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Community Resiliency Model

Created by Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW and Laurie Leitch, PhDTrauma Resource Institutewww.traumaresourceinstitute.com

Community Resiliency Model Skills Community Resiliency Model Skills

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GROUNDINGBeing fully present in the moment

TRACKINGrefers to monitoring of

sensations

RESOURCE INTENSIFICATIONExpanding details of the Resource to

build the strength of positive sensations

SHIFT AND STAYShifting to a resource and staying in the resource state

RESOURCINGUsing positive or neutral factors to create non-traumatic sensations

AMP DOWN OR RAMP UP NOW

Strategies to get back R-Zone

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Tracking is the foundation for stabilizing the nervous system

The person learns to distinguish between sensations of dysregulation and sensations of balance within the nervous system

Rather than inquire about feelings, sensations are explored

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SKILL 1-Tracking Tracking refers to monitoring

sensations

• Observation of the client’s nervous system and biological

responsesHeart rate, breathing rate, muscle tension, temperature, body

movements, facial expression

The self-trackingWhat do you notice happening inside?”

Skill 1:Tracking

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SKILL 2: Resourcing

External Resources include positive experiences and memories and can include the people, places, activities, skills, spiritual guides, hobbies and animals we know and love

Internal Resources include experiences, values and beliefs that sustain, support and that give confidence and inner meaning

personal characteristics such as kindness, compassion and humor body resources such as strong legs, good sleeper, straight spine, healthy GI system

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Building resources helps expand the ability to bounce back into your Resilient Zone.

Positive sensations and memories bring a direct experience of well-being that helps stabilize the nervous system

A person learns that there are sensations in the body that are less uncomfortable, neutral, or positive

SKILL 2: Resourcing

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Ask 3 or 4 additional questions about the resource to expand the sensations connected to the resource

Skill 3: RESOURCE INTENSIFICATION

When describing a resource, it makes the memory strongerWhich helps to shift awareness from unpleasant sensations

1. Write down three resources 2. Circle one resource3. Write down 3 or more details about your

resource4. Read your resource and the three details

about your resource5. As you read about the resource, notice what

happens on the inside

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SKILLS 2&3: Identifying Resources

1. Grounding is necessary to be in the present and to experience safety in mind, body and spirit.

2. The person is encouragds to track sensations while finding a comfortable position. Grounding can be accomplished while: Sitting on a chair/sofa/ground, or Standing against a wall or hard surface, on Lying on the floor/bed/sofa/ground

Skill 4:Grounding

Is the direct contact of the body with the ground or with something that provides

support to the body

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If our relationship to the earth is not safe, then all other relationships do not develop in the best ways

When we are grounded, we have a sense of self in relationship to space in the here and now

We are not worried about the past or the future

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Skill 4:Grounding

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Can be used by the practitioner to Can be used by the practitioner to help a person amp down or ramp uphelp a person amp down or ramp up

Can be taught to family members to Can be taught to family members to help the a family member get back help the a family member get back into his/her resilient zone if he/she into his/her resilient zone if he/she is stuck on high or lowis stuck on high or low

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SKILL 5:AMP DOWN OR RAMP UP NOW

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SKILL 5:AMP DOWN OR RAMP UP NOW

1. Drink a glass of water2. Look around the room or wherever you are, paying attention to

anything that catches your attention3. Name six colors you see in the room (or outside)4. Open your eyes if they have a tendency to shut5. Count backwards from 10 as you walk around the room6. If you’re inside, notice the furniture, and touch the surface,

noticing if it is hard, soft, rough, etc…7. Notice the temperature in the room8. Notice the sounds within the room and outside9. If you’re outside or inside, walk and pay attention to the

movement in your arms and legs and how your feet are making contact with the ground.

10. Push your hands against the wall or door slowly and notice your muscles pushing.

  

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A skill that is taught as a wellness skill for self-care.The person learns to shift from distress, discomfort and/or overwhelm

To a resourceTo groundingTo a sensation that is more comfortable or neutralTo the AMP DOWN or RAMP UP strategies

Shift and Stay is a skill used when a person becomes bumped out of their resilient zone

SKILL 6: SHIFT AND STAYCRM Wellness Skill

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THE BODY HAS A WISDOM THAT WORDS CANNOT SPEAK

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