{"id":63267,"date":"2020-01-16T10:27:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T15:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=63267"},"modified":"2020-01-17T14:25:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T19:25:27","slug":"free-mental-health-training-available-to-brock-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2020\/01\/free-mental-health-training-available-to-brock-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Free mental health training available to Brock community"},"content":{"rendered":"

If someone expressed suicidal thoughts or other mental illness concerns, would you know what to do?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Three upcoming workshops at Brock Univeristy will address <\/span>common <\/span>mental health issues and provide student, faculty and staff participants with t<\/span>he t<\/span>ools and practice <\/span>needed <\/span>to safely help people in crisis.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jointly presented by <\/span>Brock Student Wellness and Accessibility Centre (SWAC) <\/span>and <\/span>Human Resources<\/span> through funding received from the Great West Life Mindful Campus Grant, the <\/span>free workshops <\/span>are strategically scheduled <\/span>to <\/span>kick off<\/span> the week of Bell Let\u2019s Talk, an annual initiative that raises awareness and funds in support of mental health.<\/span> Further offerings will take place throughout the year.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The workshops align with a mental health strategy developed by Human Resources through the Workplace Wellness Framework as well as with <\/span>a student mental health <\/span>strategy <\/span>developed by SWAC.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cT<\/span>he workshops help build a contemplative and mindful campus,\u201d said J<\/span>ulie Fennell, Health Promotion Educator for SWAC<\/span>. \u201c<\/span>Proper training will help students, faculty and staff support each other through mental health issues.<\/span> Taking care of your mental health is just as important as taking care of your physical health<\/span>.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Faculty and staff managers are invited to register for <\/span>The Working Mind manager training<\/span><\/a> set to take place Tuesday, Jan. 28 from 8:30 to 4:30 in PLZ 600F. The full-day course will provide leaders with the knowledge and skills needed to participate in effective dialogue with the people they manage, as well as strategies to support employees through the mental health continuum.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A similar half-day workshop for<\/span> employees <\/span>of managers who have already taken the course<\/span> will be offered in the coming <\/span>months.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOnce both the manager and their employees receive the training, they can collaboratively put into practice what they\u2019ve each learned,\u201d said Kathryn Walker, Manager, Health Management and Wellness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mental Health First Aid \u2014 Youth<\/span><\/a> is a two-day course open to anyone in the Brock community that will help increase participants\u2019 comfort and confidence in working with students and youth aged 12 to 24 experiencing mental health problems, such as anxiety, depression, deliberate self-harm and psychosis. Sessions run from 8:30 to 4:30 <\/span>on <\/span>Thursday, Jan. 30 and Friday, Jan. 31. Participants must attend both days to receive a certificate of completion.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough the training in focused on youth, much of what is taught can be applied to anyone,\u201d said Walker.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)<\/span><\/a> is also a two-day workshop taking place Thursday, Jan. 30 and Friday, Jan. 31 from 8:30 to 4:30. Instructors will teach participants how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, providing a skilled intervention and developing a safety plan to keep someone <\/span>alive.<\/span> Participants must complete both days of training to receive a <\/span>certificate<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fennell s<\/span>aid <\/span>that although many suicide training programs teach how to connect a suicidal person with someone qualified to help, ASIST will prepare participants to directly and immediately help people in crisis.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, when a person is suicidal, there isn\u2019t always someone available who can help,\u201d she sa<\/span>id<\/span>. \u201cIf you\u2019re only qualified to make a connection, but there isn\u2019t someone for the person to seek help from, you can\u2019t successfully help the person in crisis. ASIST offers a lot of group think, self-reflection and practice so that if the situation ever arises, participants will be comfortable helping people in crisis and keeping them safe.<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on these and other mental health training opportunities, contact Fennell at x5861<\/span> and <\/span>jfennell@brocku.ca<\/span><\/a> or Walker<\/span> at x6086 and <\/span>kwalker6@brocku.ca<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three upcoming workshops at Brock Univeristy will address common mental health issues and provide student, faculty and staff participants with the tools and practice needed to safely help people in crisis.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":63268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,4],"tags":[1489,159,8572,101,5899,5132,926,5056,8571,7419],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63267"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63363,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63267\/revisions\/63363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}