Course Description

The Working Mind First Responders course is an education-based program designed to address and promote mental health and reduce the stigma of mental illness in a first responder setting.

Participants are provided with valuable information, skills, tools and resources specific to:

• stigma and barriers to care
• healthy coping strategies
• mental toughness; and
• The Mental Health Continuum Model, a self-assessment tool with indicators of positive, poor, and declining mental health. (Example of the Continuum Model featured below)

Capacity: Min. 8 / Max. 25

Contact Hours: 4

Learner Outcomes

• Discuss stigma and barriers to care
• Understand the deployment of healthy coping strategies
• Define mental toughness and discuss its indicators
• Explore the Mental Health Continuum Model