Mental Health First Aid Canada Basic Course

Mental Health First Aid Canada Basic Course Certification:

Pre‐approved for 10 CEU

DATES

WINDSOR: JANUARY23-24, 2013

Instructor Profile:

ReneeDaudlin-Iacobellihasover20yearsofexperienceworkingwithinCaseManagement, VocationalRehabilitationandLabourMarketRe-EntryServices,providingservicesto theWSIB, HomewoodHumanSolutions,PrivateRehabilitation CompaniesandCanadianinsurance companies. ShehasextensiveexperienceinMentalHealth,VocationalandEmployment Counselling,TransferableSkillsAnalysis,VocationalRehabilitation, JobPlacement,and DisabilityManagementConsulting.ReneeholdsaMaster’sofEducationinAdultEducation, Undergraduate DegreeinSociologyandaPostDegreeDiplomainArtTherapyandhas completedtraininginLifeCarePlanningandProgressive GoalAttainmentProgram.Sheisa CanadianCertifiedRehabilitationCounsellor(CCRC),RegisteredRehabilitation Professional (RRP),aswellasaMastersCertifiedVocationalProfessional (MCVP)withtheCollegeof Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals (CVRP) and is a member of the Vocational RehabilitationAssociationofCanadaandCAVEWAS.

DESCRIPTION

WhatisMentalHealthFirstAidCanada?

OneinthreeCanadianswillexperienceamentalhealthproblematsomepointintheirlife.The earlieraproblemisdetectedandtreated,thebettertheoutcome.MentalHealthFirstAid Canadagivespeopletheskillstoprovidethatearlyhelpthatissoimportantinrecovery.

MentalHealthFirstAid(MHFA)isthehelpprovidedtoapersondevelopingamentalhealth problemorexperiencingamentalhealthcrisis.Justasphysicalfirstaidisadministeredtoan injuredpersonbeforemedicaltreatmentcanbeobtained,MHFAisgivenuntilappropriate treatmentisfoundoruntilthecrisisisresolved.

TheMHFACanadaprogramaimstoimprovementalhealthliteracy,andprovidetheskillsand knowledgetohelppeoplebettermanagepotentialordevelopingmentalhealthproblemsin themselves,afamilymember,afriendoracolleague.

Theprogramdoesnotteachpeoplehowtobetherapists.Itdoesteachpeoplehowto:

 Recognizethesignsandsymptomsofmentalhealthproblems.

 Provideinitialhelp.

 Guideapersontowardsappropriateprofessionalhelp.

MHFAsharesthesameoverallpurposeastraditionalfirstaid–tosavelives.Itaimsto:

 Preservelifewhereapersonmaybeadangertothemselvesorothers.

 Providehelptopreventthementalhealthproblemfromdevelopingintoamoreserious state.

 Promotetherecoveryofgoodmentalhealth.

 Providecomforttoapersonexperiencingamentalhealthproblem.

Thefollowingmentalhealthproblemsarecovered:

 Mooddisorders

 Anxietydisorders

 Psychosis

 SubstanceUseDisorder

Thefollowingmentalhealthcrisissituationsarecovered:

 Suicidalbehaviour

 Overdoses

 PanicAttacks

 Reactionstotraumaticevents

 Psychoticepisodes

COURSEOUTLINE

Session1: MentalHealthand MentalIllness

 MentalHealthFirstAid

 Commonmentalhealthproblems

 Thefivebasicstepsofmentalhealthfirstaid

 Whataresubstanceusedisorders?

 Symptomsandriskfactors

 Crisisfirstaidforoverdose

 Mentalhealthfirstaidforsubstanceusedisorders

 Treatmentandresources

Session2: MoodDisorders

 Whatisdepression?

 Symptomsofdepression

 Riskfactorsfordepression

 Whatisbipolardisorder?

 Symptomsofbipolardisorder

 Riskfactorsforbipolardisorder

 Alcohol,drugsanddepression

 SuicideinCanada

 Crisisfirstaidforsuicidalbehaviour

 Mentalhealthfirstaidformooddisorders

 Treatmentandresources

Session3:AnxietyDisorders

 Whatareanxietydisorders?

 Symptomsofanxietydisorders

 Riskfactorsforanxietydisorders

 Alcohol,drugsandanxietydisorders

 Crisisfirstaidforpanicattacks

 Crisisfirstaidforacutestressreaction

 Mentalhealthfirstaidforanxietydisorders

 Treatmentandresources

Session4:Psychosis

 Whatarepsychoticdisorders?

 Symptomsofpsychoticdisorders

 Riskfactorsforpsychosis

 Alcohol,drugsandpsychoticdisorders

 Crisisfirstaidforacutepsychosis

 Mentalhealthfirstaidforpsychosis

 Treatmentandresources

 Otherexpressionsofdistress