MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID Certification

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the support provided to a person who may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or a mental health crisis. Course participants will learn how to recognize signs that a person may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or a mental health crisis and encourage that person to:

· Talk about declines in their mental well-being

· Discuss professional and other supports that could help with recovery to improved mental well-being

· Assist in a mental health or substance use crisis

· Use MHFA actions to maintain one’s own mental well-being

Module 1: Self-Directed - 2 Hours

· Introduction to the course

· Introduction to MHFA actions-ALGES

Module 2 and Module 3: In-Person Workshop - 8 Hours

· Practice applying MHFA actions to situations of declining mental well-being

· Guidelines for MHFA conversations with people from diverse cultures and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community

· Practice using MHFA actions in crisis situations

· Discussion on using MHFA actions for self-care

METHOD OF INSTRUCTION

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 in-person modules (Modules 2 and 3).

Course participants are required to complete Module 1 before participating in Module 2 and 3.

Upon registration, participants will receive a personal ACCESS CODE that enables access to the Learning Management System and the “MHFA Participant Reference Guide” which outlines MHF

PLEASE EMAIL info@projectmentalwellness.com 

TO REGISTER.