Resilience Project: Mental Health First Aid Virtual – November 19
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: November 19, 2025
Time: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM NST
Cost: Free Virtual Session for Community Members Impacted by NL Provincial Wildfires. Registrants must be 18+.
Location: Virtual. Note this training requires completing some self-paced modules and a FULL DAY VIRTUALLY. To do so, you will need a stable internet connection, camera and laptop/tablet. Instructions and Zoom link will be provided after registration.
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
MHFA Standard is intended for adults interacting with adults (18 years and older). This course focuses on the four most common mental health disorders including substance related, mood related, anxiety and trauma related, and psychotic disorders. Participants who take this course are well prepared to interact confidently about mental health with their family, friends, communities, and workplaces.
Crisis first aid skills learned:
• Substance overdose
• Suicidal behaviour
• Panic attack
• Acute stress reaction
• Psychotic episode
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MHFA Virtual Learning Course Outline
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:
o Talk about declines in their mental well-being
o Discuss professional and other supports that could help with recovery to improved mental well-being
o Reach out to these supports
o Assist in a mental health or substance use crisis
o Use MHFA actions to maintain one’s own mental well-being.
This 8-hour course opens with a 1.5 hour online self-directed module (Module 1) that focuses on the information and strategies that participants will discuss and practice throughout the virtual classroom modules (Modules 2 and 3).
Module 1: Self-Directed
o Introduction to the course
o Introduction to MHFA actions
Module 2: Virtual Classroom
o Practice applying MHFA actions to situations of declining mental well-being
o Guidelines for MHFA conversations with people from diverse cultures and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community
Module 3: Virtual Classroom
o Discussion on using MHFA actions for self-care
o Practice using MHFA actions in crisis situations
Upon registration and payment, participants will receive access to the Learning Management System (LMS) to complete Module 1. A “MHFA Participant Reference Guide” will be provided and will outline the MHFA actions to support developing mental health and substance use problems, and mental health and substance use crises.
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