Teen Mental Health First Aid 2018 – Parents

WSSC is conducting tMHFA training, which gives teenagers the skills they need to recognise and help with mental health problems and crises in their friends, and to get the help of an adult quickly. All year 10 students will be doing the course during term 3 in their English or VCAL PD class.

Young people will often turn to each other when stressed or upset, and try to help each other, taking too much on. This course teaches them not to try to take on these problems alone. The course discusses suicide. You may wish to discuss this with your child, if there is a risk they will find it distressing.

This course has not been introduced because of any specific problems at the school. Mental health problems are very common in adolescents. If there has been a student suicide in the school, be aware this specific suicide will not be discussed, nor will any individual student.

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If you wish to learn more:
About mental health problems experienced by young people, visit:

• youthbeyondblue.com
• reachout.com

About suicide:

• livingisforeveryone.com.au

About tMHFA and other MHFA courses:

• mhfa.com.au

For immediate online help for teenagers:

• kidshelp.com.au
• eheadspace.org.au