GRIT
GROWTH MINDSET - RESILIENCY - INTENTIONALITY - TENACITY
Special Warfare Operators are trained to the highest level to perform their duties quickly and efficiently, placing these duties before personal desires and comforts. Special Warfare operators are called upon to perform at their best when someone is at their worse.
Over time this can eventually take its toll on the operators mental and physical health and family.
Who rescues the rescuer? What is operator syndrome? Training prepares you for how to handle the emergency. Who prepares you for after the emergency is over?
Special Warfare Pararescueman, Law Enforcement, Fire Fighter and EMS are trained to handle the Emergency and we are here to help after the Emergency is over when you experience something that you were not prepared for and maybe were unable to process. We want to help before and after to prepare operators for mental toughness before and after the call.
We want you to be the skilled warrior you were trained to be. We just want to help build mental toughness before and after through our Growth Mindset - Resiliency - Intentionality - Integrity programs directed towards individual, family and spouses.
growth mindset
Growth mindset is the belief that a person's intelligence and abilities can grow and improve with practice
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resilience
The process and outcome of successfully adapting too difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands. A number of factors contribute to how well people adapt to adversities, predominant among them (a) the ways in which individuals view and engage with the world, (b) the availability and quality of social resources, and (c) specific coping strategies. Psychological research demonstrates that the resources and skills associated with more positive adaptation (i.e., greater resilience) can be cultivated and practiced. Also called psychological resilience. See also coping behavior; coping-skills training. —resilient adj.
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intentionality
Ones ability to act purposefully or deliberately, guided by intentions in the sense of mental representations of goals.
TENACITY
Ones quality or trait of being persistent, determined, and resilient in the pursuit of goals, despite facing obstacles, setbacks, or challenges. It represents an individual's ability to maintain motivation and drive in the face of adversity
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Guardian Grit
Specific to Special Warfare Pararescueman (Active, Guard, Reserve, Veterans) FD, EMS and LE. This program is lead by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker focused on helping veterans / civil service members in dealing with the stressors of Emergency Managment and Disaster Response. A combination of Cognitive Based Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) and Exposure Therapy
gritty kids
summer retreat
Specific to Children of Special Warfare Pararescuman (Active, Guard, Reserve, Veterans) FD, EMS and LE and Emergency Workers.
These are structured Summer Program Designed for children to learn resiliency skills for pre and post deployment.
YES, this mean they will get dirty
YES, this means they will learn new coping skills.
YES, this means they are going to have fun.
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gritty families
Specific to Special Warfare Pararescueman
Families Spouses (Active, Guard, Reserve, Veterans) Emergency Workers in pre deployment preparedness, post family reintegration, and recognizing the effects it has on a family.
Using skills learned in other courses to get families to understand, recognize and
re-bond all while having fun.
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Group and individual activities/ exercises allowing family bonding, understand each other and the impact of stressors each faced after a traumatic event.​
Located at the Eastern end of Long Island New York, surrounded by beautiful beaches, vineyards and farm land the north fork can offer.
These programs are designed to help veterans and emergency workers process the traumas of the job through therapy and hands on tasks to process and be the best version of themselves, reintegrate with family and regain strength through American Psychology Association treatment modalities individually structured through Growth Mindset - Resiliency - Intentionality - Tenacity programs.
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Our community of local farms, wineries and vendors are a strong supporter of military organizations like ours. With donations to our GRIT 501(c)(3) we use the funds to bring veterans and their families out to our beautiful farmland and work individually and in groups depending on the needs of the veteran. Allowing them to decompress under Licensed therapy professionals, they process through approved treatment programs designed to work as individuals and as families so that the veterans can improve mental health and family strength while experiencing fun activities Long Island farm country has to offer.
Joseph and Danielle Piccoli are the program director and Licensed Clinical Social Workers. Joseph is a retired Special Warfare Pararescueman with 21 years of military experience and has navigated the military and Veterans Affairs Medical Evaluation Process. Danielle is the spouse of a military veteran and experience as a first responder and Licensed Clinical Social Worker understanding what it means to be a spouse to an operator in the military.
We work in the community to provide mental health treatment for the Special Warfare Pararescueman community as well as the Emergency Responders and their families. All treatment and activities are funded by contributions to the GRIT Program 501(c)(3), the PJ Foundation and local community companies/organizations that want to help give back to our veterans and First Responders that have given so much to all of Americans.
Reach out
If you or your family need assistance or know of someone who does call 520-955-4111 for program dates or availabilities.
If these programs interest you and want more information please fill out below and submit and we will respond.