Stress in outdoor and wilderness education is inevitable. Stress injury doesn’t have to be. This interactive session guides the individual instructor, manager, or administrator through a set of awareness skills and supportive tools for the mitigation of stress injuries. Now more than ever, we need resilience plans and structures to support our staff and our participants. Attendees will leave this session with: (1) A shared and effective language to communicate about stress injuries, (2) Two tools to support proactive stress injury prevention, and (3) Increased resilience.
Director of Operations & Communications, Responder Alliance
Over the past two decades, Josie’s career in the outdoor industry has included guiding and personal climbing expeditions around the globe, working on the Yosemite Search & Rescue team and teaching wilderness medicine. Stress exposure throughout this career gave her personal insight... Read More →
Wednesday October 1, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm EDT VermontHoliday Inn By the Bay:88 Spring St, Portland, ME 04119
