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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Personal Trainer's Toolkit: Mental Health First Aid for Fitness Trainers
This online Short Course provided an overview of mental health issues and outlined the first response when encountering a person with a mental health problem, or experiencing a traumatic event or crisis. The course outlined appropriate strategies for the first responder to use in managing the situation until professional help is available.
2 weeks, 2 hours per week
Sonya Barber
Teacher, Fitness, Sport and Recreation.
Central Queensland University
Ashlee Battersby
Teacher, Fitness, Sport and Recreation.
Central Queensland University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain the incidence and causes of mental health conditions in Australia.
- Describe the appropriate response strategies recommended as a first responder when managing a person in crisis.
- Explain methods of managing the person once a crisis has desescalated.
- Discuss why professional help is recommended and list referral pathways in Australia.
Syllabus
- Overview of Mental Health Disorders
- Client Management with Mental Health Disorders
- Mental Health Misconceptions
- Referrals, Pre-screening and Mental Illness
- IDEAS Framework
- De-Escalation
- Legal and Ethical Considerations
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Issued on 4th April 2022
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