From Corrections Fatigue to Fulfillment™
Welcome to the course Corrections Fatigue to Fulfillment™! This course (CF2F) is all about staff needs and taking care of staff – in other words, us. In Part 1, we learn about Corrections Fatigue and in Part 2, ways to go from Fatigue to Fulfillment as individual employees and as an organization.
Course Objectives
Nature &
Causes
Describe the nature and causes of Corrections Fatigue.
Self-Care
Identify basic skills that promote self-care.
Fulfillment
Identify strategies to increase fulfillment as a corrections professional.
Organizational Climate
Identify strategies to cultivate a positive organizational climate.
This course includes potentially activating (“triggering”) content, which could produce painful feelings for some participants by bringing personal traumatic or otherwise stressful experiences to mind. If at any time you become uncomfortable while taking this course, please stop, and seek support to help you process your thoughts and feelings at this time. You can do so by contacting your agency’s EAP or calling 988, anonymously, 24/7. You can also chat at https://988lifeline.org. If your agency requested that you take this course, either resume at a later time or, if not ready to do so, indicate to your supervisor that you are not ready to take this course at this time. You may be directed to take the course at a later time, or perhaps you may be directed to take another course, such as a course on stress management. In either case, ask for your agency’s list of resources to address these issues further.
If at any point now or later you experience substantial emotional distress or have thoughts of suicide, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline anytime, 24/7, by phone, text, or chat. Also please follow up with seeking professional mental health help.
Get started by clicking on Part 1: Corrections Fatigue.