Training and Workshops

Thank you to members of our campus community who participated in the Mental Wellness Sessions offered during the Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 terms.  We hope you enjoyed them!

Please watch for more sessions coming in the Fall 2023 and Winter 2024.

Have a great summer!

The Working Mind Objectives:

• Reduce the stigma around mental illness
• Promote your organization’s mental health
• Transform the way participants think and talk about mental health and mental illness
• Help participants identify poor mental health in themselves and others
• Give participants for coping skills to manage stress and poor mental health
• Review mental health rights and responsibilities
• Create a more supportive work environment

The Working Mind course offers easily applied scenario-based lessons, videos that feature people with lived experience of mental illness, reference guides, and practical handouts.

TWM for employees offers practical knowledge to increase participants’ overall comfort level with mental illness. On completing the course, employees will be able to:

• understand mental health and mental illness
• recognize its signs and indicators, in themselves and others
• reduce stigma and negative attitudes toward people with mental health problems
• support colleagues with mental health problems
• maintain their own mental health and improve their resilience.

Modules:

1. Mental health and mental illness in the workplace
2. Stigma and discrimination in the workplace
3. The Mental Health Continuum Model
4. Self-care
5. Creating a supportive workplace
6. Practical application