Last week, Benchmarks hosted an all-day orientation training on the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) for twenty-two participants in Salisbury, North Carolina. This orientation is a prerequisite for the sixteen participants who will be attending the four-day train-the-trainer training offered by the Trauma Resource Institute (TRI), which will be held in early July in Thomasville, North Carolina.
Since Benchmarks’ Partnering for Excellence (PFE) staff have been very supportive regarding the spread of CRM skills and awareness throughout North Carolina, we were able to host the orientation portion of the train-the-trainer program with blessings from the staff at TRI.
CRM is a wellness model that trains community members to not only help themselves, but to help others within their wider social network. The primary focus of this skills-based stabilization program is to reset the natural balance of the nervous system. The model includes a set of six wellness skills (Tracking, Resourcing, Grounding, Gesturing, Help Now!, and Shift and Stay) that lay people can use to respond to the impact of traumatic or stressful experiences.
Benchmarks’ PFE has operated in Rowan County since 2013. Part of PFE includes working with Cardinal Innovations and Rowan County Department of Social Services (DSS) to coordinate CRM training. As a part of our pathway, we focus on building an “effective care management” system and a “quality service array.” As the project celebrated five years in Rowan County earlier this year, more and more of our focus is on building capacity and internal resources within the community to spread knowledge and awareness of trauma and resiliency.
Benchmarks worked to recruit sixteen participants representing various systems in the community to attend the train-the-trainer program. These systems include Rowan County Department of Social Services, Rowan-Salisbury School System, Thomasville City Schools, and Cardinal Innovations. After they complete the training in July, they will be able to train as many people as they can in their respective agencies and communities.
As presenters, we received extremely positive participant feedback on the training and the potential impacts that this model could have within agencies, systems, and the community as a whole. Participants left the training motivated and looking forward to expanding their knowledge on the model during the four-day training in July. Benchmarks staff are excited to continue spreading awareness of CRM in hopes of creating more resilient individuals and communities.
May we all work to be on the TiC, TaC, TrC!
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