Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health First Aid 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
• Have conversations that encourage a 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
  • Reach out to these supports
• Assist in a mental health or substance use crisis
• Use MHFA action to maintain one’s own mental well-being

Topics

• Module 1: Self-directed
• Introduction to the course
• Introduction to MHFA actions
• Module 2: Classroom
• Practice applying MHFA actions to situations of declining mental well-being
• Guidelines for respectful communications
• Module 3: Classroom
• Practice using MHFA actions in crisis situations
• MHFA actions for self-care
• This training has reached its capacity. Please contact [email protected] for additional dates.