Learning Opportunities

If you’ve taken a physical first aid course, you’ve learned the skills needed to help someone experiencing a sudden illness or injury. People can also experience a mental health crisis, and it is important that more Canadians know how to provide help in these situations too. Mental health problems often first develop during adolescence or early adulthood. This course will help you to better understand and support students who may experience the following: mood disorders, eating disorders, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, deliberate self-injury, and psychotic disorders. Mental Health First Aid is offered to someone with an emerging mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate treatment is found or the situation is resolved. Learn the skills needed to boost your confidence in supporting student mental health.

This learning opportunity is being offered through curriculum implementation funding from Alberta Education.