MHFA refresher online workshop with Gary Walker

Refresher courses allow people who have previously completed a 12-hour Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Aotearoa course to refresh their knowledge and skills.

This provides an opportunity to extend their MHFA accreditation for a further three years.

The content of each refresher course is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of professionals and people with lived experience of mental health challenges.

Refresher courses are available for:

• Standard MHFA
• Workplace MHFA

Why attend a Mental Health First Aid course?

• Evaluations consistently show that Mental Health First Aid training improves understanding of the mental health challenges people experience, their options for treatments and helpful first aid strategies.
• Participants report increased confidence in their ability to offer Mental Health First Aid which enables early access to help.
• The training also decreases stigma and discrimination that many people with mental health and addiction challenges experience.

What you will learn:

• Gain an understanding of the local research in the mental health field.
• Learn the three key actions to help someone who is feeling suicidal.
• Work through complex mental health first aid interactions.
• Practice mental health first aid skills.