Youth Mental Health First Aid Training

What is mental health first aid: Mental health first aid is the help provided to a person who is developing a mental health problem, or who is in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional treatment is received or the crisis resolves.

What the course covers: The course teaches adults how to assist adolescents who are developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis. Participants will learn about the signs and symptoms of the common and disabling mental health problems in young people, where and how to get help when a young person is developing a mental illness and how to provide first aid in a crisis situation.

1. Developing mental illnesses covers: Depression II Anxiety problems II Psychosis II

Substance use problems II Eating disorders

2. Mental health crisis covers: Suicidal thoughts & non-suicidal self injury II Panic Attacks II

Traumatic events II Severe effects of drug or

alcohol use II Severe psychotic states

Special notes about the YMHFA course: Please note that this course is not a therapy or support

group, rather it is an education course.

About your YMHFA trainers Nick Teo (headspace Centre Manager)

* Bachelor of Occupational Therapy

* Masters in Inter-Professional Health and Social Care

Lawerance Belshaw (headspace Workforce Coordinator)

* Bachelor of Physical Education

* Diploma of Sports Management & Coaching

headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health under the Youth Mental Health Initiative

When:

2017 dates TBC

Where:

Delivered at a headspace Centre or at your preferred site

Cost:

2017 fees TBC

Catering:

Catering can be arranged at an additional cost

Course format:

- Either 2 full days (14 hours total) or - 4 x 3.5 hours sessions

More information about

YMHFA course:

Visit www.mhfa.com.au


headspace:

Visit www.headspace.org.au

To register your interest for

training in 2017:

Email Lawerance Belshaw at: [email protected]

Youth Mental Health First Aid

Training

headspace provides FREE-YOUTH FRIENDLY-CONFIDENTIAL EARLY INTERVENTION

COUNSELING SERVICES TO YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 12-25 YEARS AND THEIR

FAMILIES. To access headspace services call 1800 367 968 or walk-in to a centre

“The courses combination of evidence based theory and interactive activities has given me the confidence to offer practical mental health

support to young people without feeling like I’m out of my depths” (2016 headspace YMHFA training participant)

Are you a School Wellbeing Worker, Teacher, Allied

Health Provider, or Youth worker?

- Do you work with youth aged 12-17 years?

- Are you interested in being trained to deliver a

resilience and life skills program with a strong

evidence base?

Accredited My FRIENDS Youth program trainers from headspace Dandenong and headspace Narre Warren

will be delivering facilitator training throughout 2017.


When:

2017 dates TBC

Where:


Cost:

2017 fees TBC

Catering:


Course format:

- 5 hours of face to face training & pre-training readings

More Info about My FRIENDS

Youth program: Visit:

www.friendsprograms.com


headspace:



training in 2017:


My FRIENDS Youth Resilience

Program (Facilitator Training)




Programs aims:

The program is based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

principles aimed at assisting adolescents to:

- Build resilience and confidence

- Develop mindfulness and relaxation

- Explore thinking in positive ways

- Develop problem solving strategies

- Learn ways to deal with conflict

Once trained, ‘accredited facilitators’ can run the program in

both one on one or group settings over a 5 to 10 week time

frame depending on available time.

Are you a KidsMatter or MindMatters school/

service?

The my FRIENDS Youth program rates well on KidsMatter and

MindMatter schools/service program guide. You may consider

using the My FRIENDS program to meet component 2

requirements: ‘Social and emotional learning for students’ or

‘resilience skills for students’.

“I found the training very useful as it provided a clear program delivery outline, equipped with excellent facilitator notes and activity templates”

(2016 headspace My FRIENDS Youth training participant)


When:

2017 dates TBC

Where:


Cost:

2017 fees TBC

Catering:


Course format:

3 hour seminar

More Info about School Re-

fusal:

http://www.anxietyhouse.com.au/anxiety/school-refusal


headspace:



training in 2017:





Using an evidence based platform, the

presenters will enable participants to:

- Gain a better understanding of school

refusal behaviours

- Identifying school refusing behaviour

- Obtain strategies in responding to

school refusing behaviour

- How to access support through

headspace

About your presenters:

- Nick Teo (headspace Centre Manager)

Bachelor of Occupational Therapy

- Christina Molina (headspace Clinical Lead)

Mental Health Nurse

School refusal is a problem that is stressful

for children , families and school profes-

sionals. Failing to attend school has signifi-

cant short and long term effects on chil-

dren’s social, mental, emotional and educa-

tional development. “ (Wanda, P.F , Ameri-

can Family Physician , Vol 68,: 8, October ,

2003).

School Refusal

Professional Development Seminar

“Fantastic presenters with an excellent content knowledge base. The school refusal resource packs were also handy”

(2016 headspace School Refusal Seminar participant)

Documents

Youth Mental Health First Aid Training