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Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health First Aid is the help provided to a person developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis.  Just like physical first aid is provided until medical treatment can be obtained, Mental Health First Aid is given until appropriate support is found or until the crisis is resolved.

We run public sessions of Mental Health First Aid, or you can contact us about bringing Mental Health First Aid to your community or workplace.

Why choose to take Mental Health First Aid through Canadian Mental Health Association Vancouver-Fraser?

Our Master Mental Health First Aid Trainers bring you the top quality training to you in a comfortable and safe training space.

How Mental Health First Aid Helps

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

Upcoming Courses

February 12 & 13, 2019 – Youth in Vancouver    Register

March 7 & 8, 2019 – Basic in New Westminster    Register

March 27 & 28 2019 –  Senior in Vancouver    Register

April 11 & 12, 2019 – Basic in Vancouver    Register

May 27 & 28, 2019 – Youth in New Westminster    Register

June 11 & 12, 2019 – Basic in Vancouver    Register

June 26 & 27 2019 –  Senior in New Westminster    Register

July 9 & 10, 2019 – Basic in Vancouver    Register

August 13 & 14, 2019 – Basic in Vancouver    Register

 

MHFA Basic

MHFA Basic is intended for adults interacting with adults (18 years and older). This courses 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.

MHFA Adults Who Interact with Youth

MHFA Adults who Interact with Youth is intended for an adult audience whose primary focus is youth (aged 14-25). In addition to the four most common disorders discussed in MHFA BASIC, this course includes instruction about eating disorders and deliberate self-injury. 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.

NEW!  MHFA Seniors

Canada has an aging population. As of July 1, 2015, there were more people aged 65 years and older in Canada than children under the age of 15 years. The likelihood of experiencing a mental health problem or illness in a given year increases as of age 69 and currently, men aged 80 and older have the highest suicide rates in Canada.

MHFA Seniors is an adaptation of the MHFA Basic course that is intended to increase the capacity of seniors, families (informal caregivers), friends, staff in care settings and communities to promote mental health in seniors, prevent mental illness and suicide wherever possible in seniors and intervene early when problems first emerge.

The course content and resource materials are based on best available evidence and practice guidelines and were developed in consultation with Canadian experts in the field of geriatric psychiatry. The curriculum was developed for the Mental Health Commission of Canada at Trillium Health Partners, a healthcare organizations which priorities seniors’ health and wellness.

To learn more about bringing Mental Health First Aid training to your community or workplace, please contact Tara Sudbury at 236-317-3349 or courses.vf@cmha.bc.ca.

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Resilient Minds

The Resilient Minds program engages and informs first responders in three crucial areas relevant to their work: trauma, mental health problems and building resiliency.
Resilient Minds is based on a 4R Action Toolkit to build skills needed to assist colleagues, family, or members of the public who may be struggling with a mental health problem or be in a crisis.

Program Outline

Resilient Minds is a 12-hour program in its entirety, however, each learning modules can be delivered in 2.5 hours. A brief description and learning objectives for each of the four modules are outlined below.

Learning Module One
Psychological Trauma – Awareness and Understanding

Fire staff will learn the definition of trauma, the various responses a healthy human may experience after a traumatic event, followed by assessment and intervention practices to mitigate the negative impacts of trauma and mental illness.

Objectives
• Build an understanding of psychological trauma and the impacts on personnel
• Learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of trauma
• Discuss Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Stress Disorder, and Cumulative Stress
• Encourage early response to psychological trauma
• Promote recovery after trauma

Learning Module Two
Psychological Trauma – Potential Risks and Strategies

Psychological trauma is explored further – through the application of the 4R Action Toolkit, fire staff will learn the importance of early recognition and early intervention to prevent a moderate to severe mental health problem from developing.

Objectives
• Provide an overview of assessment and intervention: The 4R Action Toolkit
• Understand the impacts of unresolved trauma
• Explore Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Discuss and review crisis intervention

Learning Module Three
Responding with Respect – Psychological Distress & Disorder

Fire staff will develop a basic understanding of mental illness and mental health, and will learn to apply the 4R Action Toolkit to effectively communicate and appropriately respond to a citizen, colleague, family member experiencing a mental health problem/crisis.

Objectives
• Increase understanding and recognize signs of psychological distress & disorder
• Develop effective communication skills to respond and support individuals
• Discuss appropriate and safe responses to challenging/violent situations
• Gain an understanding of resources

Learning Module Four
Managing Workplace Stress and Building Resiliency

Fire staff will explore the risk factors and impact of workplace/life stress and will learn to strengthen their resiliency by building valuable and helpful coping strategies.

Objectives
• Recognize negative impacts of work-life stress
• Discuss components of compassion fatigue
• Develop action toolkits to limit work-stress
• Build resilience and strengthen psychological health

 

The two delivery options are;

  • Train-the-trainer private delivery
  • Direct delivery

Click here for the program brochure.

Please contact Tara Sudbury for more information.

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Responding with Respect Programs

All Responding with Respect (RWR) programs apply the 4R Model © for safe and supportive communication

 

RWR Essentials for All Employees

Early recognition and intervention can mitigate the negative impacts of a mental health problem; employees are usually the first to notice a change in a colleague’s behavior but often don’t have the knowledge and skills to address it. Using the RWR 4R Model ©, participants will:

  • Challenge myths and stigma
  • Develop Respectful Responding skills
  • Learn the Mental Health Continuum
  • Apply new knowledge to custom case studies
  • Review common mental illnesses
  • Explore self awareness

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RWR Essentials for Managers

The Managers version includes Essentials for Employees and takes a deeper dive into the Response Module to include:

  • Your management approach applied to mental health in the workplace
  • Understanding the full cycle of accommodations
  • Building confidence around mental health discussions
  • Practicing with increasingly complex custom case studies

 

RWR On the Front Line – Level 1

Building on the service expertise of your front line staff and recognizing their role as Brand Ambassadors. In this training the RWR 4R Model © is applied to the customer/client relationship. Participants will:

  • Discover how to create a safe space
  • Review common mental illnesses
  • Develop Respectful Responding skills
  • Challenge myths and stigma
  • Apply new knowledge to custom case studies
  • Learn the Mental Health Continuum
  •  Explore self-awareness

RWR On the Front Line – Level 2

This training includes the RWR On the Front Line content and takes a deeper dive into mental health problems and their associated behaviours. Participants practice with custom, complex studies.

 

To learn more about bringing Responding With Respect training to your community or workplace, please contact Tara Sudbury at 236-317-3349 or courses.vf@cmha.bc.ca.

© 2018 by Canadian Mental Health Association, Vancouver-Fraser Branch.

Suicide Prevention Training

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Helping people at risk of suicide

Most people with thoughts of suicide don’t truly want to die, but are struggling with the pain in their lives. safeTALK and ASIST help people feel more comfortable asking employees, colleagues, clients, friends, or family about suicide.

safeTALK – Helping people at risk of suicide learn to:

• Identify people who may have thoughts of suicide,
• Ask them directly about the possibility of suicide, then
• Connect them to life-saving community support and resources.

Both professionals and members of the general public can benefit from this program.

 

ASIST – A two-day interactive workshop with suicide intervention and safety planning. Learn to:

•Recognize people at risk of suicide,
•Talk to them, hear their stories, and understand their situations,
•Help them keep safe and develop an effective personal safety plan, and
•Connect them to community support and resources

Widely used by both professionals and the general public, ASIST offers something to every participant, no matter how experienced.

 

To learn more about bringing Community Gatekeeper training to your community or workplace, please contact Tara Sudbury at 236-317-3349 or courses.vf@cmha.bc.ca.

 

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LivingWorks Community Gatekeeper training follows curriculum developed by LivingWorks Education. Funding provided by the BC Ministry of Health.