Mental Health First Aid Standard Training Thunder Bay June 19 2024

Mental Health First Aid Standard Training

Join us for an informative and engaging 1-Day Mental Health First Aid Standard Training course! This in-person training will equip you with the skills and knowledge to provide the help to someone experiencing a mental health problem or crisis. The sooner the problem is identified and appropriate help is provided, the sooner and more likely it is a person will recover. Our expert trainer will guide you through various scenarios and teach you how to recognize the signs of mental health issues and crises and how to provide appropriate help. You'll learn how to offer support, listen without judgment, and connect individuals to appropriate professional help. Don't miss this opportunity to make a positive impact on your coworkers, friends, family members, clients/customers, or community members!

Date: June 19 2024

Time: 8:30am-4:30pm

Location: Holiday Inn Express & Suites Thunder Bay, an IHG Hotel, Carrick Street, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

Refunds

Please note that tickets are non-refundable, but they are transferrable. Tickets can be transferred to another person to attend in your place with no penalty given the participant has not activated their provided access code.

Important Information

***All participants are required to complete an advanced, self-directed Module 1, before attending in-person for Module 2 &3. This will be sent 2-3 weeks prior to the start of the course. It takes 1-2 hours to complete.

Course Objective

While we often know a lot about physical illness, there tends to be less knowledge about mental health or substance use problems. This lack of understanding leads to fear and negative attitudes toward individuals living with mental health or substance use problems. It prevents people from seeking help and providing appropriate support to people around them.

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is offered to someone with an emerging mental health or substance use problem or in crisis, until appropriate treatment is found or the situation resolves.

An evidence-based course, MHFA Standard has been proven to give participants:

• the tools to recognize signs of decline in mental well-being.
• the ability to talk about their mental health.
• the knowledge to discuss professional and other supports that could help with recovery or improved mental well-being.
• the confidence to reach out to these supports.
• the tools to assist during a mental health or substance use crisis, and.
• the knowledge to use MHFA actions to maintain one’s own mental wellness.

Topics

This 9-hour course opens with a self-directed module (Module 1) that focuses on the information and strategies that participants will discuss and practice throughout the live classroom modules (Modules 2 and 3). Course participants will complete Module 1 before participating in Modules 2 and 3.

Module 1: Self-directed module that introduces participants to the concepts of the course and Mental Health First Aid actions.

Module 2: Live classroom module that discusses tools on how to apply MHFA actions to situations of declining mental well-being and guidelines for MHFA conversations with diverse populations.

Module 3: Live classroom module that gives participants the opportunity to practice applying MHFA actions to crisis situations and discusses the importance of self-care.