Registered Resiliency Advocate (RRA)
Training for the Florida Certification Board Registered Resiliency Advocate credential. The RRA requires 16 hours of resiliency training across five domains: Foundational Resiliency Knowledge (4), Healthy Relationships (3), Behavioral Observations (3), Resiliency Support (3), and Professional Responsibilities (3). For parents, caregivers, teachers, coaches, youth workers, and volunteers who work with children and youth.
Professional Responsibilities for Resiliency Advocates (3 Contact Hours)
Work through ethical dilemmas with the FCB Code of Ethics and a seven-step model
Maintain professional boundaries around dual relationships, gifts, and social media
Meet Florida child abuse reporting duties and protect privacy under HIPAA and FERPA
Resiliency Support for Resiliency Advocates (3 Contact Hours)
Coach coping and emotion regulation skills and model healthy responses to stress
Encourage positive behavior and redirect problems calmly, without shame
Guide goal setting with if-then plans and strengths-based problem solving
Behavioral Observations for Resiliency Advocates (3 Contact Hours)
Record objective, bias-aware observations with the ABC method
Stay situationally aware through active supervision and precorrection
Spot signs of distress, trauma responses, suicide risk, and possible abuse or neglect
Healthy Relationships for Resiliency Advocates (3 Contact Hours)
Build caring, trusting connections through developmental relationship practices
Communicate with young people using active listening, validation, and emotion coaching
Set healthy boundaries and model calm co-regulation in youth settings
Foundational Resiliency Knowledge for Resiliency Advocates (4 Contact Hours)
Explain resiliency theory and the protective factors that help young people recover
Trace child and adolescent development and the ways toxic stress disrupts it
Recognize Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences and respond with trauma-informed care