Mental Health First Aid Wales Reviews

Really well delivered with pace content and accessibility/awareness of people’s needs etc The suicide prevention was unlike any other training/education ive received around this subject and was really well consolidated and confidence with how to handle by the discussions videos and role plays The Algee method was really well consolidated to the point it became natural and flow-ing by using it so many times in all the situations/specific mental health issues There was some discussion on autism/ld awareness. I believe the institute could put together and deliver a brilliant separate course on that as putting it into the mental health first aid would dilute and be a dis service to what is covered effectively in this course- there could be an integration/mention of autism/ld as those with autism/ld have higher co morbidity for these mental health aspects but I think in the mental health first aid course it wouldn’t have to go further into autism/ld than that to be honest except maybe touch on/awareness of communication/language difference for these scenarios (although that is covered well also in eg the psychosis component when emphasising using simple and short sentences etc) Anyway, thank you A good confidence builder and refresher with new things learnt also and a safe and nourishing environment created by Tristan’s personality/delivery Two thumbs up

enjoyed, however would have preferred in person training and work through the materials together, rather than working through the materials individually and recapping on the call.

This course has given me more confidence in recognising Mental Health symptoms and how to react calmly in a situation. Previously, I would have been quite nervous about helping somebody through fear of saying the wrong things. It was also important to me in recognising personal issues with anxiety. I now feel that I can be more empathetic to somebody who has more extreme symptoms of anxiety.

Great course. Helped with lots of questions I had previously. Thanks for delivering it and for keeping us all engaged. I would have preferred to have adults included and not just young people. The manual was not able to be added to read offline and being such a large file, it took a while to load.

I really enjoyed the Course and meeting different colleagues. I have never done this Course on line before as my previous MHFA training has always been in person so I was open to what to expect. I have put 'strongly agree' to most answers above due to the nature of my job which is a Counsellor, so I ask these questions within that. I thought Andrew was very personable and I liked listening to his own lived experience, as well as other colleagues on the Course who shared. I have rated the Course 4 stars as it was well run and was very convenient to do on line, but on reflection it would have been useful to roll it out over 4 webinars / sessions as it is, of course, a huge topic to cover.

Maybe the breakout rooms slightly too long as we got our thoughts out pretty quickly.

Engaging course, very interesting and think it builds on the modules well.

Was a good course, I think a lot of crossover with my psychology degree, so would be interested if there is a similar course that goes a bit beyond what I learn in my degree. Nevertheless I found the scenarios and learning what to and not to say in scenario's the most interesting because I had not learnt this before. I also do not think this is any fault of the course but just who happens to be partaking in it at the same time as me, sometimes in the breakout rooms they were not always the most keen, it felt like, to engage in conversation. But again i guess this is the nature of teams for most.

Many thanks to Claire, great training. Diolch yn fawr iawn.

Amazing course. Louise very friendly and although the course was in depth and informative Louise kept the group very relaxed, regular breaks and check ins which were important given the nature of the topics.