Date/Time:

15/08/2025 - 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Event Categories:

• Inclusive Education
• Professional Learning
• Wellbeing

Description:

Being able to notice, respond and support students with mental health issues is a critical skill for educators today. This blended Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) training will teach you the critical skills you need to help an adolescent you are concerned about. 

Designed for: Heads of Schools, Secondary Teachers and Wellbeing Leaders.

Your commitment: 7 contact hours plus prior online component.

AITSL Professional Standards for Teachers: Focus areas 1.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.1 and 7.4

Delivery mode: 1 x face-to-face workshop plus prior online component.

Presented by: Vincent Riviere, Mental Health Specialist.

Price: $210.00 per person (GST inclusive).

Date: 15 August 2025, 9:00am-4:00pm.

Location: AISSA, 128 Greenhill Road, Unley SA 5061.

Registration closes: 8 August 2025 at 5.00pm.

Program Overview: Mental Health First Aid is early intervention for mental health problems. It teaches people to recognise the signs and symptoms, which suggest a potential mental health problem and how to refer appropriately. This course teaches specific categories of mental ill-health such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, substance misuse, psychosis and how to deal with crises in young people.

It includes how to recognise and assist an adolescent who may be experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves, using a practical, evidence-based action plan.

Vincent Riviere will partner with the AISSA to lead this work. Vincent has worked in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Wellbeing field for the past 18 years, including in a variety of acute clinical settings which include non-government, government, juvenile justice, health, employment assistance programs and both secondary and primary school sectors. Vincent is also an accredited Principal Master Mental Health First Aid facilitator and an industry lecturer within the space of Youth Work, Mental Health, Child and Family Intervention and Community Services. He also works with corporate teams, school leadership, staff and school wellbeing teams within consultancy to support best practice in terms of support, processes, procedures, referral and treatment of students, families and staff suffering from Mental Health difficulties. 

Enquiries: please contact Rae Dawkins.

Terms and Conditions: Registration for this event will incur the fee detailed above. This fee will be invoiced after the event and is payable unless written notice of cancellation is received seven or more days prior to the event.  See the AISSA’s Professional Learning Terms and Conditions for the full registration terms and conditions including the cancellation policy.