Stress Injury Awareness for the Individual: Tools for early recognition of acute and chronic stress - Online Classroom

6:00-7:00pm PST via Zoom Meeting
Meeting link will be sent to registered attendees the day of the session.

 This session will be mostly an engaging lecture, but it will also include some time for open Q&A and potentially a couple of short small group break-out sessions.

This interactive and engaging session guides the individual instructor, manager, or administrator through a set of awareness skills and supportive tools for the mitigation of stress injuries. All of us engaging in the world of outdoor and wilderness education are being deployed on the frontlines of vital (and difficult and stressful) work. Now more than ever, we need increased resiliency to support our best selves. Participants will leave this session:

1. A shared and effective language to discuss stress injuries
2. Two tools to support proactive stress injury prevention
3. An increased sense of resiliency in self
   
   

Presenter

Paul Dreyer is a self-proclaimed “mercenary educator,” Paul has worked with numerous organizations (including NOLS, Where There Be Dragons, High Mountain Institute, Watershed School). Paul works throughout the world as a facilitator, presenter, curriculum designer, coach, expeditionary leader, risk management consultant, staff trainer, and team builder. After many years as the CEO of Avid4 Adventure, Paul transitioned to consultant work. He now supports multiple organizations, including Responder Alliance where he serves as Chief of Program Strategy and Outdoor Education Community Lead.