Mental Health First Aid - Adults Who Interact With Youth

Mental Health First Aid - Adults Who Interact With Youth

User profile image Jennifer Ryu - Active User / Utilisateur actif
Dec 11, 2019 @ 7:26 am

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Event type: Single day (a day or less)

MHFA Adults who Interact with Youth is intended for an adult audience whose primary focus is youth (aged 14-25). In addition to the four most common disorders discussed in MHFA BASIC, this course includes instruction about eating disorders and deliberate self-injury. Participants who take this course are well prepared to interact confidently about mental health with the young people in their lives, including at schools, extra-curricular activities, social services, family, friends, and communities.
 
Crisis first aid skills for the following situations are learned: Suicidal behaviour, Overdose, Self-harm, Psychosis, Acute stress reaction, and panic attacks.
 

Key outcomes

International evaluations and feedback have found the following outcomes for participants undertaking an MHFA course:

  • Increased awareness of signs and symptoms of the most common mental health problems
  • Decreased stigma related to mental health
  • Increased confidence interacting with individuals experiencing a mental health problem or crisis
  • Increased help actually provided to individuals in crisis or experiencing a mental health problem

Fee: $195 + HST / $150 + HST for students

Click HERE to register
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User profile image Kathy Kightley - Member / Membre
Can I forward this to an interested person who is not on this mailing list?
Dec 11, 2019 @ 9:11 am
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User profile image Jennifer Ryu - Active User / Utilisateur actif
Kathy Kightley posted:
Can I forward this to an interested person who is not on this mailing list?

Sure Kathy Thanks for spreading the words.

Dec 12, 2019 @ 2:07 am
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