MHFA Standard Virtual Training - Resources for Conestoga staff

Completing Module 1

Click here to register using the enrolment code I provided you.

Accessing the Participant Reference Guide (course manual) later:

Sign in here, with the email address and password you used when you did Module 1. You will have access to the Reference Guide for 1 year (from the date you completed Module 1). You can also order a paper copy through this link.

Conestoga-Specific Resources:

• Local “keepsafe” resources from Conestoga Student Support Services

• Condors Move referral form

Helping Others in Distress

• Mental Health First Aid actions

• 988 - Canada’s brand new (2023) National Suicide Crisis Helpline

• Here 24/7: Crisis and Emergency Addictions & Mental Health Services in Waterloo/Wellington

• Canada-wide, for adults: search for a local distress centre here.

• 211.ca: find local community and social services resources anywhere across Canada

• Good2Talk.ca: (talk and text lines) support specifically geared to post-secondary students

• Kids Help Phone (talk and text lines)

• LGBT YouthLine (text 647-694-4275) offers confidential and non-judgmental peer support through telephone, text and chat services.

• The Black Youth Helpline (416-285-9944 or toll-free 1-833-294-8650)

• Trans Lifeline (877-330-6366)

• Hope for Wellness Help Line provides immediate mental health counselling and crisis intervention to all indigenous peoples in English, French, Cree, Ojibway or Inuktitut upon request. 1-855-242-3310 

• The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) offers a 24-hour Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line with culturally specific mental health and addiction supports for adults, youth, and families in Ontario in both English and French, please call: 1-877-767-7572 

• National Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line (1-866-925-4419). Available 24/7.

Talking about Suicide

• Canada Suicide Prevention Service

• Know when to ask about suicide (suicideprevention.ca)

• How to talk to youth about suicide (Hamilton Health Sciences)

• Suicide prevention and intervention trainings: ASIST, SAFEtalk, etc. (LivingWorks)

Helpful Apps

• Headspace

• Calm

• Insight Timer

Finding a Therapist or other Mental Health Provider:

• Healing in Colour: directory of BIPOC therapists, allied professionals, and other wellness resources

• Psychology Today therapist finder

Workplace Mental Health

• Workplace Strategies for Mental Health (resources for employees, leaders, and organizations)

• Leaders are People Too by Dr. Patricia Fischer (article)

Empathic Strain, Secondary Traumatic Stress, Burnout, and Moral Distress:

• The TEND Toolkit: a library of resources for helping professionals (some free content, some paid)

• Caring for Yourself in the Face of Difficult Work pocket card

• Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski (book)

• Resisting Burnout with Justice-Doing by Dr. Vikki Reynolds

• Here We Are, Amazingly Alive In the Work by Dr. Cathy Richardson and Dr. Vikki Reynolds (journal article - click the PDF button to download the full text)

Boundaries:

• Disappoint Someone Today by Francoise Mathieu (article)

• This is How I Protect My Energy by Nedra Glover Tawwab (video)

• Set Boundaries, Find Peace and The Set Boundaries Workbook by Nedra Glover Tawwab (books)

• The Better Boundaries Workbook by Sharon Martin (book)

• The Empath’s Survival Guide by Dr. Judith Orloff (book)

Self-Compassion

• Self-compassion.org (website with lots of free resources)

• The Self-Compassion Test from the Centre for Mindful Self-Compassion (questionnaire)

Trauma & Healing

• Lifting Heavy Things: Healing Trauma One Rep at a Time by Laura Khoudari (book)

• The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice by Staci K Haines (book)

• Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness by David A. Treleaven (book)

Other:

• Stages of Change

• Do Nothing for 2 Minutes

• The ABCs of Self-Care by Indigenous Youth Wellness Program (video)

• A Simple Exercise to Ease Despair by Dr. Peter Levine (video)