Difficult Job in Difficult Times

Our first responders need resources to help them thrive in their jobs. While they are experts at technical and tactical proficiency, we're the experts at helping tool this proficiency into a sustainable method to prevent burnout. At Learning to LEAD, we're passionate about offering first responders tools to live fuller lives both at home and at work. That's why we focus on resilience and burnout training. 

Not only is the job difficult, but the public scrutiny on those that serve the public adds a new layer of pressure that’s causing teams, staffers, and squads to experience stress and burnout at higher levels than ever. 

More firefighters and police officers died by suicide
than in the line of duty.
​(Ruderman Family Foundation)

PTSD & Depression can be
5X higher
among first responders
(Ruderman Family Foundation)

18-24%
of 911 dispatchers experience PTSD
(Journal of Emergency Dispatch)

A Way Forward

Choose a training method that will offer the most dignity and best support to your hard working teams. We offer three principal approaches

A Resilience Toolkit 

FORMAT: Solo exploration

A private, self-directed ebook, or workbooks, our First Responder Resilience Toolkit provides self-based resilience training exercises. Designed so each skill takes one or two pages, this toolkit is specific and on point, with no extra fluff. 

Workshops

FORMAT: Collaborative
​group setting

Start with a group activity or exercise that highlights a common experience, then provides tools that can help with challenges and offer opportunities for practice.

Seminars

FORMAT:
​Lecture style

Burnout and resilience expert Katilyn Daniel offers lecture-style presentations on burnout and stress for first responders, and first responder resilience

What First Responders Say About Kaitlyn

Sarah Mielke
Fire/EMS
Founder of ETLS

As a first responder, and responder emotional trauma instructor, I am so excited to see this resource on the market. This ebook comes from a good understanding of our world and is absolutely full of useful, applicable, real-world tools that we as responders can use. Kaitlyn’s dual goals of high performance and sustainability over a career match what all of us are looking for, and her practical, boots-on-the-ground approach is so refreshing.

Joe Willis
Law Enforcement Trainer
Blue H.E.L.P. Board Member

From the very beginning it was apparent to me that she had a knack for training Military and First Responders. Kaitlyn can simplify complex concepts into digestible and entertaining bits of training. Her approach to adult learning is grounded soundly in science but her delivery stretches well into the realm of the art. Her no-nonsense and highly organized approach to lesson plan development is another reason I absolutely love working with her. The quality of her work is second to none. Above all else – she walks the walk. While working with Kaitlyn over the years I’ve benefited personally and professionally from the example she sets.

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Call to keep your 
First Responders Healthy & Resilient.

Arm your team with the latest in resilience and burnout skills. Call us today to find out how!

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