Organizations are constantly requesting proactive initiatives to prevent or limit the impact of personal crisis within the workplace, family support structures and the surrounding community. A well designed education and training program which identifies potential personal vulnerabilities prior to a critical incident, trauma or loss can allow a supportive system to be put in place to enable timely recovery to commence as soon as practically possible for a victim.

Training packages can be tailored for management through to front line workers. This will primarily depend on the potential risk levels of trauma occurring and the accumulating personal pressures felt by workers in times of high productivity demands throughout the year.

The following program areas are covered in most trauma prevention initiatives requested;

	Understanding what constitutes trauma
	Identifying Critical Incident and trauma reactions
	Typical trauma and acute stress reactions
	Dynamics of processing personal trauma, grief and loss
	Effective ways to prevent vulnerabilities towards processing trauma
	Immediate intervention technique development and strategies
	Supporting workers, family and communities after a disaster
	Long-term trauma adjustment
	Future directions