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MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (YOUTH)
Overview
This online course trains you as a Youth Mental Health First Aider, giving you:
  • An in-depth understanding of young people’s mental health and factors that affect wellbeing
  • Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues 
  • Confidence to reassure and support a young person in distress
  • Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening 
  • Knowledge to help a young person recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s through self-help sites, their place of learning, the NHS, or a mix – engaging with parents, carers and external agencies where appropriate
  • Ability to support a young person with a long term mental health issue or disability to thrive
  • Tools to look after your own mental wellbeing ​ 
​Cost
£300 per person.

Format
  • 4 x 1-1.35 hour sessions with self-learning activities in between, spread across one to two weeks
  • Delivered through the MHFA England Online Learning Hub
  • Learning takes place through a mix of presentations, group discussions and workshop activities
  • Each session is built around a Youth Mental Health First Aid action plan
  • Maximum of 16 people per course so that the instructor can keep people safe and supported while they learn​
Takeaways
Everyone who completes the course gets:
  • A certificate of attendance to say you are a Youth Mental Health First Aider
  • A Youth MHFA manual to refer to whenever you need it
  • A workbook including some helpful tools to support your own mental health
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Technical Requirements
For the best possible experience participants require:
  • A computer, laptop, MacBook or tablet with speakers, microphone, and video capabilities 
joining from a smartphone is not recommended
  • A stable high-speed internet connection
  • Private space where you can work uninterrupted
  • Access to zoom video conferencing (it is free to download)
  • Click here to review the system requirements for zoom
  • Click here to try out a zoom test meeting

Agenda

Session 1: 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 2: Depression, anxiety and self-care
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?
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 3: Suicide and psychosis
​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 4: Self-harm, recovery and action planning
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 hour, 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
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  • Mental Health First Aid
    • Mental Health First Aid (Adult)
    • Mental Health First Aid Champion (Adult)
    • Mental Health Aware (Adult)
    • Mental Health First Aid Refresher (Adult)
    • Mental Health First Aid (Youth)
  • Mindfulness
    • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
    • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
  • Hypnotherapy