Evaluate the impact of EARLY INTERVENTION on mental health challenges.  Apply the appropriate steps of the MHFA Action Plan (ALGEE) to a scenario:  Where a person SHOWS EARLY SIGNS of a mental health challenge.  Where a person SHOWS WORSENING SIGNS of a mental health challenge.  Where a person shows signs of a mental health CRISIS.  Choose appropriate methods for SELF-CARE following the application of Mental Health First Aid.

Learning objective #1: Upon the conclusion of this session, the attendees will be able to dissect the word stress from a personal, rather than global, perspective. An important step in taking our power back from stress is having a grasp on what the word really means. We’re bombarded with statistics on stress, but almost all studies come from self-report measures. Could it be that we’re all conditioned to say we’re stressed? The word itself is ambiguous and global. Participants will learn to dissect the word personally as opposed to what the media says. Learning objective #2: Upon the conclusion of this session, the attendees will be able to analyze previously unknown pressures to live stressed-out lives. People join The Stress Club when they bond over stress with their friends & co-workers. Since we are inundated with societal messages about stress, then it must be the norm right? So if I’m not stressed, I am at risk for being an outsider, labeled as irresponsible. Participants will examine real conversations and analyze why their talk keeps them bound to stress. Learning objective #3: Upon the conclusion of this session, the attendees will be able to construct the foundation for a life-long stress elimination plan. We’ve all heard the phrase something’s got to give! But then nothing does. Why don’t we rest? Why don’t we take time to enjoy life? By this point in the session, participants understand that the word stress takes their power away and that there are pressures that keep them bound to stress. During this portion of the session I’ll present a foundation to take power back forever based on 3 missing pieces of the stress puzzle: 1) Deciding on a different identity, 2) Making different conversational choices, and 3) Truly making and using a self-care list.