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First Aid For Mental Health Course

What will I learn?

Improve your communication skills with our Mental Health First Aid Training. It's specially made for communication professionals so you can handle mental health problems well. You go learn how to see the signs of somebody dey struggle, understand different mental health problems, and learn how to calm things down when crisis happen. You go learn how to work with mental health doctors, find help for people in your community, and make safety plans. You go sharpen your listening skills, learn to show empathy, and understand how to use your body language to support people and make them trust you.

Apoia's Unique Features

Online courses available for life
Certificate issued in line with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online assistant available at all times
Select and arrange the chapters you wish to study
Set your preferred course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study anytime, no internet required

Develop skills

Enhance the development of the practical skills listed below

See when someone dey struggle: Learn to spot the early signs of mental health wahala.

Know who to send people to: Understand when and how to refer people to mental health professionals wey dey around.

Calm things down when crisis happen: Learn the correct way to calm people down and handle mental health problems.

Talk with empathy: Show say you understand and care about people when you dey work.

Plan for safety: Make proper safety plans with the people wey you dey help.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can modify the chapters and workload.

  • Select which chapter to begin with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can include

You can generate additional chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, aimed at personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.