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Resiliency Facilitator "Resilitator" Certification Program Requirements

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Step One: Preliminary Work

  1. To be admitted to The Resiliency Center's facilitator certification program, applicants must It is highly recommended that applicants: (Materials can be purchased as a package with a discount from www.PracticalPsychologyPress.com)
     
  2. Applicants must provide evidence that they:
    1. can verbalize their understanding of human resiliency,
    2. are resilient themselves, by providing one or two personal examples, and
    3. are skilled at coaching and/or leading personal/professional growth workshops.

  3. The steps for accomplishing the requirements include that applicants write their answers to the following questions:
    1. What does "resiliency" mean to you? Do you believe resiliency can be learned? Why are resiliency strengths important in today's world?
    2. In what ways do you identify with resiliency? In what ways is being resilient an important aspect of your self-concept?
    3. Describe the worst difficulty you've been through, explain how you got through it, and describe how it has affected you.
    4. Take the resiliency self-assessment "How Resilient Are You?" and write comments about the items and your scores.
    5. What personal development activities in The Resiliency Advantage were most meaningful to you?
    6. Describe several of your most rewarding experiences as a workshop leader and/or personal coach. What are your reliable strengths as a personal coach or workshop leader? How do you explain why the phrase "resiliency facilitator" is used instead of "resiliency trainer"?
    7. Why do you want to be certified as a resiliency facilitator? Write about how this learning opportunity fits with your values, life purposes, and professional goals.

    Send your answers and evidence of the above to us at The Resiliency Center. No charge for any activities up to this point.

    The Resiliency Center
    University Station
    PO Box 535
    Portland, OR 97207-0535 USA
     
    503-289-3295
    e-mail:

Step Two: Acceptance of Application

If your application is accepted, you will be contacted and asked to pay a certification fee of $1500, including materials. (If you have purchased any materials on your own, we will reduce the fee accordingly.) After the fee is received, we will have a personal phone call to discuss your application, goals, and the next steps.

Step Three: Demonstration of Principles

  1. Most optimal is to arrange for Glen Fahs, PhD, our lead facilitator and certifier, to hold a workshop that you attend as a participant. A pre-workshop meeting will be held to discuss issues and principles related to facilitating resiliency. After the workshop we will discuss your reactions, questions, and observations.
    NOTE: If attending a workshop with Dr. Fahs is not feasible, we can conduct the certification process by telephone, webcam and/or email. The enrolled applicant will be required to watch the "Resiliency: the Key to Surviving and Thriving" video of Dr. Al Siebert conducting a workshop, and will be sent a DVD of his television interviews. After viewing the videos, your reactions, questions, and observations will be discussed during a telephone or webcam call.
  2. Applicants will then arrange for and conduct their own resiliency workshop. Written evaluations must be collected. A video or audio recording of the workshop would also be helpful. Copies of the class evaluations will be given to Dr. Fahs and used during a private discussion of how well the class went. Depending on the evaluations, and how well the applicant demonstrates mastery at facilitating resiliency, the applicant may or may not be asked to arrange for and conduct a second resiliency workshop.

Step Four: Completion

  1. Each program graduate will receive original copies of copyrighted resiliency workshop handouts and a basic PowerPoint file. Copies of the resiliency booklet and/or The Resiliency Advantage can be purchased for workshop use at a deep discount.
  2. The Resiliency Center will issue a personalized "Resiliency Facilitator" Certificate.
  3. Each resiliency facilitator will be invited to join the Resiliency Center Facilitator network.

The Resiliency Center was founded by the late Al Siebert who studied highly resilient survivors for over fifty years. He authored the award-winning book The Resiliency Advantage: Master Change, Thrive Under Pressure and Bounce Back From Setbacks (2006 Independent Publisher's Best Self-Help book), and best seller The Survivor Personality: Why Some People Are Stronger, Smarter, and More Skillful at Handling Life's Difficulties...and How You Can Be, Too.

The Resiliency Center is affiliated with several Certified Resiliency Trainers ("Resilitators"). Soon we plan to list and promote our qualified resiliency speakers and experts available for workshops, interviews and consultations. Contact Us for more information.

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