To register or request information on our Education sessions, please contact Carlye Higgins, Education and Training Lead at (902)466-6600 x 208 or education32@novascotia.cmha.ca
Mission: As the first step in a step-wise learning process, Nova Scotians will acquire generalized to core mental health knowledge, and the ability to develop powers of reasoning and judgement associated with a variety of mental health related topics through CMHA NS Division’s education programs.
Goal: Ensuring Quality Services through the provision of timely, evidence-based mental health promotion injury-disease (mental health and addictions) awareness, education, training, programs, and initiatives that enhance mental health and quality of life for all Nova Scotia through the development of mental health knowledge and foster critical thinking related to mental health prevention and promotion and an introduction of skills to improve mental health.
Learning Objectives: Using a facilitative interactive approach, our education sessions provide Nova Scotians with an opportunity to develop core knowledge of mental health prevention and recovery, and begin skill building in the following areas:
- Building on objectives under Awareness components
- Examine current self-awareness levels for deficits or areas of improvement
- Apply self-care techniques to their daily practice
- Employ stress management techniques to minimize distress
Outcomes: Nova Scotians will develop an understanding of the principles of mental health through skills to engage participants in the session
Mental Health in the Workplace (First step in our comprehensive workplace program)
A half-day long workshop that enables critical thinking of the issues surrounding mental health in the workplace, and provides the audience with an opportunity to examine current self-awareness levels, tangible skills and capacity relating to mental health promotion and injury disease prevention to deal with issues that arise in the workplace such as employing stress management, and self-care techniques. The audience will explore practices and solutions that will increase their capacity and knowledge around mental health issues and lead to a better mental health environment in the workplace.
Target Audience: Workplaces
Duration: Half day (3 hrs)
Cost: $600+HST (max. 25 participants)
Psychological First Aid (Optional part of our comprehensive workplace program)
Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an evidence-informed approach that can be used by both professionals and non-professionals to help children, adolescents, adults, and families during the aftermath of trauma. Anyone can offer PFA, a mental health background is not required to offer PFA. It is designed to reduce distress and aid short- and long-term functioning and coping. This interactive, activity-based program provides participants with an understanding of PFA principles, and helps build the capacity of helpers in acquiring skills to reduce the immediate distress in crisis situations through communication and de-escalation skills.
Target Audience: Adults (16+)
Duration: 2-3 hrs
Cost: $600+HST (max. 25 participants)
The video and workshop package prepares youth to reach out to get help for themselves and their peers to overcome suicidal feelings. Reviews from classroom and professional audiences are filled with praise for this powerful docu-drama. The DVD is supplemented with a curriculum guide and slide presentation of a Jeopardy game to help you custom-build a youth suicide prevention workshop around the video.
Target Audience: Youth aged 12-18
Duration: 30-40 minutes (21 min video; 13 min simulation)
Cost: Please Contact
suicideTALK (First step in our comprehensive suicide prevention program)
SuicideTALK invites all participants—regardless of prior training or experience—to become more aware of suicide prevention opportunities in their community. Dealing openly with the stigma around suicide, this exploration focuses upon the question “Should we talk about suicide?” By looking at this question in several different ways, session members can discover some of the beliefs and ideas about suicide in their communities—and in themselves. suicideTALK participants learn: How suicide is a serious community health problem that is often misunderstood; How personal and community beliefs about suicide affect suicide stigma and safety; How the steps taught in LivingWorks’ safeTALK program can be used to help prevent suicide; and How to get involved in life protection, preservation, and promotion activities in the community.
Target Audience: Adults/Youth (16+)
Duration: 90-120 minutes
Cost: $600+HST (max. 25 participants)
safeTALK (The second step of our comprehensive suicide prevention program)
safeTALK is a half-day alertness training that prepares anyone 15 or older, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide-alert helper. Most people with thoughts of suicide don’t truly want to die, but are struggling with the pain in their lives. Through their words and actions, they invite help to stay alive. safeTALK-trained helpers can recognize these invitations and act by connecting them with life-saving intervention resources, such as caregivers trained in ASIST. Over the course of their training, safeTALK participants will learn to: Notice and respond to situations where suicide thoughts might be present; Recognize that invitations for help are often overlooked; Move beyond the common tendency to miss, dismiss, and avoid suicide; Apply the TALK steps: Tell, Ask, Listen, and KeepSafe; and Know community resources and how to connect someone with thoughts of suicide to them.
Target Audience: Adults/Youth (16+)
Duration: 90-120 minutes
Cost: $600+HST (max. 25 participants)
Community Suicide Awareness (The third step in our comprehensive suicide prevention program)
The Community Suicide Awareness session is for individuals age 16 years and older that ranges from 1 – 2 hours in length. This interactive session provides participants with helpful information about mental health, tools & tips to make them more comfortable and confident when dealing with issues of suicide. Topics include facts and stats about suicide, warning signs, caring for self and others, and available resources and supports.
Target Audience: Adults/Youth (16+)
Duration: 90-120 minutes
Cost: $600+HST (max. 25 participants)
Stress & Coping
We all have stress. This workshop discusses the various forms of stress in our lives and looks at how stress and stressors impact us. The focus of Stress & Coping is on building and enhancing positive coping strategies to deal with stress to build resilience, and enhance participants overall mental health and well-being. Participants will learn about the spectrum of mental health, examine current self-awareness levels, and engage in self-care & stress management techniques through an interactive, facilitated session.
Target Audience: Adults (16+)
Duration: Half Day (3 hrs)
Cost: $600+HST (max. 25 participants)
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