Course Information
This set of sessions will run 4 consecutive Wednesday evenings from 6-9 mountain standard time Please register no later than one week prior to the first session
Course Overview
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Certification course provides the knowledge, skills, and attitudes for participants to recognize changes in mental health, respond supportively, and apply practical actions for declining mental health and crisis situations. It helps participants build confidence, reduce stigma, and enhance their own mental health.
Objectives
MHFA Certification helps participants:
• Increase awareness of mental health
o Distinguish between mental health, mental illness, and mental health conditions.
o Recognize indicators of mental health across the continuum (optimal, declining, poor).
o Understand key information about mental health disorders in Canada. o Identify factors influencing mental health positively and negatively.
o Explain the Two Continua Model of mental health.
• Improve confidence to provide help
o Apply the ALGES framework to scenarios about declining mental health and crisis situations.
o Identify barriers to providing mental health first aid and how to overcome them.
o Ask effective questions to initiate supportive conversations.
o Demonstrate empathy and effective listening skills in supportive interactions.
o Communicate non-judgmentally using verbal and non-verbal skills.
o Provide reassurance and appropriate information in supportive conversations.
o Develop a list of professional, personal, and community resources and supports.
o Explain recovery-oriented approaches to providing support.
• Decrease mental health-related stigma
o Explain mental health stigma, including self-stigma, public stigma, and structural stigma.
o Recognize stigmatizing language and practice respectful alternatives.
o Reflect on personal attitudes and biases that contribute to stigma.
o Understand risks and limitations associated with diagnostic labeling.
o Identify practical strategies to challenge and reduce stigma.
• Enhance mental health
• Identify personal self-care strategies using the Three Pillars of Self Care: reflective, purposeful, and boundaries.
• Recognize when self-care is needed as a Mental Health First Aider and how to integrate it into daily life.
• Commit to intentional self-care actions to maintain personal wellbeing as a Mental Health First Aider.
Terms and Conditions
By registering for this training course, you accept and agree to abide by the Terms and Conditions below.
You must be at least 18 years of age to register for and attend a training course.
To attend this virtual training course (via Zoom), you must have access to a working camera, microphone and speakers or earphones.
Cancellation policy
If a participant cancels their registration the refunded amount will depend on when we are notified:
• 30 or more days prior to course date: Full refund
• 15-30 days prior to course date: 50% refund
• Less than 15 days prior to course date: Non-refundable
To Register please email sikstromsherry@yahoo.ca