Mental Health First Aid
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Standard MHFA
Youth Mental Health First Aid
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Youth MHFA
teen Mental Health First Aid
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teen MHFA
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Tuning into teens
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Welcome to Empowered Existence. We specialise in educating adults and young people about mental health and how to empower young people to live their best life possible. With the increase of mental health issues, we realise the ever increasing value of prevention and early intervention in supporting young people from worsening mental health problems.
More work places and schools are starting to recognise the importance for education about mental health issues and crisis and how we can support one another. Thats why we offer Mental Health first aid for Young People, adults and teens. Empowered Existence is also offering the ‘Tuning into teens’ program for adults and carers of teenagers. All trainings can be delivered in your workplace or school and leave participants feeling more equiped and capable in supporting others around them and in their lives.
Read MoreMENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING
We can deliver the Youth, teen, & standard Mental Health First Aid courses throughout the year privately to any schools, agencies or community organisations within Victoria.With the skills and knowledge learnt through extensive study and training we can also offer bespoke training to any group or individual that may need support with parenting or supporting a young person with ongoing mental health issues.
With 15 years experience of running groups and tailored programs within schools we can develop and deliver a program to any year level to cover a wide range of emotional, social or mental health issues.
Why Mental Health Matters for Youth
1 in 5
One in five young people aged 13-18 live with a mental health conditiont
3.2M
3.2 million young people will have experienced mental health issues in the last 12 months
50%
Half of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14
Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA)
Mental illnesses often start in adolescence or early adulthood and it is important to detect problems early to ensure the young person is properly treated and supported.
The YMHFA course teaches adults who have frequent contact with adolescents, such as parents, guardians, school staff, sport coaches and youth workers, how to assist adolescents who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of a mental health problem, or in a mental health crisis.
Teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA)
The teen Mental Health First Aid courses is for high school students in year 7-9 and 10-12. Students will learn how to provide mental health first aid to their friends. This course is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of people with lived experience of mental health problems and professionals.
Tuning into Teens
Tuning into Teens is a six session program generally conducted over six weeks. The program is designed to support parents to help and teach their teenage children to control, understand and express their emotions in healthy and positive ways. TINT helps parents to recognise, understand and respond to their teens emotions, which in turn helps their teens manage their own emotions. Tuning into Teens offers a range of approaches and strategies grounded in the idea of emotional intelligence.
The Tuning into teens program can be tailored to meet the needs of an individual family with specific support and information to address your young persons exact needs. This can be run as four to six weekly sessions for the parent/s or carers to develop the skills and knowledge to reconnect with your young person and help them through one of their hardest stages of life. Please get in touch for more information on tailored one to one parenting support.
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What People Say
Gave me great insight into the young people’s situations and the effects of mental illness. I know have lots of empathy and understanding
Very pleased to have complete it. It had lots of useful information and I have a much greater understanding of youth mental illness and how to help
Fran made all of the material extremely relevant to the group of individuals she was training.Empowered Existence provided examples to make material engaging
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