Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a practical skills and awareness course that teaches people how to identify, understand and help someone who may be experiencing a mental health issue.  MHFA won’t teach you to be a therapist, but it will teach you to listen, reassure and respond, even in a crisis.

You will: 

• learn to recognise warning signs of mental ill-health, and develop the skills and confidence to approach and support someone while keeping yourself safe
• learn how to empower someone to access the support they might need for recovery 
• gain an understanding of how to support positive wellbeing and tackle stigma in the world around you

This course is certified by MHFA England.

Practitioners will gain:

• a deeper understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect people’s wellbeing, including your own
• practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
• confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress
• enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening
• knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to appropriate support

For those wanting to be a Mental Health First Aider within their workplace

An introduction to the needs and learning styles of pupils with a visual impairment and an overview of practical strategies to support them for all staff in school.

Pupils will:

• be able to access the curriculum effectively

Staff will:

• have an understanding of visual impairment and how it affects pupils and their families
• be equipped with a range of strategies to support pupils with VI in mainstream primary schools

Settings will:

• be able to set up VI friendly approaches across the whole school and establish consistent approaches to the management of pupils in their schools, as a consequence of a shared knowledge and understanding amongst all staff
• have staff with a greater understanding of best practice in relation to pupils with visual impairment

Whole school teams

The consultation can be booked by qualified Specialist Teachers/Assessors for help with report writing and support with assessment report decisions.

Pupils will:

• receive personalised learning closely matched to need

Staff will:

• develop confidence in dyslexia assessment decisions

Schools will:

• develop in-house dyslexia assessment expertise

Specialist Teacher/Assessors holding Level 7 qualification.

An introduction to the needs and learning styles of pupils with a hearing impairment and an overview of practical strategies to support them for all staff in school.

Pupils will:

• benefit from strategies and support that assists their inclusion, interaction and access to all areas of the curriculum

Staff will:

• have an understanding of deafness and how it affects pupils and their families
• be equipped with a range of strategies to support pupils with deafness in mainstream primary schools

Settings will:

• be able to set up deaf-friendly approaches across the whole school and establish consistent approaches to the management of pupils in their schools, as a consequence of a shared knowledge and understanding amongst all staff
• have staff with a greater understanding of best practice in relation to pupils with deafness and hearing impairment, as well as the communication difficulties they experience which can affect their ability to be included

Whole school teams