Mental Health First Aid for Adults Who Interact With Youth – St. John’s June 25 & 26

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Date: June 25 & 26, 2024

Time: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM (each day) with 1-hour for lunch, as well as morning and afternoon breaks. Meals are not provided.

Cost: $220 per person. Registrants must be 18+.

Location: Keyin College, 2nd Floor Room 228, 644 Topsail Road, St. John’s, NL A1E 2E3. Elevator access is available.

Certificates provided by MHFA Canada and will be mailed to participants at a later date*

*Participants must be present for all topics in order to receive a course certificate

Please read the full description below.

Please be advised that information covered in these training courses relates to the topic of mental health and suicide and may be sensitive for some participants. If you have been recently bereaved by suicide or feel that now is not the right time for you to participate in this training, please consider your well-being before registering for or attending a session.

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ABOUT THIS COURSE

Mental Health First Aid: For Adults Who Interact with Youth

This is a first response intervention course focusing on adults whose primary role is the support of young people. This training aims to support a young person experiencing a decline in their mental health or experiencing a mental health crisis or emergency. Just as physical first aid is administered to an injured person before medical treatment can be obtained, MHFA is given until appropriate treatment is found or until the crisis is resolved.

During this 14 hour training, participants will gain awareness about common mental health problems, gain the skills to engage a young person who’s in distress in a conversation aimed to connect them to appropriate supports. Additionally, participants will learn about crisis intervention strategies, resources in their communities and self-care practices.

This course is an additional two hours in length in comparison to the Mental Health First Aid: Basic course, and covers additional topics such as eating disorders and deliberate self-injury.

Disorders Covered Include:

• Mental Health & Stigma

• Substance-Related Disorders

• Mood Related Disorders

• Deliberate Self Injury

• Anxiety and Trauma-Related Disorders

• Eating Disorders

• Psychotic Disorders

Participant Outcomes

• 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 provided to individuals in crisis or experiencing a mental health emergency

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PLEASE NOTE:

• Seats are limited for in-person & sponsored courses; please register early! Registrants must be 18+.

• Seats will not be reserved without completed registration.

• Certificates will only be issued to participants who complete all course hours and required work.

• CMHA-NL reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any course. Notice will be given to those registered.

• Weather Cancellation Policy: If a Memorial University and/or College of the North Atlantic campus is closed due to weather in the area the training is taking place then the session will automatically be cancelled. Within 24 hours of a scheduled training if the weather forecast indicates inclement conditions, an e-mail will be sent to registrants notifying them that the session will not be going ahead.

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For more information or assistance registering, please contact Leia by email at [email protected].