The FABULOUS Framework for Resilience and Well-Being

Includes a Live Web Event on 10/09/2024 at 1:00 PM (EDT)

Delve into profound challenges such as compassion fatigue, moral injury, and vicarious trauma in this empowering program. Equip yourself with essential tools to navigate these challenges inherent in your professional role, fostering personal well-being through evidence-based self-care practices. Emphasizing a vicarious trauma-informed perspective, this program encourages professionals to embark on a journey toward post-traumatic growth, developing effective strategies for self-care. Tailored for EBAA members to cultivate their resilience and enhance life satisfaction. This program is tailored for professionals seeking strategies to effectively mitigate the impacts of burnout, secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, moral injury, and vicarious trauma.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Examine evidence-based strategies to mitigate burnout, secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, moral injury, and vicarious trauma
Emphasize workplace flexibility, personal boundaries, and work-life synergy within the context of vicarious trauma-informed approaches.
Identify job satisfaction indicators that highlight the positive impact of working in a vicarious trauma-informed organization.
Recognize the profound impact of humor, optimism, and interpersonal relationships on social, psychological, and physical well-being.
Relate essential personal strengths necessary for maintaining self-compassion when navigating vicarious trauma.

This program identifies ways to mitigate compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma to create a healthy workplace environment that boosts wellness, resilience, and retention.

Throughout his career at Saving Sight, Jachin Misko proved himself a leader in technical innovation. Fueled by a passion for excellence, Jachin’s work directly impacted the lives of thousands of corneal transplant recipients. EBAA has previously hosted a scholarship in Jachin’s name, now we are hosting this session and developing other resources which honors Jachin’s legacy by supporting all EBAA members in their efforts to restore sight worldwide. Thank you to Jachin’s family and Saving Sight for sponsoring this session.

This session will be separated into 3 modules. 1.5 CEUs will be available for this session.

Barbara Rubel, MA, BCETS, D.A.A.E.T.S.

Keynote Speaker, Trainer, Award-Winning Author

Barbara Rubel is a leading authority and award-winning author on managing burnout, secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma. As a nationally recognized keynote speaker, she motivates professionals to build resilience through the lens of vicarious trauma-informed care. Her programs help first responders, mental health teams, healthcare leaders, and victim service providers in trauma-informed organizations, manage workplace chronic stressors. Barbara has presented to over 1,000 organizations since 1991, including state and national associations, and non-profits. As a Board-Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress and Diplomate with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, she helps leaders retain employees who struggling with workplace stressors and gives attendees practical wellness strategies. Barbara received a BS in psychology and a MA degree in community health, with a concentration in thanatology, both from Brooklyn College.

Babara is the co-author of, Living Blue: Helping Law Enforcement Officers and Their Families from Recruitment to Retirement, and But I Didn’t Say Goodbye: Helping Families After a Suicide (3ed). (2020), and four editions of the 30-hour CE course for Nurses, Loss, Grief, and Bereavement: Helping Individuals Cope (4ed), (2018), Elite Healthcare. Barbara is a contributing writer to Thin Threads: Grief and Renewal; Fresh Grief; Coaching for Results; and Keys to a Good Life. For over twenty years, she has been a Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Consultant. She co-authored the OVCTTAC Training Curriculum, Compassion Fatigue. You have seen Barbara’s work in Newsweek, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, Health, and Shape magazines. Her work has appeared on TODAY, FOX Business, and many others. Three weeks before giving birth to triplets, Barbara’s father, a retired law enforcement officer, died by suicide. Her story was featured in the Emmy award-winning documentary, Fatal Mistakes, Families Shattered by Suicide narrated by Mariette Hartley.