Youth Mental Health First Aid (21 & 22 October 2024)

Name: Youth Mental Health First Aid (21 & 22 October 2024)
Start: 2024-10-21T09:00:00+08:00
End: 2024-10-22T16:00:00+08:00
Location: WA Centre for Rural Health

Schedule

Mon Oct 21 2024 at 09:00 am to Tue Oct 22 2024 at 04:00 pm

UTC+08:00

Location

WA Centre for Rural Health | Geraldton, WA

Date: Monday 21 & Tuesday 22 October 2024 (2-day training)
Venue: WA Centre for Rural Health, 167 Fitzgerald St, Geraldton.
Cost: $150 (Includes manual and catering)
Time: 9am to 4pm on both days (14 hours)
Registration: [email protected] or 9956 0200 (no later than one week prior to event).
Who should attend -
The YMHFA course teaches adults who have frequent contact with adolescents, such as parents, guardians, school staff, sport coaches and youth workers, how to assist adolescents who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis.
What you will learn -
Participants will learn about adolescent development and the signs and symptoms of mental health problems, how and where to get help and what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective.
Course Information -
• 14-hour Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) course
• Course topics cover: developing mental health problems, depression, anxiety problems, psychosis, eating disorders and substance use problems, as well as suicide and other mental health crises.
• Participants receive a copy of the Youth MHFA manual
• Participants are eligible to become an accredited Mental Health First Aider.
About the facilitator -
This workshop is facilitated by WACRH’s Mental Health Academic Chantal Crinquand, who comes from a mental health nursing and counselling background. Chantal has extensive experience in facilitating mental health workshops.