Resilience Project: Mental Health First Aid In Person – Carbonear Jan 31-Feb 1

Resilience Project: Mental Health Education for Wildfire Impacted Communities

This fall as part of The Community Lifelines program, CMHA-NL is launching the Resilience Project to support members of our communities impacted by wildfires. Education and training to support mental health resilience and suicide prevention will be offered with no charge to community members, first responders, children and youth, sports groups & clubs, schools & teachers, community centers, and anyone else needing support in these geographic areas.

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Date: January 31 & February 1, 2026

Time: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM (each day) with 1-hour for lunch, as well as morning and afternoon breaks. Meals are not provided.

Cost: No Charge. This course is provided through The Resilience Project as part of The Community Lifelines Program. Registrants must be 18+.

Location: College of the North Atlantic, 4 Pike’s Lane, Carbonear, NL A1Y 1A7

Certificates provided by MHFA Canada and will be sent 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.

Directions to College of the North Atlantic – Carbonear Campus

• Enter Carbonear from the Veterans Memorial Highway.

• Continue straight through the first set of traffic lights (you will see Dairy Queen on your left).

• Before reaching the second set of traffic lights, turn right.

• Continue straight on this road for approximately 10 minutes.

• You will pass Slade’s Funeral Home on your right — continue straight.

• At the next intersection, continue straight.

• Take your first left; you will see a sign for College of the North Atlantic – Carbonear Campus.

• After turning left, drive for less than 2 minutes, then turn right.

• Take the next left, and you will see a large parking lot.

• This parking lot is the location of the main entrance to the campus.

ABOUT THIS COURSE

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)-Standard Course Overview

One person in five will experience a mental health problem this year. It is often reported that the most challenging part of intervening is knowing what to say. MHFA Basic is an interactive and content-rich course designed to increase participant knowledge of mental health and how to support other adults (18 years and older) who may be experiencing mental ill health. Participants having taken MHFA training report that they are able to interact confidently about mental health with their family, friends, workplaces and other communities.

Training will include the four most common mental health disorders: substance-related, mood-related, anxiety/trauma-related, and psychotic disorders, while also dispelling myths, misinformation, and stigma associated with mental health problems.

Evidence gathered by the Mental Health Commission of Canada shows that taking a MHFA course increases the confidence participants have in engaging someone experiencing a mental health problem or crisis.

Course Objectives

•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 actually provided to individuals in crisis or experiencing a mental health problem

Crisis First Aid Skills Learned

•Substance overdose

•Suicidal behaviour

•Panic attack

• Acute stress reaction

•Psychotic episodes

PLEASE NOTE:

• Seats will not be reserved without completed registration.

• The facilitator reserves the right to remove any participant from the training session or to terminate the session entirely if any individual(s) engages in inappropriate, disruptive, or harmful behavior that creates an unsafe learning space. Inappropriate behavior includes but is not limited to harassment, discrimination, disruptive actions, or failure to adhere to the session’s safe space guidelines. The facilitator’s decision to remove a participant or end the session is final, and no refunds or compensation will be provided in such cases.

• 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