Availability Note:

MHW Trainers certified to offer MHFA Canada are not currently available in every region. Contact us for course availability in your area.

Audience:

All audiences

Length:

2 Days

General Description:

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the help provided to a person developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. 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.

The MHFA Canada program aims to improve mental health literacy, and provide the skills and knowledge to help people better manage potential or developing mental health problems in themselves, a family member, a friend or a colleague.

The program does not teach people how to be therapists. It does teach people how to:

• Recognize the signs and symptoms of mental health problems.
• Provide initial help.
• Guide a person towards appropriate professional help.

MHFA aims to:

• Preserve life where a person may be a danger to themselves or others.
• Provide help to prevent the mental health problem from developing into a more serious state.
• Promote the recovery of good mental health.
• Provide comfort to a person experiencing a mental health problem.

http://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.ca/

Availability Note:

MHW Trainers certified to offer Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) are not currently available in every region. Contact us for course availability in your area.

Audience:

All audiences

Length:

2 Days

General Description:

Virtually anyone age 16 or older, regardless of prior experience or training, can become an ASIST-trained caregiver. Developed in 1983 and regularly updated to reflect improvements in knowledge and practice, ASIST is the world’s leading suicide intervention workshop. During the two-day interactive session, participants learn to intervene and help prevent the immediate risk of suicide. Over 1,000,000 people have taken the workshop, and studies have proven that the ASIST method helps reduce suicidal feelings for those at risk.

Workshop features:

• Presentations and guidance from two LivingWorks registered trainers
• A scientifically proven intervention model
• Powerful audiovisual learning aids
• Group discussions
• Skills practice and development
• A balance of challenge and safety

ASIST has saved and changed hundreds of thousands of lives around the world.

https://www.livingworks.net/programs/asist/

More core workshops coming soon!

Watch this space for updates on our new core workshops, including MHW Online!

Audience:

General audiences, mixed audiences, employees, employers.

Length:

1 Hour

General Description:

This presentation features the third module of our Core workshop as an condensed standalone presentation. It provides a high-level overview of how stress impacts work. It takes a particular focus on anxiety in the workplace and guides participants through a method of addressing it. By the end of this session, participants will:

• Be exposed to an accessible and evidence based introduction to stress and anxiety.
• Begin to see stress and anxiety in terms of balance and barriers.
• Start to understand how to talk openly about anxiety.

Audience:

General audiences, mixed audiences, employees, employers.

Length:

1 Hour

General Description:

This presentation features the fourth module of our Core workshop as a standalone presentation. It is a high-level overview of psychological health and safety in the workplace. It takes a particular focus on a few psychosocial factors that impact mental health at work, the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety, and an introduction to accommodation and return to work involving mental health.

By the end of this session, participants will:

• Be aware of what the Standard is and what it contains
• Have a high level overview of the 13 psychosocial factors that impact psychological health and safety
• Know where to look for additional supports and resources on implementing the Standard

Audience:

General audiences, mixed audiences, employees, employers

Length:

1 Hour

General Description:

This presentation features the second module of our Core workshop as a condensed standalone presentation. It is a high-level overview of how mood impacts work. It takes a particular focus on depression in the workplace and guides participants through a method of addressing it.

By the end of this session, participants will:

• Be exposed to an accessible and evidence based introduction to mood and depression.
• Begin to see mood and depression in terms of balance and barriers.
• Start to understand how to talk openly about depression