The Hope Alliance
Training & Consulting
Mental Health Awareness & Suicide Prevention
“Beautiful fake smile. All it takes is a beautiful fake smile to hide an injured soul and they will never notice how broken you really are.” – Robin Williams, died by suicide on August 11, 2014
Building Resilience within your team – strategies to support employees’ mental health and safety
Topics: Mental Health Support and Awareness, Crisis Prevention, Employee Engagement, Trauma-Informed Practices, and Stigma
Ideal for: Managers at All Levels, Business Owners, Senior Leadership, Human Resources Staff, and Wellness Teams
This interactive training shares how to effectively support your employees’ mental health and confront and break mental health stigma within your organization. Together, we merge the power of leadership and proven mental health strategies and tools to build resilience within teams, supporting the optimal mental health and success of each employee. Attendees will walk away equipped with effective strategies that will support employee mental health and safety.
Time: Varies
Adult Mental health first aid
Focus: Mental Health First Aid for Adults teaches people how to recognize signs of mental health or substance use challenges in adults ages 18 and older, how to offer and provide initial help, and how to guide a person toward appropriate care. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, psychosis and addictions
Ideal for: All Staff members, community individuals, and concerned citizens
This training addresses mental illnesses and addictions, including risk factors and warning signs. Participants will learn a 5-step action plan to help a person in crisis connect with professional, peer, social, and self-help care. This training can be taught from a general perspective or from one of the following designations: Rural Communities, Higher Education, Veterans, or Law Enforcement.
Time: 8 hours
Youth mental health first aid
Focus: Mental Health First Aid for Youth is designed to teach school staff, caregivers, teachers, parents, family members, peers, health and human service workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis.
Ideal for: Adults who regularly interact with young people.
This training addresses mental illnesses and addictions in young people, including risk factors and warning signs. Participants will learn a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including ADHD), and eating disorders.
Time: 8 hours
Suicide prevention gatekeeper training
Suicide prevention gatekeeper training seeks to develop individuals’ “…knowledge, attitudes and skills to identify (those) at risk, determine levels of risk, and make referrals when necessary” (Gould et al., 2003).
This training program is evidence-based and appropriate for training lay people on how to identify someone experiencing suicidal despair, to engage in compassionate conversation, and to connect to qualified mental health resources.
Time: 2 hours
Other services
We can tailor our programs to fit your needs. Just ask!
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