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Zoe7Senior Contributor
@Former-Member There are a range of courses available - from Workplaces to Youth Mental Health courses for Teachers and Leaders. I am supposed to be doing this last one (depending on how I am doing!).
There are both face-to-face and blended courses you can do.
More info for you - go to https://mhfa.com.au/
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Zoe7Senior Contributor
I know the Teacher course is small (max 25 participants) and runs for 2 full days. There is a calendar of courses around the country on the website (if I remember correctly up to about the middle of 2018 so far) so you can check out what is close to you and when it is offered @Former-Member.
I am pretty sure I won't be able to do all of the two days - I can barely get through 2 days on the couch lol - but should be worth doing what I can and then maybe the whole course at a later date!
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DeterminedSenior Contributor
I did this course a couple of years ago @Former-Member through the university I attend, it was well worth it. I dont think the course they replaced it with (at this uni) is nearly as good.
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Ma60Senior Contributor
I did the course a few years ago it was very enlightening. There was a diverse group of participants ranging from lived experience to little understanding of mental health. The course was conducted over two days. One of the best short courses in any field I have done.
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PeppiPattySenior Contributor
Hi @Ma60 @Former-Member @Determined @Zoe7
How are you all tonight ?
What a great thread.....It's about three weeks old but the context is something that we sll should be thinking about: just like @Former-Member.
I did the Mental Health First Aid about 5 years ago I think.....about that. It is geat because it covers things like
1. self medicating
2. need for medication.
I ca'nt remember anything else....does anyone know anymore?
PeppiPatty
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RoryJoshuaCasual Contributor
I did the course a years ago it was very inspiring. Really good stuff and materials.Now i really read some education platform, this for example https://truowl.com/. After different works and sport training i read that. I think it is good addition to the course.
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AlfredCasual Contributor
I hope it's OK to post on such an old thread but, I recently completed the "Mental First Aid Course" and I feel it might be useful for some Carers.
My wife & I have spent over a decade of dealing with a "twenty-something" year old child who has severe mental health issues which unfortunately had a negative impact on our other child too.
During that time, I have spoken to professionals, read books & posted questions on this forum. In spite of our efforts and having the best of intentions, we have sometimes learnt what doesn’t work by making big mistakes.
Nothing that I had read or been told has been quite as practical as this two day course. In particular I feel I have a now have techniques to deescalate the anger without directly disagreeing with the maladaptive beliefs behind it.
The book they provide is about 180 pages and is a bit repetitive, but I'm keeping it on my nightstand for reference.
If you are interested, here is a link to their site.
https://mhfa.com.au
Alfie
P.S. No... I'm not a shill for these guys 🙂
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