » |
MakerThe Maker culture is a social movement with an artisan spirit that encourages adaptability and learning-through-doing in a social setting. More » |
Diagnostics and EvaluationEffective learning expects that both the learner and educator are aware of learning performance. Provided are diagnostic resilience tests and diagnostic tools that give insight into learning effectiveness. More » |
Just Videos!Selected videos are linked within each section on this page. But, if you want to see just videos, then here is the link. More » |
The materials presented on and through this site are part of an educational process to help foster development of a resilient lifestyle and successful social support system. This educational process is not a replacement for skilled medical care. If you are experiencing mental trauma, seek qualified help to include 911 or your local emergency response agency.
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