Mental Health First Aid - Certification Training

  • Thursday, January 14, 2027
  • Friday, January 15, 2027
  • 2 sessions
  • Thursday, January 14, 2027, 9:00 AM 4:00 PM (EST)
  • Friday, January 15, 2027, 9:00 AM 4:00 PM (EST)
  • 3280 Schmon Parkway, 2nd Floor Boardroom, Thorold, ON
  • 25

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Mental Health First Aid -  Certification Training

Mental Health First Aid: Certification a new addition to the training portfolio, provides participants with a robust program leading to a nationally recognized Mental Health First Aid certification valid for three years. Through the course, participants increase mental health awareness, build confidence to provide support, reduce stigma, and enhance their own mental well-being. The course is delivered in a two-day, scenario-based format.

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) provides the knowledge, skills, and attitudes for participants to recognize changes in mental health, respond supportively, and apply practical actions for declining mental health and crisis situations. It helps participants build confidence, reduce stigma, and enhance their own mental health.

Objectives

The MHFA course helps participants:

  • Increase their awareness of mental health
    • Distinguish between mental health, mental illness, and mental health conditions
    • Recognize indicators of mental health across the continuum (optimal, declining, poor)
  • Improve their confidence to provide help
    • Apply the ALGES framework in scenarios of declining mental health and crisis
    • Demonstrate empathy and effective listening skills in supportive interactions
    • Communicate non-judgmentally using verbal and non-verbal skills
    • Provide reassurance and appropriate information in supportive conversations
    • Explain recovery-oriented approaches to providing support
  • Decrease their mental health-related stigma
    • Recognize stigmatizing language and practice respectful alternatives
    • Reflect on personal attitudes and biases that contribute to stigma
    • Understand risks and limitations associated with diagnostic labeling
  • Enhance their mental health
    • Identify personal self-care strategies using the Three Pillars of Self-Care:
      • Reflective, Purposeful, and Boundaries
    • Recognize when self-care is needed as a Mental Health First Aiders and how to integrate it into daily life
    • Commit to intentional self-care actions to maintain personal well-being as a Mental Health First Aider


Event Details:

When: Wednesday, January 14 & Thursday, January 15, 2027

Time: 9:00am-4:00pm

Where: 3280 Schmon Parkway, 2nd Floor Boardroom, Thorold, ON 

Cost: $150


Note:

Sign up early to secure your spot! Registration deadline is Thursday, December 31, 2026.

For more information, contact Leah Jeffery at ljeffery@bethesdaservices.com