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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Psychological First Aid by Johns Hopkins University

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About the Course

Learn to provide psychological first aid to people in an emergency by employing the RAPID model: Reflective listening, Assessment of needs, Prioritization, Intervention, and Disposition. Utilizing the RAPID model (Reflective listening, Assessment of needs, Prioritization, Intervention, and Disposition), this specialized course provides perspectives on injuries and trauma that are beyond those physical in nature. The RAPID model is readily applicable to public health settings, the workplace, the military, faith-based organizations, mass disaster venues, and even the demands of more commonplace critical events, e.g., dealing with the psychological aftermath of accidents, robberies, suicide, homicide, or community violence. In addition, the RAPID model has been found effective in promoting personal and community resilience. Participants will increase their abilities to: - Discuss key concepts related to PFA - Listen reflectively - Differentiate benign, non-incapacitating psychological/ behavioral crisis reactions from more severe, potentially incapacitating, crisis reactions - Prioritize (triage) psychological/ behavioral crisis reactions - Mitigate acute distress and dysfunction, as appropriate - Recognize when to facilitate access to further mental health support - Practice self-care Developed in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Open Education Lab....

Top reviews

NP

Aug 25, 2020

This was another wonderful learning experience, and I am very grateful.PROBLEM is, I paid for the certificate and cannot find it anywhere, I am a bit discouraged. I hope somebody can help. Thank you.

VS

Aug 28, 2025

It was a good course, but it doesn’t provide credits, so the certification doesn’t really count for continuing education. Still, it’s a great intro and worth taking to get familiar with the subject.

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By Emilia

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Mar 13, 2019

What a brilliant course!! Thank you so much!

By Laura W

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Oct 4, 2018

Great course. Quick, easy, and to the point.

By Awais A

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Jan 21, 2017

Best course to learn psychological first aid

By Ceanne R C

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Nov 20, 2016

Very helpful for crisis intervention events.

By Waldemar Z

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Mar 8, 2016

It's an excellent and really helpful course!

By Elie S

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Jan 8, 2026

Very informative, comprehensive and useful!

By Kristi J

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Aug 15, 2025

It was very helpful for all aspects of life

By Gonzague P

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Apr 14, 2023

Clear and concise training, easy to follow.

By TAN D N

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Dec 11, 2022

This course is so helpful with me. Thanks.

By Debi L H

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Jul 18, 2022

Wonderful way to gain a foundation for PFA!

By May A A R

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Feb 15, 2021

How do I get a certificate for this course?

By Adriana O

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Jan 28, 2021

Excellent information and excellent teacher

By Mowry M

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Jan 2, 2021

Excellent and very well thought out course.

By Lea J

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Nov 26, 2020

So informative and useful. Enjoyed it a lot

By Prill L

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Oct 28, 2020

This course is very interesting and helpful

By Iktiar A T

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Aug 5, 2020

This is one of the best course. I loved it.

By Maddie O

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Jun 18, 2020

Incredibly relevant to our world right now.

By Shweta S

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Jun 5, 2020

Vry informative course with case dialogues.

By Abhay T

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Jun 1, 2020

Amazing course and friendly study material.

By Ignatia E A

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May 9, 2020

This course pursuing my knowledge about PFA

By ELİF G D

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May 4, 2020

every information was very valuable, thanks

By Nadezhda Z

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Apr 14, 2020

Thank you for this course, it's very useful

By Mai H

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Dec 1, 2019

clear instructions with helpful information

By ktodcor99

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Nov 11, 2019

It is really comprehensive and very helpful

By Davoine

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Aug 30, 2017

very interesting and, unfortunately, useful