Training and Development Resources
Mental Health and Addictions prevention and promotion services provide support and consultation regarding resources, programs, and initiatives on substance use prevention, gambling prevention, mental health promotion, and mental illness prevention.
Services are available to individuals, families, communities, organizations and professional groups, and includes:
- Mental Health & Addictions Information
- Resource Development
- Access to Resources Awareness Workshops & Presentations
- Skills Development Workshops & Presentations
- Prevention Training
- Research & Project Consultation
- Funding Opportunities
For more information, email lgmentalhealth@lghealth.ca
Workshops and Training Programs:
This 2-day training course is for anyone aged 16 or older who wants to be able to provide suicide first aid. The ASIST model teaches effective intervention skills while helping to build suicide prevention networks in the community.
This 3-hour introductory workshop will highlight the most promising interventions and strategies for supporting people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
Topics include:
- Introduction to FASD
- Understanding challenges
- Working from a strengths perspective
- Effective strategies
This 1-day workshop provides basic information and awareness in the area of substance use and addiction.
*This workshop is a prerequisite for Review of Clinical Issues in Addictions and Youth and Drugs.
Topics include:
- Lived experience
- Recovery
- Stigma
- Drug trends
- Treatment
- Resources
- High risk groups
- Drug classifications
- Helpful caregiver attitudes
- Addictions and the family.
This 2-day training course was developed to help people provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health problem or is experiencing a mental health crisis.
This course trains people to provide mental health first aid to a person until appropriate professional help is received or until the crisis is resolved.
Topics include:
- Mood disorders
- Substance use disorder
- Suicidal behavior
- Reactions to traumatic events
- Anxiety disorders
- Psychosis
- Overdoses
- Psychotic episodes
- Panic attacks
This 2-day training course focuses on mental health problems and first aid for youth ages 12 to 24. The information in this course is meant for educational professionals, health care providers, parents and other adults in the identification of mental health problems and appropriate first aid intervention strategies.
Topics include:
- Mood disorders
- Substance use disorder
- Suicidal behavior
- Reactions to traumatic events
- Anxiety disorders
- Eating disorders
- Deliberate self-injury
- Psychosis
- Overdoses
- Psychotic episodes
- Panic attacks
This 1-day workshop provides an introduction to Motivational Interviewing (MI). Motivational Interviewing is a way of talking with people about change that was first developed for the field of addictions.
This approach has broadened and become a favored approach for use with a wide variety of populations in many different settings.
This 2-day workshop reviews clinical issues in addictions.
Topics include:
- Basic communication skills
- Basic assessment
- Relapse prevention
- Recovery process
- Initial interview with substance dependent individuals
- Motivational strategies
- Process of change
This 2-day workshop provides individuals working with youth enhanced knowledge and skills in the areas of identification, assessment and case management of young people experiencing problems as a result of substance use.
Topics include:
- Stages of use
- Basic assessment
- Goal setting
- Psycho-social development and tasks of adolescence
- Risk and protective factors
- Importance of motivation in working with youth
- Initial interview with substance dependent individuals.
Presentations:
In this 2.5-hour presentation you will learn what stigma is, mental illness vs. mental health, warning signs and how to help.
In this 2-hour presentation, participants will openly deal with the stigma around suicide and focus on the question, “should we talk about suicide?”
Topics include:
- How suicide is a serious community health problem that is often misunderstood
- How personal and community beliefs about suicide affect suicide stigma and safety
- How to get involved in life protection, preservation and promotion activities in the community
Mental Health & Addictions offers various presentations throughout the region. Some presentation topics include:
- Eating Disorders
- Mental Health in the Classroom
- Mood Disorders
- Opioids & Overdose
- Mental Health and Wellness
- Youth and Substance Abuse
- Cannabis
- Stress Management
- Mindfulness