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Training Provided

MHACA supports regular training in Mental Health First Aid, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), ASIST TuneUp, SafeTALK and Suicide Story. Annual training is also provided with acclaimed mental health consultant & trainer, Helen Glover. Details below -

Mental Health First Aid -
MHFA provides participants with information about the most common mental health problems, their symptoms and treatments. One in five people in any one year will experience a mental illness, and this 2-day course provides valuable information on how to help someone who may be developing a problem or in crisis, until professional help is available. More »
Suicide Prevention & Intervention Training -
Training is provided in ASIST - Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training - a 2-day workshop focusing on first aid for suicide; ASIST TuneUp - 1/2 day ASIST refresher; SafeTALK - 1/2 day presentation to increase suicide alertness; and Suicide Story - a 3-day indigenous specific training tool to help create suicide safer communties & families. More »

Recovery Principles Training with Helen Glover -
An international consultant, researcher, speaker, educator and person with a lived experience of mental illness, Helen Glover uses her professional and lived experience to expand and challenge the concepts of recovery within mental health service delivery. MHACA invites Helen to run workshops for participants, staff & the community, and each year we look forward to her visit. More »

Throughout the year, other training is organised in the form of workshops, talks and/or forums in conjunction with visiting speakers and as funding allows. See also Training & Promotions Program.
Training Attended - Conferences & Workshops