Teachers Professional Development
Mind Blank professional development programs provide mental health education based on prevention and early intervention training. We focus on skilling up teachers so they know what to do in a time of need.
Mind Blank will facilitate an online or face-to-face mental health workshop. Stories of lived experience are shared and professional actors and trained up health care workers host a resilience-building session using role play techniques to engage participants to learn new skills.
Participants will learn important pathways encouraging emotional and mental wellness within a school setting. Practical application of these skills has the potential to increase an individual’s chance of successful early intervention support for student health and wellbeing.
Each workshop is designed to draw the participants in to discussion around early intervention mental health topics. We have the below program packages that can be tailored to your school's needs.
Why Focus on Mental Health Training?
- Every 3 hours in Australia more than one person takes their life by way of suicide, and 15 more 12-17year olds make an attempt.
- Suicide is the leading cause of youth death in Australia aged 15 +.
- There is an increase in suicidal ideation in children as young as 6-12 years old.
- There are some First Nation communities where the population is at 4-8x higher risk of suicide than their non-indigenous peers.
How Can We Help?
Early Intervention Skill Building
- Training session length. 1.5 hour - 3 hour sessions.
- Tools and templates to support further understanding of early intervention mental health practice in the workplace.
- Clear definitions of the role of an accidental counsellor and checklist support to prevent first responders from falling into this role by chance.
Leaders & Managers Training
- Training session length. 1.5 hour - 3 hour sessions.
- Tools and templates to support further understanding of how best to support staff wellbeing.
- Checklist support to add staff wellbeing as a report measure to encourage a wellness culture.
- Video case study and workbook activities to continue to self-educate on how to proactively support mental health in your workforce.
Supporting an Overwhelmed Workforce
- Training session length. 1.5 hour - 3 hour sessions.
- Tools and templates to support resilience-building strategies.
- Checklist supports to assess their personal resilience strategies.
- Video case study and workbook activities to continue to self-educate how to understand the evidence behind the investment of early intervention strategies.
Cyberbullying Student Wellbeing Support
- Training session length. 1.5 hour - 3 hour sessions.
- Tools and templates to support further understanding of early intervention mental health practice in the workplace.
- Clear definitions of the role that teachers can play in promoting a safe online environment for students.
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