Digging our toes into the sand...

 Good intentions are simply not good enough.  Your vision of wellness can only be achieved once impacted individuals and organizations commit to the development, implementation, application and sustainment of a viable plan.  The mE2We™ approach can help you achieve this goal.  It's not magic.  It's about doing the work.

mE2We™ employs a practical, algorithmic and heuristics-based approach to help build and sustain organizational wellness, peer support, and Crisis Intervention Team operations. The truth is that there is no one-size fits all model able to meet every need in every situation. Case studies indicate the most successful approaches include a menu of normative based options which honor a “mission first, people always” mindset.  mE2We™ is not a cookie cutter solution”.  Instead, it provides tools which helps the end users build a pathway suited to their needs and available resources. The intent is to provide sustainable and scalable solutions at inception, during implementation, and continuing through delivery and evaluation. 

 The mE2We™ concepts are anchored in training approaches already familiar to the safety and service disciplines and applicable across the operational spectrum. In fact, the process is specifically designed to withstand the rigors of first responder and first line service provider operations. 

 The initial impetus for the program was born from a need to create a dynamic and practical approach to the implementation of Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) within our communities.  Those efforts have evolved into the flagship mE2We™ for Crisis Intervention Team Enhancement training.  This offering is specifically designed to foster buy-in and forge community partnerships with CIT services. It targets CIT operators, clinicians, community stakeholders, and decisionmakers. It can serve as an introduction to CIT, as an in-service update, or as part of team building.  It highlights the importance of CIT services to the community by reminding us that NOBODY is immune or untouched by behavioral health issues. It uses interactive exercises and an original algorithm called AIMed³© to illustrate that healthy, well-trained responders are critical in cultivating prosperous communities. The training has been delivered to various clients to include regular sessions sponsored by Maryland Mid-Shore CIT through the Sante Group.

It became evident during the fielding of the initial CIT version of the course that a critical need for officer wellness had to be addressed.  The response was to harness the fundamentals of the course and adapt key concepts into a suite of classes designed to support officer resiliency.  The mE2We™ Wellness Drownproofing for Public Safety program consists of modules which can be delivered independently or “mixed and matched”. The courses are intended to be adaptable and can be tailored to support full curriculum trainings, conference style presentations, or roll call delivered learning. This includes expanding and/or combining content to create customized in-person or on-line sessions. Marc Junkerman, LLC.™ also welcomes the opportunity to co-facilitate with other presenters who have specific experience or topical knowledge which enhances the training’s impact.

 mE2We™: A primer for wellness drownproofing. You can’t help anyone until you help yourself. The establishment of individual purpose, ownership, and accountability is a cornerstone of the mE2We™ program. This offering helps individuals to “drown proof” themselves for their journey “on life’s ocean”. This module is anchored by a unique approach to balance, validity, and grit embodied by the T.A.K.E.  A.I.M. concept and is applicable to anyone interested in a practical approach to his or her own wellness. 

mE2We™: Implementing peer support driven navigation aids. This module is intended to help create “buoys” and “lighthouses” in and along “life’s ocean”.  Its focus is the implementation and sustainment of wellness education, peer support, and critical incident response. It explores options for the development of practical wellness frameworks suitable to the people and organizations they serve. Key learning points include fostering an understanding of peer support, integrating wellness into the overall mission, team structure and roles, confidentiality considerations, and cultural competency best practices. It targets peer team members, stakeholders, third-party providers, and leaders tasked with delivering and sustaining peer support and wellness teams. It is most effective as either an introductory primer for newer endeavors or as a refresher for established entities.

 Sailing with mE2We™: Considerations for organizational wellness planning. Ships and sailors need a home port. Good intentions are not good enough. Successful organizational wellness requires a deliberate choice to “win by design” in order to move from awareness to tangible, measurable action. This mE2We™ module offers a framework to help ensure the organizational answers you generate are a result of asking the right questions. Topics include an exploration of the political, ethical, economic, and legal cost-benefits of wellness programming, ideas on making wellness a mission essential task, an introduction to an easy-to-follow strategic planning process, and strategies for engaging stakeholders. 

Marc has also recently developed an additional mE2We™ follow-on course after multiple inquiries identified a need for building a better understanding of the law enforcement culture.  Cracking the Code: A Primer on Law Enforcement Culture  is a scalable seminar designed to provide clinicians, support staff, and other community stakeholder with better insight into the police lifestyle. The training is delivered from “a cop’s perspective” and helps to foster an understanding of the “police tribe”, explain what makes cops different from other first responders, as well as providing tips on improving cultural competency.