This training program equips Jewish community leaders and professionals with practical tools to strengthen individual and collective resilience in times of crisis and uncertainty. Drawing on decades of field experience in Israel and globally, the course introduces evidence-based models for understanding stress, trauma, coping, and recovery—at both the personal and community levels.
Participants are trained in the Continuity Principle, which explains how crises disrupt people’s sense of stability, roles, relationships, and identity, and how these “continuities” can be restored through targeted interventions. The program also presents the BASIC-Ph Integrative Model, a multi-dimensional framework for coping and resilience that recognizes diverse human strengths—beliefs, emotions, social connections, imagination, cognition, and physical action.
Through lectures, guided exercises, case analysis, and community-mapping tools, participants gain practical skills to:
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Identify stress and trauma reactions in individuals and groups
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Provide immediate emotional and psychosocial support
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Strengthen leadership, roles, and social cohesion during emergencies
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Mobilize community resources and networks
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Support long-term recovery and preparedness
The training emphasizes a “by the community, for the community” approach—empowering local leaders to act confidently, restore a sense of normalcy, and help their communities adapt, recover, and grow stronger in the face of future challenges