Mental Health First Aid - Adults Who Interact with Youth
Course Details
Duration: 14 hours - 2 Full Days (9:00am - 5:00pm)
Class Capacity: 8 - 25 Students
Location: In-Class or online
Course Fee: $250
Students will receive an Official Certificate of Completion by the Mental Health Commission of Canada
Course Description
Course Description
This course is intended for an adult audience whose primary focus is youth (aged 14-25). Participants who take this course are well prepared to interact confidently about mental health with the young people in their lives, including at schools, extra-curricular activities, social services, family, friends, and communities. In addition to the four most common disorders discussed in MHFA BASIC, this course includes instruction about eating disorders and deliberate self-injury.
Course Objectives
Recognize the symptoms of youth related mental health problems, including eating disorders, substance-related disorders, mood-related disorders, anxiety, and trauma-related disorders.
Provide help to prevent the mental health problem from worsening
Guide the person to more appropriate professional help
Provide the recovery of good mental health
Provide comfort to a person experiencing a mental health problem
MHFA does not teach people to be therapists.
Adults Helping Youth
The MHFA - Adults Who Interact with Youth course is a certified evidence-based education program that offers a better understanding helping youth at schools, extra-curricular activities, social services, family, friends, and within communities.
Why Choose Us?
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Our instructors and consultants are certified by the Mental Health Commission of Canada and the Canadian Mental Health Association.
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We have developed proprietary workshops and consulting methods, successfully implementing wellness in organizations internationally.
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Our training is available both to the public and as an internal workshop, internationally.