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This series of videos, presentation slides and supporting materials can help trainers, team leaders, manager or others to pave the way for discussions and action aimed at developing a psychologically healthy and safe workplace. The 13 psychological workplace factors have been identified, through a large body of research, as the main areas of concern related to psychological health and safety in the workplace, offered through WSMH. (1-2 hours per module)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural

Audience: Management and Staff

Cost: Free

2021-09-10T14:16:31+00:00Online, Online Training, Training, Workplace Wellness, Workplace Wellness Online Training|

Being a Mindful Employee: An Orientation to Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace

This free online training program offered by CCOHS is about psychological health and safety in the workplace. The goal is to help an employer understand the 13 psychosocial workplace factors from the National Standard of Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace and what you can do to help yourself and others in the workplace. (75 minutes)

Competency: Knowledge

Audience:  Staff

Cost: Free

2021-09-10T16:06:36+00:00Online, Online Training, Training, Workplace Wellness, Workplace Wellness Online Training|

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

This website offers a Mental Health E-course package. This package of E-courses is intended to help employers understand mental health issues in the workplace. Modules include: Mental Health Awareness; Health and Wellness; Signs, Symptoms and Solutions; Psychologically Healthy Workplaces; Communication

Competency: Knowledge

Audience: Management and Staff

Cost: $169

2021-09-10T16:06:54+00:00Online, Online Training, Training, Workplace Wellness, Workplace Wellness Online Training|

Gender Based Analysis Plus. GBA+

SWC has an analytical process used to assess how diverse groups of women, men and non-binary people may experience policies, programs and initiatives. It acknowledges the need to go beyond biological (sex) and socio-cultural (gender) differences and considers many other identity factors,like race, ethnicity, religion, age, and mental or physical disability. (2 hrs.)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural

Audience: Management and Staff

Cost: Free

2021-09-10T16:07:07+00:00Online, Online Training, Training, Workplace Wellness, Workplace Wellness Online Training|

Working Through It

This can be used in workplaces: 1) As a private resource for individuals who may be struggling with health, personal, financial or workplace issues, and are looking for practical strategies and inspirational stories to help them cope. In this section you can learn how to share this opportunity with those who may benefit. 2) To provide awareness education for supervisors, managers, union stewards or other leaders whose responsibilities include supporting or managing employees who may have mental health issues. From WSMH (duration not specified)

Competency: Knowledge

Audience: Management and Staff

Cost: Free

2021-09-10T16:07:27+00:00Online, Online Training, Training, Workplace Wellness, Workplace Wellness Online Training|

Certified Psychological Health and Safety Advisor

This ground-breaking certification training program is for individuals and consultants who want to help organizations improve psychological health and safety in their workplaces or implement the National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (the Standard). (2 day)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural, Activating

Audience: Management (large organizations)

Cost: $1500

2021-09-10T16:08:19+00:00In-Person, In-Person Training, Training, Workplace Wellness, Workplace Wellness In-Person Training|

Mental Health Works

Mental Health Works provides capacity building workshops on workplace mental health to both employers and employees. Their approach is person centred, evidence based, and solutions focused. They meet the needs of workplaces for mental health training in three essential areas. Core Workshop (1 day)- provides participants an in depth understanding of mental health and mental illness. It is made up of four modules: Mental Health at Work, Mood and Depression, Stress and Anxiety, and Psychological Health and Safety. Focus (1/2 day); Essentials (1 hour)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural, Activating

Audience: Management and Staff

Cost: Not indicated

2021-09-10T16:08:28+00:00In-Person, In-Person Training, Training, Workplace Wellness, Workplace Wellness In-Person Training|

Developmental Pathways of Addiction and Mental Health

This AHS Mental Health and Addictions Learning Series offers a web-based interactive e-Learning curriculum designed to support healthcare providers to enhance their practice working with children, youth and their families experiencing addiction and mental health issues. The focus of these modules is to help health providers recognize and reduce significant stressors for vulnerable children and their parents, enhance their resilience, and increase their coping skills. In providing mental health support to children and youth the focus needs to shift toward health promotion and disease prevention, rather than just treating the impact of mental health disorders. (11 modules, 1.5-2 hours each)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural

Audience: Children / Youth

Cost: Free

2021-09-10T16:09:12+00:00Online, Online Training, Training, Trauma-Informed Care, Trauma-Informed Care Online Training|

CRI Trauma Informed Certification

Offered locally through ECDSS Community Resilience Initiative (CRI) course highlights CRI’s capacity-building framework for building resilience, that describes community’s learning and movement from theory to practice and how to implement evidence-based strategies into action. The training includes three groups of topics: the NEAR sciences, a cluster of emerging scientific findings in the fields of Neuroscience, Epigenetics, ACE Study, and Resilience; Brain States, the critical transition from Knowledge to Insight; and ROLES, CRI’s signature training on Recognize, Observe, Label, Elect and Solve, core strategies thattake us below the tip of the proverbial iceberg. (1 day)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural, Activating

Audience: All

Cost: TBA

2021-09-10T16:09:30+00:00In-Person, In-Person Training, Training, Trauma-Informed Care, Trauma-Informed Care In-Person Training|

Trauma Informed Care: Translating Trauma Informed Principles into Practice

This introductory training acknowledges the prevalence and significant impact of trauma in an individual’s life and aims to inform service providers how to apply a trauma-informed lens to their current practice. This workshop will define and describe the six main trauma-informed principles outlined in the literature and will focus on how to translate these principles into practice. (2 day)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural, Activating

Audience: All

Cost: $220

2021-09-10T16:09:46+00:00In-Person, In-Person Training, Training, Trauma-Informed Care, Trauma-Informed Care In-Person Training|

Question, Persuade, Refer Suicide Prevention Training (QPR)

Offered through the Question, Persuade, Refer Institute, this course teaches participants: How to Question, Persuade and Refer someone who may be suicidal; How to get help for yourself or learn more about preventing suicide; The common causes of suicidal behavior: The warning signs of suicide; How to get help for someone in crisis (1 hour)

Competency: Knowledge

Audience: All

Cost: $29 USD

2021-09-10T16:10:14+00:00Online, Online Training, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Prevention Online Training, Training|

Suicide Prevention, Risk Assessment and Management (SPRAM)

AHS Learning Series course introduces four (4) distinct character profiles, each depicting a pathway of care within a unique practice setting (i.e., mental health inpatient, corrections etc). Upon completion of the selected pathway, the learner will be provided with a Certificate of Participation (6 CME /CEU study credits). (7 modules)

Competency: Knowledge

Audience: All

Cost: Free

2021-09-10T16:10:27+00:00Online, Online Training, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Prevention Online Training, Training|

Suicide Intervention Training (Lethbridge Family Services)

The core of the training is the three-step RAP Model for intervention, which involves rapport building, assessing the individual, and planning for intervention. Focus on skills in active listening, conducting a standardized risk assessment, and developing safety plans with individuals at risk. Additional content on specific populations and community resources. (2-day)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural, Activating

Audience: ALL

Cost: Confirm cost with organization

2021-09-10T16:12:29+00:00In-Person, In-Person Training, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Prevention In-Person Training, Training|

Strategies for Living (Grande Prairie)

This is an interactive workshop offered by the Suicide Prevention Resource Centre in Grande Prairie, for people working with youth. This one-day workshop discusses biological risk factors, vulnerabilities, and understanding suicidal thoughts and behaviour in the adolescent population. (1-day)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural, Activating

Audience: Youth

Cost: $100

2021-09-10T16:12:42+00:00In-Person, In-Person Training, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Prevention In-Person Training, Training|

Walk With Me

Offered by the Centre for Suicide Prevention, this is intended for Indigenous caregivers working in Indigenous communities. This workshop draws heavily on Indigenous culture and tradition as it seeks to take participants through the cycle of suicide grief. Walk with Me takes the participants on a journey from the past, to the present and looks to the future; it creates a context for people to examine where they are in the grief cycle and how they can move forward to hope. (1-day)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural, Activating

Audience: Indigenous

Cost: $150

 

2021-09-10T16:12:52+00:00In-Person, In-Person Training, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Prevention In-Person Training, Training|

Little Cub

This Centre for Suicide Prevention workshop is a discussion-based workshop examining suicide prevention in Indigenous children and communities. The workshop draws heavily on storytelling and oral tradition. It begins by recognizing the unique precipitating factors of suicide in Indigenous communities and moves through to identifying risk and protective factors in children 12 years of age and younger. The workshop finishes by empowering participants with knowledge and tools to transfer the care of a child at risk of suicide to a community based resource person. ( 1 day)

It is recommended that participants of this workshop also attend the 2-day ASIST workshop for skills-based training.

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural, Activating

Audience: Indigenous / Children

Cost: $150

 

2021-09-10T16:13:00+00:00In-Person, In-Person Training, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Prevention In-Person Training, Training|

Tattered Teddies

An interactive knowledge-based workshop which examines warning signs in a child and explores intervention strategies through stories and case studies. Intervention approaches build on the skills taught in the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) as they apply to children. (half day)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural, Activating

Audience: Children / Youth

Cost: $100

 

2021-09-10T16:13:04+00:00In-Person, In-Person Training, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Prevention In-Person Training, Training|

Suicide to Hope

This workshop is designed for clinicians and caregivers working with those recently at risk of and currently safe from suicide. It provides tools to help these caregivers and persons with experiences of suicide work together to develop achievable and significant recovery and growth goals. The focus of this workshop is recovery and growth for persons recently at risk of and currently safe from suicide, including people who experience recurring thoughts and feelings of suicide. This workshop is owned by LivingWorks Education and is delivered in Alberta by Centre for Suicide Prevention. (1 day)

Competency: Knowledge, Activating, Behavioural

Audience: All

Cost: $195

 

2021-09-10T16:13:12+00:00In-Person, In-Person Training, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Prevention In-Person Training, Training|

safeTALK

This workshop emphasizes the importance of recognizing the signs, communicating with the person at risk and getting help or resources for the person at risk. It uses the Tell Ask Listen and KeepSafe model. This workshop is owned by LivingWorks Education and is delivered in Alberta by Centre for Suicide Prevention. (half day)

Competency: Knowledge, Activating, Behavioural

Audience: All

Cost: $95

 

2021-09-10T16:13:20+00:00In-Person, In-Person Training, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Prevention In-Person Training, Training|

Question, Persuade, Refer Suicide Prevention Training (QPR)

Delivered provincially through Imagine Institute for Learning, this Gatekeeper course is a half-day course aimed at building confidence in how to question, persuade and refer someone who may be suicidal. Participants will learn the warning signs for suicide and increase their knowledge around suicide. They will also increase their confidence in engaging in active listening, asking clarifying questions and making appropriate referrals.

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural, Activating

Audience: All

Cost: $45

 

2021-09-10T16:13:46+00:00In-Person, In-Person Training, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Prevention In-Person Training, Training|

ASIST Tune-Up Recertification

This refresher workshop is for people who hold a valid ASIST certificate. This workshop extends a person’s ASIST certification for a further two years and offers participants an opportunity to review the Pathway for Assisting Life Model, discuss successes and challenges in using the model, and clarify concepts covered within the model. This workshop is owned by LivingWorks Education and is delivered in Alberta by Centre for Suicide Prevention. (3.5 hours)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural, Activating

Audience: All

Cost: $100

 

2021-09-10T16:13:54+00:00In-Person, In-Person Training, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Prevention In-Person Training, Training|

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

Offered through the Centre for Suicide Prevention two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. Although ASIST is widely used by healthcare providers, participants don’t need any formal training to attend the workshop—anyone 18 or older can learn and use the ASIST model. (2 days)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural, Activating

Audience: All

Cost: $210

 

2021-09-10T16:14:02+00:00In-Person, In-Person Training, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Prevention In-Person Training, Training|

Healthy Minds Healthy Children

This AHS website contains current online and archived courses. Current issues in child and adolescent mental health intended for professionals in Alberta working with children and adolescents in the area of addiction and mental health.

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural

Audience: Children, Youth

Cost: Free- Must register online

 

2021-09-10T16:14:07+00:00Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Awareness Online Training, Online, Online Training, Training|

Developmental Pathways of Addiction and Mental Health

AHS Addiction and Mental Health Learning Series offers a web-based interactive e-Learning curriculum designed to support healthcare providers to enhance their practice working with children, youth and their families experiencing addiction and mental health issues. The focus of these modules is to help health providers recognize and reduce significant stressors for vulnerable children and their parents, enhance their resilience, and increase their coping skills. In providing mental health support to children and youth the focus needs to shift toward health promotion and disease prevention, rather than just  treating the impact of mental health disorders. (11 modules, 1.5-2 hours each)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural

Audience: General

Cost: Free

 

2021-09-10T16:14:13+00:00Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Awareness Online Training, Online, Online Training, Training|

Gender Based Analysis Plus (GBA+)

A Status of Women Canada course to assess how diverse groups of women, men and non-binary people may experience policies, programs and initiatives. It acknowledges the need to go  beyond biological (sex) and socio-cultural (gender) differences and considers many other identity factors, like race, ethnicity, religion, age, and mental or physical ability. (2 hours)

Competency: Knowledge

Audience: All

Cost: Free

 

2021-09-10T16:14:25+00:00Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Awareness Online Training, Online, Online Training, Training|

Circle of Courage

Starr Commonwealth offers this course which is a model of positive youth development based on the universal principle that to be emotionally healthy all youth need a sense of belonging, mastery, independence and generosity. This unique model integrates the cultural wisdom of tribal peoples, the practice wisdom of professional pioneers with troubled youth, and findings of modern youth development research. (6 hours)

Competency: Knowledge

Audience: Indigenous, Youth

Cost: Not specified

 

2021-09-10T16:14:31+00:00Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Awareness Online Training, Online, Online Training, Training|

Make the Connection

This course offered by the Psychology Foundation of Canada is effective in promoting positive parent-to-infant attachment and is a strong candidate for public health initiatives targeting parenting skills. 3 courses target different age groups: 0-1, 1-2, 2-3. (Duration not specified)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural, Activating

Audience: Children

Cost: Not indicated

 

2021-09-10T16:14:57+00:00In-Person, In-Person Training, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Awareness In-Person Training, Training|

Kids Have Stress Too!

Offered provincially through Imagine Institute for Learning, this Psychology Foundation of Canada program is designed to help the important people in children’s’ lives learn to promote resiliency by buffering the impact of stress, and building positive coping strategies to deal with life’s stressors. Two programs span from pre-school to grade 3. (1 day)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural, Activating

Audience: Children

Cost: $110

2021-09-10T16:15:10+00:00In-Person, In-Person Training, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Awareness In-Person Training, Training|

Mental Health First Aid First Nations

The MHCC offers this course through CMHA and is intended for First Nations however, is also recommended for anyone that works with First Nations. It is designed to provide an opportunity for First Nations participants and others who work with First Nations to learn and have serious conversations about mental health and wellness. Participants will reflect on their life experiences, acknowledge the historical context of the colonization of Canada and move forward to address and explore ways to restore balance on a journey to mental health and wellness. (20 hours)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural, Activating

Audience: Indigenous

Cost: Not indicated

 

2021-09-10T16:15:17+00:00In-Person, In-Person Training, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Awareness In-Person Training, Training|

Mental Health First Aid

The MHCC offers this course through CMHA which focuses on the four most common mental health disorders including substance related, mood related, anxiety and trauma related, and psychotic disorders. Participants who take this course are well prepared to interact confidently about mental health with their family, friends, communities, and workplaces. (2 day)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural, Activating

Audience: General

Cost: Not indicated

 

2021-09-10T16:15:24+00:00In-Person, In-Person Training, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Awareness In-Person Training, Training|

Principles of Prevention Training

The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) introduces users to the fundamental aspects of violence and violence prevention. This valuable training explains the key concepts of primary prevention, the CDC’s role and public health approach, and the use of the social ecological model for violence prevention. (5 modules, 90 minutes total)

Competency: Knowledge

Audience: All

Cost: Free

 

2021-09-10T16:15:30+00:00Brain Development Impact of Trauma, Brain Development Impact of Trauma Online Training, Online, Online Training, Training|

Developmental Pathways of Addiction and Mental Health

This AHS Mental Health and Addictions Learning Series offers a web- based interactive e-Learning curriculum designed to support healthcare providers to enhance their practice working with children, youth and their families experiencing addiction and mental health issues. The focus of these modules is to help health providers recognize and reduce significant stressors for vulnerable children and their parents, enhance their resilience, and increase their coping skills. In providing mental health support to children and youth the focus needs to shift toward health promotion and disease prevention, rather than just treating the impact of mental health disorders. (11 modules, 1.5-2 hours each)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural

Audience: General

Cost: Free

 

2021-09-10T16:17:50+00:00Brain Development Impact of Trauma, Brain Development Impact of Trauma Online Training, Online, Online Training, Training|

Brain Story Certification

The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative’s new course has been streamlined and is more concise, but continues to provide a deeper understanding of brain development and its connection to addiction and mental health. The course now includes a new bibliography, a new glossary, an improved navigation system, updated videos and reflective questions in each module. (20 hours in total)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural

Audience: All

Cost: Free

 

2021-09-10T16:17:53+00:00Brain Development Impact of Trauma, Brain Development Impact of Trauma Online Training, Online, Online Training, Training|

Circle of Security-Core Sensitivities

Circle of Security International offers this seminar which focuses on the correlation between core sensitivities and insecurity as described within attachment research; the intergenerational nature of each core sensitivity and how sub-sets of insecurity can be transmitted between parent and child; issues of vigilance within each core sensitivity regarding: autonomy, vulnerability, and/or intrusion Implications for treatment of parent/child dyads, teens, and adults; and the implications for all interpersonal relationships. (3 days)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural, Activating

Audience: General

Cost: Not indicated

 

2021-09-10T16:18:04+00:00Brain Development Impact of Trauma, Brain Development Impact of Trauma In-Person Training, In-Person, In-Person Training, Training|

N.E.A.R Sciences: Understanding the relationship between Neuroscience, Epigenetics, Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience.

Imagine Institute for Learning offers a full-day learning immersion which will introduce participants to the neuroscience and epigenetics of brain development, the impacts of ACEs on brain architecture and human development as well as the hope of resilience. (1-day)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural, Activating

Audience: All

Cost: $110

 

2021-09-10T16:18:28+00:00Brain Development Impact of Trauma, Brain Development Impact of Trauma In-Person Training, In-Person, In-Person Training, Training|

Prescription Drug Training for Youth and Adults

The Spirit of Healing offers 2 courses. The course for youth focuses on safe and unsafe use of prescription and over-the-counter medication and encourages using traditional and alternative ways to stay safe, healthy and balanced in all areas – mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually.

The adult course provides information on prescription drug use and misuse and includes traditional and complementary approaches for healing pain as well as ways to reduce harm to the individual, family and community. (15 hours each course)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural

Audience: Indigenous / Youth / Adult

Cost: Free after creating an account

 

2021-09-10T16:18:35+00:00Addiction and Substance Misuse, Addiction and Substance Misuse Online Training, Online, Online Training, Training|

PACES Provincial Addiction Curricula and Experiential Skills Training/Alberta Opioid Dependency Treatment Virtual Training

The focus of the Alberta ODT Virtual Training Program through AHS is to provide healthcare providers with the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes when providing care to patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). (7 modules, 25-35 minutes each)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural

Audience: General

Cost: Free

 

2021-09-10T16:18:37+00:00Addiction and Substance Misuse, Addiction and Substance Misuse Online Training, Online, Online Training, Training|

Harm Reduction Approach Overview

The State of New York Department of Health offers an introduction to basic philosophy and practices of HIV/STI/HCV harm reduction with regards to substance use and sexual risk behavior. The webinar provides an opportunity to reflect on your values and attitudes regarding harm reduction, as well as learn specific harm reduction strategies. (2 hours)

Competency: Knowledge

Audience: General

Cost: Not indicated

 

2021-09-10T16:18:49+00:00Addiction and Substance Misuse, Addiction and Substance Misuse Online Training, Online, Online Training, Training|

Developmental Pathways of Addiction and Mental Health

This AHS Mental Health and Addictions Learning Series offers a web- based interactive e-Learning curriculum designed to support healthcare providers to enhance their practice working with children, youth and their families experiencing addiction and mental health issues. The focus of these modules is to help health providers recognize and reduce significant stressors for vulnerable children and their parents, enhance their resilience, and increase their coping skills. In providing mental health support to children and youth the focus needs to shift toward health promotion and disease prevention, rather than just treating the impact of mental health disorders. (11 modules, 1.5-2 hours each)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural

Audience: General

Cost: Free

 

2021-09-10T16:18:55+00:00Addiction and Substance Misuse, Addiction and Substance Misuse Online Training, Online, Online Training, Training|

The Brain Story Certification

The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative’s new course has been streamlined and is more concise, but continues to provide a deeper understanding of brain development and its connection to addiction and mental health. The course now includes a new bibliography, a new glossary, an improved navigation system, updated videos and reflective questions in
each module. (20 hours in total)

Competency: Knowledge, Behavioural

Audience: General

Cost: Free

 

2021-09-10T16:19:00+00:00Addiction and Substance Misuse, Addiction and Substance Misuse Online Training, Online, Online Training, Training|

Land Acknowledgement

The Community Mental Health Action Plan respectfully acknowledges that we are located on traditional land known as amiskwacîwâskahikan (ᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ) on Treaty 6 territory and Metis Nation of Alberta Region 4. This land is home to many diverse Indigenous peoples including the Cree, Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Iroquois, Dene, Ojibway / Saulteaux / Anishinaabe, and Inuit who have lived, travelled, and cared for the land since time immemorial.

We are committed to reconciliation and upholding the City of Edmonton’s Indigenous Framework, honouring the cultures, histories, and languages of indigenous peoples in our community.

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