SOP 740: Strengthening Resilience for Service Members, Veterans and Families (SMVF)

This course provides strong grounding in theories about stress and resilience that have a connection to practice with SMVF. The stress and resilience research and theoretical underpinnings will be covered and best practices that build resiliency skills in the helping professional as well as SMVF will be examined. This course employs a trauma-informed, strengths-based, lifespan and ecological framework to develop the skills necessary to assist SMVF to cultivate post traumatic growth as a result of the profound demands, stressors and traumatic events associated with the military experience. The course emphasizes evidence-based strategies for the prevention of adverse outcomes after traumatic experiences.