Adult MHFA Training Course (Online) – October 2023

Course Overview:

It is important to recognise that this course covers material which you may find emotionally triggering. Your self-care is important and your safety throughout is our priority.

Before the course, please consider identifying someone who could potentially support you during or after the course if you need it.

You will need to have your camera on during live sessions. There will be clear opt-out points for learners who do not feel comfortable taking part in a particular activity and guidance on how to contact the instructor during the session.

Session 1 (3hrs 30min)

1. Mental Health First Aid
2. The MHFAider® roleSelf-care
3. Introduction to ALGEE
4. What is mental health
5. Helpful and unhelpful language
6. Frame of Reference
7. The Stress Container
8. Film and discussion – MHFA conversation
9. Quiz

Session 2 (3hrs 45min)

1. What influences mental health?
2. The Mental Health Continuum
3. What is anxiety?
4. Crisis first aid for panic attacks
5. Film and discussion – MHFA conversation
6. Crisis first aid after a traumatic event
7. Active listening and empathy
8. What are eating disorders
9. What is self-harm?
10. Crisis first aid for self-harm
11. What Is Substance Misuse
12. MHFA conversation practice
13. Quiz

Session 3 (3hrs 45min)

1. Applying ALGEE to case studies
2. What is depression?
3. What is suicide?
4. Crisis first aid for suicide
5. What is psychosis?
6. Film and discussion – MHFA conversation
7. First aid for psychosis
8. MHFA conversation practice
9. Quiz

Session 4 (3hrs)

1. Recovery and lived experience
2. Applying ALGEE to case studies
3. Film and discussion – MHFA conversation
4. Boundaries in the MHFAider® role
5. Quiz
6. MHFA conversation
7. Moving forward in the MHFAider® role
8. My MHFA action plan