Education & Training Program
Ensure that consumers, family members and the general public have the most appropriate and current information available to them about mental health, mental illness and treatment/support options early on.
Educate the general public, other professionals and service providers and the business and corporate community in order to enhance wellness and prevention and reduce stigma.
May be the first point of contact for consumers in need of mental health services.
- Training in Crisis Intervention
- Training in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
- brochures, fact sheets and information packages
- public access to Internet services and information
- resource library
- Speaker's Bureau on Mental Health/Illness
- extensive directories of self-help groups
- workshops and presentations on various mental health issues
- volunteer recruitment and development
- informational displays, special events, conferences, Mental Health Week, etc.
