Overview of the Community Resilience Model at CSU (CRM)®
Many of us are distressed and overwhelmed with the ongoing societal, environmental and life challenges we are facing. We can benefit from learning ways to support ourselves and others, while efforts continue to address the larger systems impacting wellbeing.
The Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® offers us the opportunity to understand our nervous system and how our body and brain respond to times of high stress and trauma.
CRM® sessions cover the biology and neurophysiology of trauma and high stress, as well as teaching 6 simple biologically-based wellness practices that help support and stabilize the nervous system. Through CRM®, you will learn to read sensations connected to your own wellbeing. Learning to read our bodies’ signals can help us understand the different ways we respond to life’s challenges and practical things we can do to help ourselves.
CRM® helps create trauma and wellbeing informed and focused communities that share a common understanding of the impact of trauma and chronic stress on the nervous system and how wellbeing can be restored or increased. We can practice these methods ourselves and share them with others.
The Community Resilience Model training was first offered at CSU in 2021. Since then, we have been able to train 18 faculty and staff to deliver CRM® at CSU.
Wellbeing Zones
High Zone
Stuck in fight or flight, edgy, irritability, anxiety, anger, pain and illness.
wellbeing Zone
Nervous system in balance, focused, socially connected.
Low Zone
Stuck in a freeze, sadness, isolation, exhaustion, numbness, depression.
Wellness Wakeup Prompts and Activities
Any group, gathering , class or meeting can be an opportunity for nervous system re-balancing. Our colleagues at Virginia Tech have generously allowed us to adapt these slides for use at CSU. Wellness Wake Up Slides are a range of activities and conversation starters specifically designed to create conversation and connection. These thoughtfully curated activities allow you to seamlessly integrate wellbeing practices, encouraging ownership of mental health and allowing participants to ground themselves before delving into a class, a group or a meeting.
CSU is grateful to Virginia Tech University and the Trauma Resource Insitute for much of the content on this webpage.