How much will it cost me?
£205 per person (RRP £325)
Format
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This is an online course delivered through the MHFA England Online Learning Hub
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Learning takes place through four live training sessions spread across one to two weeks, with self-learning activities in between. See course structure section below for more detail
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Each session is built around a Youth Mental Health First Aid action plan
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We limit numbers to 16 people per course so that the instructor can keep people safe and supported while they learn
Everyone who completes this course gets:
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A certificate of attendance to say you are a Youth MHFAider®
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A Youth MHFAider® manual to refer to whenever you need it
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A workbook including some helpful tools to support your own mental health
Session One – Introduction
Individual learning (1 hour 15 minutes):
- Introduction to the Online Youth Mental Health First Aid course and the Online Learning Hub
- Activity 1: Why Youth Mental Health First Aid?
- Activity 2: What is ALGEE?
- Activity 3: What is mental health?
- Activity 4: Mental health and stigma
- Activity 5: Mental health quiz: Impact of mental health
- Activity 6: Risk and protective factors for mental health
- Activity 7: The Stress Container
Live session (2 hours 35 minutes):
- Introduction to the course
- Outline of live session 1, the value of Youth Mental Health First Aid
- Introduce ALGEE
- Recap what mental health is
- Recap the Mental Health Continuum
- Stigma
- Recap why Youth Mental Health First Aid is important
- Recap risk and protective factors
- The Stress Container
- The Frame of Reference
Session Two
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Individual learning (1 hour 15 minutes):
- Activity 8: Your Stress Container
- Activity 9: Your Frame of Reference
- Activity 10: What is depression?
- Activity 11: What is anxiety?
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Live session (2 hours 10 minutes):
- Introduction to live session 2
- Recap of homework after live session 1
- Recap depression
- Signs and symptoms of depression in a young person
- Recap anxiety
- Signs and symptoms of anxiety in a young person
- ALGEE for depression and anxiety in a young person
- ALGEE for depression and anxiety, action 1
- ALGEE for depression and anxiety, action 2-5
- Self-care and close
Session Three
- Individual learning (1 hour 20 minutes)
- Activity 12: Adolescent brain development
- Activity 13: About suicide
- Activity 14: Suicide risk factors
- Activity 15: What is psychosis?
- Activity 16: Lived experience of psychosis
- Activity 17: ALGEE for psychosis
- Live session (2 hours 5 minutes)
- Introduction to live session 3
- Recap suicide
- Explore the impact of suicidal feelings
- ALGEE for suicidal crisis
- Practice non-judgemental listening skills
- Recap psychosis
- Recap warning signs and symptoms of psychosis
- Recap ALGEE for psychosis
Session Four
- Individual learning (1 hour 35 minutes)
- Activity 18: What is self-harm?
- Activity 19: What are eating disorders?
- Activity 20: Resilience
- Workbook activity 7: My action plan for using Youth Mental Health First Aid (completed after live session)
- Live session (2 hours 25 minutes)
- Introduction to live session 4
- Recap self-harm, the self-harm continuum
- Warning signs of self-harm in young people
- ALGEE for self-harm
- Recap eating disorders
- ALGEE for eating disorders
- Applying MHFA to family and carers; the Recovery Tree
- Evaluation forms and close