Mental Health First Aid Training

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) courses teach participants how to assist people who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves.

Standard Mental Health First Aid

Suitable for adults in workplaces, schools, and community settings to support other adults
12-hour course available via face-to face, blended face-to face, and online delivery modes.

You will learn how to assist an adult who may be experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves, using a practical, evidence-based action plan.

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Youth Mental Health First Aid

Suitable for school staff, support workers, parents, and other adults to support young people 14-hour course available via face-to face, blended face-to face, and online delivery modes.

With a focus on improved mental health literacy and early intervention, Youth MHFA is for adults who work, live or care for adolescents such as teachers, school support staff, parents, sports coaches, community group leaders and youth workers.

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Teen Mental Health First Aid

Adolescence is a time of important change and development. It is also the time when mental health problems can first emerge.

During high school years, mental health problems are among the leading courses of falling grades, problems with friends, and relationships, substance use or abuse and they can have lifelong impact.

Suitable for adolescents in Years 7-9 and 10-12 to provide peer-to-peer support 3.5-hour course available via a face-to face delivery mode.

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Non-Suicidal Self-Injury

The 4-hour Mental Health First Aid Conversations about Non-Suicidal Self-Injury course is for any interested adult.

You will learn how to assist a person who is engaging in self-injury.

This course is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of people with lived experience of mental health problems and professionals.

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Conversations About Suicide (4-5hr Workshop)

The Mental Health First Aid Conversations About Suicide course will teach you how to identify, approach and support someone who is experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviours using a practical, evidence based Action Plan.

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"Having Jason share his lived experience really made it easy to relate to the course content."

"Jason you are truly inspirational and I have great respect for you helping people understand mental illness and how to assist through your own life experience."

“The instructor for this course was great. Very respectful for others in the course too. I would recommend this instructor to others if they wish to complete the course. The instructor was very clear and engaging with everyone.”