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Mental Health First Aid – Standard (Face-to-Face) Course Outline
A course outline for the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Standard Program, detailing the course structure, objectives, topics covered, and methods of instruction. It includes an overview of the self-directed and face-to-face classroom modules, time breakdowns, learning outcomes, and the materials participants will receive upon registration.
Mental Health Commissions of Canada – Guidelines for Recovery Oriented Practice
The Guidelines for Recovery-Oriented Practice, published by the Mental Health Commission of Canada, outline a comprehensive framework for integrating recovery-oriented approaches into mental health systems across Canada. These guidelines emphasize fostering hope, dignity, and inclusion, while supporting personalized, culturally responsive care and transforming services to prioritize collaboration, social inclusion, and lived experience.
Mental Health Safer Language Reference Guide
This document emphasizes the importance of using respectful, person-centered language to combat stigma surrounding mental illness, disabilities, and substance use. It highlights the distinction between person-first and identity-first language, provides safer alternatives to stigmatizing terms, and encourages individuals to be mindful of language’s impact.
This document provides a concise summary of safer language. It emphasizes the importance of using respectful, evolving language to combat stigma around mental illness, suicide, and substance use by advocating for person-first language unless identity-first preferences are expressed, while providing examples of replacing stigmatizing terms with more inclusive alternatives.
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Abbotsford Mental Health Resource List
