CMHA of NB offers workshops for professionals, employers, education institutions, government offices, and the general public who work with or care for persons living with a mental illness. Please note there is a cost involved for these workshops. Follow the links below for course descriptions, dates and locations, and registration details (when applicable).
Engaging Employees in Mental Wellness Program Description This training is designed to provide leaders within a workplace environment with the necessary information and strategies to build positive mental health and well-being for all employees while effectively supporting individual employees with mental health concerns. Modules Exploring the Mental Health Continuum Mental Health & Illness in the […]Continue readingCo-Workers First
A nationally standardized workshop to reduce stigma and enhance understanding of mental health in the workplace. This workshop provides participants a holistic understanding of mental health and mental illness. It is made up of four modules, touching on awareness building, responding skills, and collaborative change. It discusses the social determinants of health, and how mental […]Continue readingMental Health Works
Changing Minds is an innovative, multi-use mental illness education program. It was created in order to address a community need for mental health education, stigma reduction and to promote a better understanding of mental health and mental illness. This powerful and engaging program will change your mind regarding people with mental illness, delivered by a […]Continue readingChanging Minds
What will you get from the training? Attitudes about suicide Effective suicide intervention techniques How to recognize and assess the risk of suicide Information about community resources The ASIST program emphasizes suicide first-aid and helping a person at risk stay safe and seek further help. This is a two day program, that trains attendees how to recognize […]Continue readingASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)
Developed by The Psychology Foundation of Canada, the KHST!®(Kids Have Stress, Too!), program has been developed to help parents, teachers, early childhood education practitioners and caregivers understand and promote effective social-emotional development and stress-management strategies with the children in their care. The program is grounded in the science of early childhood and brain development, and […]Continue readingKids Have Stress Too!