Hey there PARA1000 students! My hobbit-like form showed up at a lecture for you on the 18th March, 2024. Here are the slides from that presentation.<\/p>\n
On Monday 18th March I am giving (gave) a presentation to PARA1000 students on stress management, vicarious trauma and support services.<\/p>\n
For those of you at that presentation, please find the slides here<\/a>. I hope you got some value from it. Feedback always welcome.<\/p>\n I’d like to make mention of a couple of resources relevant to what was covered.<\/p>\n The first is the Vicarious Trauma Toolkit<\/a>, produced by the Office for Victims of Crime<\/a> in the US, from which I took many of the slides on vicarious trauma.<\/p>\n Vicarious trauma (VT) is an occupational challenge for victim services, emergency medical services, fire services, law enforcement, and other allied professionals. It is a stress response arising from the ‘cumulative impact of empathetic engagement with other people\u2019s trauma<\/a>‘.<\/p>\n The prevention and management of VT is the responsibility of both the individual (i.e. self-care) AND the organisation in which they work (e.g. training, peer support programs).<\/p>\n VT is not a core expertise topic of mine, but I have found it very interesting to learn more about. The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit<\/a> has been essential in that process. If you are studying in a field in which exposure to other people’s trauma is a high likelihood, you might consider chatting to your tutors\/lecturers about exploring this topic further, if it is not already part of your training. The toolkit contains resources that might be able to help in that process.<\/p>\n In looking for VT resources, I did become aware that there is another VT toolkit available from Worksafe Vic<\/a>, which I might unpack for a future presentation.<\/p>\n Those interested in the topic might find this video a helpful introduction:<\/p>\n