Hearing Voices

Hearing Voices Simulation

Bypass the head and go straight to the heart.

The Hearing Distressing Voices Simulation is a groundbreaking, empathy-building experience that helps students, mental health professionals and first responders understand the challenges and strengths of people who experience psychosis.

Toolkits

Toolkit Add-ons

Training

Outcomes

Empathy, not sympathy

"Thank you Pat for allowing me to get a better understanding of what a person goes through. I don't have sympathy, I have empathy."

Walking in someone else's shoes

"If you can put yourself in another’s shoes even for a short time, it really changes how you responds to and care for others."

Teaches about resilience

"This simulation-based learning helps prepare students for working in the real world in a way that textbooks can’t. The exercise of hearing voices has something to teach students about the resilience of people with mental health conditions."

Transformative

"This experience was transformative. It really challenged my preconceived notions and helped me better understand the experience of people who hear distressing voices every day. "

Hearing Distressing Voices Toolkit Options

These Digital Toolkits contain everything needed to run a Simulation. Each toolkit includes digital files for download.

Mental Health Professionals

The digital downloads include:

Access for up to 6 Facilitators
Videos from Pat Deegan:

Introduction to the Simulation (3:57)
About Hearing Distressing Voices (18:36)
How to be helpful as Mental Health Professionals (20:55)

Presenter's Manual
Supplemental Manual for running a Virtual Simulation
Workstations & Instructions
Room Setup Diagrams
Handouts
Materials to help you advertise the Simulation
MP3 file of the 45-minute voices simulation

First Responders

The digital downloads include:

Access for up to 6 Facilitators
Videos from Pat Deegan:

Introduction to the Simulation (3:57)
About Hearing Distressing Voices (18:36)
How to be Helpful as First Responders (11:21)

Presenter's Manual
Supplemental Manual for running a Virtual Simulation
Workstations & instructions specific to first responders
Room Setup Diagrams
Handouts
Materials to help you advertise the Simulation
MP3 file of the 45-minute voices simulation

Add-ons

Upgrade your Simulation experience with these Toolkit add-ons

During the Simulation, participants use headphones and individual players to listen to the included Voices Soundtrack. For added convenience, we offer MP3 players preloaded with the Soundtrack.

These handy Toolkit add-ons are sold in sets of 10, ready to use with the Simulation.

Our Preloaded Mp3 players are a sub-set of the Hearing Voices Simulation Toolkit and are not meant to be used separately from it.

After staff participate in the Simulation, equip them with tools to effectively support individuals who hear distressing voices. This Toolkit add-on places valuable recovery resources directly into the hands of those who need them.

Want Pat Deegan & Associates to help you prepare for or run a simulation?

Check out our additional Simulation options below.

PDA-Led Simulation Workshop

$5000*

Have Pat Deegan & Associates staff run a simulation workshop for your organization.

Includes:

Simulation Experience (3 Hours)

Hour 1 | Welcome, introduction to the Simulation, and a lecture or video recording by Pat Deegan about the experience of hearing distressing voices.
Hour 2 | The Simulation, during which participants listen to distressing voices through earbuds while completing a series of tasks, such as taking a mental status exam in a mock emergency room.
Hour 3 | Debrief and discussion, led by PDA Staff

_{*Plus travel expenses}

Train the Trainer Simulation Workshop

$7500*

Prepare your team to run their own Hearing Distressing Voices Simulation.

Includes:

Hearing Distressing Voices Simulation Toolkit

Simulation Experience & Training (5 Hours)

Hour 1 | Preparation session with the trainers. PDA staff will review the components of the toolkit, how to prepare for and run simulation, and how to conduct a debriefing session.
Hours 2-4 | Hearing Voices Simulation with trainers, allowing them a firsthand experience of the Simulation.
Hour 5 | Debriefing with trainers. Q&A and PDA staff will share lessons learned for running an effective Simulation.

Hearing Voices Simulation

Bypass the head and go straight to the heart.

Empathy, not sympathy

Walking in someone else's shoes

Teaches about resilience

Transformative

Hearing Distressing Voices Toolkit Options

Mental Health Professionals

First Responders

Add-ons

Our Preloaded Mp3 players are a sub-set of the Hearing Voices Simulation Toolkit and are not meant to be used separately from it.

Want Pat Deegan & Associates to help you prepare for or run a simulation?

PDA-Led Simulation Workshop

Includes:

Train the Trainer Simulation Workshop

Includes:

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Hearing Distressing Voices Toolkit?

What do I get with the Toolkit?

Mental Health Professionals

First Responders

Are there bulk discounts available?

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