What is Community Resiliency Model?

The COMMUNITY RESILIENCY MODEL (CRM) is a groundbreaking wellness initiative that provides a non-judgmental perspective on normal human reactions to stress and trauma. The Trauma Resource Institute in California created CRM, and Western North Carolina Resiliency Collaborative was developed to expand the public health model in our state. The primary focus of this skills-based nervous system stabilization program is to reset the system’s natural balance. The CRM skills help people understand their nervous system and learn to track sensations connected to their own wellbeing, which CRM calls Resilience. With practice, the nervous system begins to return to its normal balance (referred to as the Resilient Zone). Using the wisdom of their own bodies, people experience rapid relief from symptoms accompanied by increased sense of control over future wellness.

People are encouraged to pass the skills along to family, friends, and their wider social network.

CRM skills are useful for self-care and can be taught as a peer-to-peer intervention in a variety of contexts. All helpers responding to stress and trauma can use CRM skills in hospitals, classrooms, community centers, faith communities, and neighborhoods. CRM is a tremendous resource for individuals coping with chronic stressors such as physical pain and recovery from addiction.

This model is easily learned and accessible regardless of age, culture or educational level.

CRM has been used worldwide in varied locations following human-made and natural disasters, including in the Philippines, Japan, Trinidad, St. Vincent, Haiti, China, Turkey, Mexico, the Ukraine, the United States, Kenya, Darfur, the Ivory Coast, Rwanda, Uganda, Somalia, Mexico and Guatemala. CRM training has been offered at the Wounded Warrior Chronic Pain Clinic at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the Department of Defense named the wellness skills a promising practice.  There is a substantial and growing evidence base for the efficacy of CRM in reducing anxiety, depression, and somatic symptoms (State of California, Mental Health Act, CRM Innovation Project, 2013).

The CRM Basic course teaches the philosophy of CRM and the basic skills in a two-day course. Following the course, participants should be able to use the six wellness skills with community members (adults and children) and for themselves as self-care.

Modality:

This face-to-face course will be held live in Chapel Hill over two days, May 23rd and 24th, 2017.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Participants will be able to discuss how CRM skills are based upon current neuroscience.
  2. Participants will be able to list 5 common reactions resulting from trauma and stress.
  3. Participants will be able to describe how CRM reduces trauma symptoms.
  4. Participants will be able to define the terms “trauma-informed” and “resiliency informed”
  5. Participants will be able to utilize the six skills of the Community Resiliency Model.
  6. Participants will be able to define explicit and implicit memory.
  7. Participants will be able to discuss the role of autonomic nervous system and resiliency.
  8. Participants will be able to describe the 4 survival responses.
  9. Participants will be able to describe the amygdala’s importance to CRM.
  10. Participants will be able to develop CRM self-help plans with their clients.

Target Audience:

This beginner level course is appropriate for human services professionals and peer and family support specialists, and may also be appropriate for community members including teachers, childcare workers, military service members and their families, and ministers.  

Registration--Update 4/10/17 REGISTRATION IS CLOSED DUE TO CAPACITY LIMITATIONS:

Participants may register at: http://bhs.unc.edu/crm-2017

The registration fee through April 13, 2017 is $175 for the two-day event.  The registration fee April 14 or after is $200.  Pre-registration is required and registration fees are due on or before the program date unless your organization is paying the fee as authorized by your supervisor on the registration form.   Fee includes continuing education credit, lunch, refreshments and handouts.

A limited number of scholarships ($50 registration fee) are being offered.  If interested, contact bhs-support@unc.edu

Funded in part by the federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Fund (CFDA #93.959) and the as a project of the NC Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities & Substance Abuse Services.

Refund Policy:

Refunds may be issued up to 14 days prior to the event by contacting bhs-support@unc.edu
 

Inclement Weather Policy:

Any announcements regarding changes to the schedule due to inclement weather will be posted on https://bhs.unc.edu.  Registered participants will also be notified by email.

ADA Statement:

If you require any of the auxiliary aids or services identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act in order to participate in this program, please call us at (919) 843-6083 no later than ten business days before the program.

Contact for Questions:

For questions, further information, or concerns, contact bhs-support@unc.edu

Or call (919) 843-6083

Directions and Parking:

The event will be held at The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education at:

The Friday Center

100 Friday Center Drive

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1020

Free parking will be available both days at the site

Confirmation Notices and Certificates of Completion:

We will confirm your registration by email after payment is received.  Successful completion includes full attendance for both days.  Within 7 days of the conclusion of the event, you will receive an email notifying you that the evaluations and certificates are ready.  The email will include a link to https://bhs.unc.edu where you can login using the username and password you chose at registration.  Once you have logged in, you will see the course name on the left side.  After clicking on the link, you will be taken to another page where you can click the link to the event evaluation.  Once you have completed and submitted your evaluation, you can  click on the link to access the Certificate of Completion.  Your Certificate will open in a new window as a .pdf document and will also be emailed to you.

Continuing Education:

Participants must be present and complete the entire two days of programming in order to receive credit.  No partial credit will be given.

The UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6642.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  The UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.  UNC SSW designates this continuing education activity for 13.5 contact hours.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, #1406, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB Approval Period: 08/10/2016 – 08/10/2019. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits. Social workers participating in this course will receive 13.5 social work clinical continuing education clock hours.

Application has been made for 13.5 hours General Skill Building credit from the North Carolina Substance Abuse Professional Practice Board.

 

CRMCommunity Resiliency Model Training 2-Day Training Agenda

 

Day One

Day Two

  • Welcome, Housekeeping, and Introductions (30 min)
  • Overview of Training (30 min)
  • Overview of CRM (45 min)
  • Elegant Design (15 min)
  • Break (10 min)
  • Trauma Defined (15 min)
  • Human Reactions to Trauma (45 min)
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (30 min)
  • Lunch (60 min)
  • Neuroscience (30 min)
  • Survival Brain (15 min)
  • Skills Development: Language of Sensation/Tracking (45 min)
  • Break (10 min)
  • Skill Development: Resourcing and Grounding (45 min)
  • Demonstration (15 min)
  • Practice Groups (60 min)
  • Discussion and Feedback (30 min)
  • End
  • Welcome and Questions (15 min)
  • Skill Development: Help Now and Shift and Stay (60 min)
  • Break (10 min)
  • Practice Groups (60 min)
  • Applications of CRM (45 min)
  • Lunch (60 min)
  • CRM for Self Care (45 min)
  • Practice Groups (45 min)
  • Demonstration (30 min)
  • Break (10 min)
  • Practice Groups (45 min)
  • Discussion and Feedback (15 min)
  • Imagining Ongoing Skill Development and Practice (30 min) 2
  • End
Day One: 7 hours of instruction and 1 hr 20 min of breaks and lunch ~8.5 hours total Day Two: 6.5 hours of instruction and 1 hr and 20 min of breaks and lunch ~8 hours
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crmSpeaker Information:

Mary B.Mary Lynn Barrett LCSW, MPH, has dual master’s degrees in social work and public health from the University of Washington. She is the Director of Behavioral Medicine in the Family Practice Residency Program and Family Health Center at the Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, NC. Her current position involves both teaching physicians to manage the mental and behavioral health aspects of primary care and treating patients who experience these challenges to their overall wellbeing.  Mary Lynn has trained extensively in several mind/body modalities for healing trauma and is very knowledgeable of the effects of trauma and stress on both physical and mental health.  As a Master Trainer in the Trauma Resiliency Model and the Community Resiliency Model (CRM), she trains all types of individuals from physicians and licensed mental health providers to case managers, parents, lay providers, veterans and clergy. She has taught the Community Resiliency Model nationally and internationally, most recently in Rwanda and Tanzania. Locally, she participates in Buncombe County’s Innovative Approaches Initiative through work with the ACE Collaborative and is a member of the WNC Resiliency Collaborative. Mary Lynn is fluent in Spanish.

Ann R.Ann DuPre Rogers, LCSW, has a master’s degree in social work from the University of Georgia and a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from Davidson College.  Ann DuPre is the Provider Relations Manager at Vaya Health, an organization that manages behavioral health, substance use, and intellectual and developmental disabilities services in western NC.  She has worked in the behavioral health field since 1997, as a school social worker, child and family therapist, clinical supervisor, program administrator, and community outreach director.  She is also a registered yoga instructor. For the past three years, Ann DuPre has had the opportunity to teach the Community Resilience Model (CRM) regionally to diverse audiences.  She uses CRM skills on a daily basis, and finds them to be “immediately, powerfully, and universally helpful” in restoring balance within the mind, body, and spirit.

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crmDirections and Parking:
The event will be held at The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education at: 

The Friday Center
100 Friday Center Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1020

Free parking will be available both days at the site.

 

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