Mental Health First Aid
2 - DAY STANDARD
This 2-Day interactive Face to Face workshop is the original Mental Health First Aid Training program that teaches you how to assist adults who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health condition or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolved.
The 12-hour Standard Mental Health First Aid training course is for any interested adult. If you are an adult either in a community or workplace setting that works with other adults, this training is suitable for you!
You will learn how to assist an adult who may be experiencing a mental health problem, has mental issues such as anxiety, depression, psychosis or even substance use, they might be experiencing a mental health crisis and are in need of some professional help - think GP, psychologist, psychiatrist, counsellor and other professional mental health services.
This course is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of people with lived experience of mental health issues and mental health professionals.
MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING IS ASSOCIATED WITH:
KNOWLEDGE
Improved knowledge of mental illnesses, their treatments and appropriate mental health first aid skills & strategies.
CONFIDENCE
Confidence in providing mental health first aid to a person experiencing a mental health problem.
DE-STIGMATISING
Decrease stigmatising attitudes and build your mental health language and skills.
INCREASED
SUPPORT
Increases in the amount and type of support that you are able to provide to others.
Demonstrate your Mental Health First Aid skills by becoming an Accredited Mental Health First Aider. Complete an online assessment after the course to become fully Accredited.
ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR
Meet Amanda...
Amanda is a Canadian-born counsellor and mental health professional with more than 20 years experience and Masters Degrees in Counselling and Forensic Sexology.
Having provided Mental Health First Aid training to members of the community and companies both large and small across Australia for over a decade, she has the designation of Mental Health First Aid Principal Master Trainer - the highest designation provided by Mental Health First Aid Australia.
When not delivering Mental Health First Aid training, Amanda is a wife, a mother of boys, a coffee lover and a Michael Buble fan who enjoys listening to music and enjoying the warmth of the sun.
FEEDBACK FOR THIS COURSE WITH AMANDA
@Jeffrey
I feel more confident in responding to mental health problems that occur at school with students, parents, volunteers and staff.
@Layla
As awareness of mental health increases its great to be able to do a course like this that dispels many myths and better equips us to be able to respond better.
@Alfian
This was one of the most interesting, engaging and informative courses I have ever completed.
What the course covers:
Learn about the signs and symptoms of common mental health issues in adults that include Depression, Anxiety, Psychosis and Substance Use. You will also learn how to start a conversation that could save a life, provide the initial help, where and how to get professional help, what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective, and how to provide mental health first aid in a crisis situation.
This is an educational course, which will teach you the skills to provide mental health first aid to others. This is NOT a therapy or support group.
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES COVERED
You will be amazed at just how much is covered in the Mental Health First Aid 2-Day Training. Below is a taste of what you will learn about.
DEPRESSION
AND ANXIETY
PSYCHOSIS
SUBSTANCE
USE PROBLEMS
SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIOURS
NON-SUICIDAL
SELF-INJURY
PANIC ATTACKS
TRAUMATIC
EVENTS
SEVERE EFFECT
OF DRUG AND
ALCOHOL ABUSE
SEVERE
PSYCHOTIC
STATES
AGGRESSIVE
BEHAVIOURS
*There are strictly no refunds made for community members who have registered for the course. If unable to attend, you will be provided with dates to reschedule to an alternative training date.
**For corporate booked trainings, once the registration process has been set up and implemented for your team, if there is a cancellation of training or participants, there will be a cancellation fee of $50 per participant to cover administrative costs.
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