{"id":379955,"date":"2026-04-07T18:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/379955\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T18:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:08:10","slug":"kwu-hosting-event-to-bring-awareness-of-mental-health-challenges-faced-by-first-responders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/379955\/","title":{"rendered":"KWU hosting event to bring awareness of mental health challenges faced by first responders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto w-full sm:w-full md:w-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1665245250724.jpg\" alt=\"Pixabay image\"\/>Pixabay image<\/p>\n<p>Kansas Wesleyan University\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kansas Wesleyan is proud to host the second annual Regional First Responder Wellness Conference on April 16.<\/p>\n<p>The day-long event is designed to bring awareness and growth to the mental health challenges faced by first responders on an everyday basis.<\/p>\n<p>Featured speakers will include Annie Boswell, speaking on spirituality; Dr. Kelly Moore, chair of the KWU Department of Social Work and event organizer, talking about moral injury and trauma-informed supervision; Karen Blanton of the KBI, discussing peer support; and David Lanning, KWU assistant professor of Criminal Justice and event organizer, with managing secondary trauma in families.<\/p>\n<p>The day will be appropriate for people such as medical first responders, law enforcement officers and firefighters, nurses and social workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat began as my doctoral dissertation has grown into a mission to provide meaningful support for our first responders,\u201d Moore said. \u201cWe are committed to creating a space where these professionals can address the unique challenges of their work and find a path toward long-term resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sessions will begin at 9 a.m. and run through 4 p.m. at Church of the Cross in Salina (1600 Rush St). <\/p>\n<p>The $20 suggested donation will include lunch and books. <\/p>\n<p>Register at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/firstresponders2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.kwu.edu\/firstresponders2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pixabay image Kansas Wesleyan University\u00a0 Kansas Wesleyan is proud to host the second annual Regional First Responder Wellness&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[163,85,46,522,523],"class_list":{"0":"post-379955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}