Mental Health First Aid workshop
Mental Health First Aid: Adults Who Interact with Youth
A workshop for MSC and CMU students offered by the Canadian Mental Health Assocation
This 2-day training course was developed to help people provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The course is a skills workshop with a focus on mental health first aid skills and can be taken for credit as CRS-2111(1.5).
Students taking CRS-3332(3) Trauma & Violence are strongly encouraged to enrol in this workshop.
We believe that mental health crisis, such as suicidal and self-harming actions, may be prevented through early intervention. Learn to take first aid action that may reduce this type of harm.
When: February 7 & 8, 2015
Check-in: 8:30am each day
Course: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Where: 2MS12, Menno Simons College, 520 Portage Avenue
Registration deadline: December 20, 2014
Cost: $110/person
For registration information: email Gina Loewen at g.loewen
This is a limited enrolment course.
Faculty: In Their Own Words
Karen Ridd, Teaching Associate Professor, Conflict Resolution Studies
Dr. Jonathan Sears, Associate Professor of International Development Studies
Dr. Jodi Dueck-Read, Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution Studies
Dr. Jerry Buckland, Professor of International Development Studies
