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Slides by Miller-Karas (2012)
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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