Mental Health First Aid Trainers
Great Southern region of Western Australia
Two people in the Great Southern region of Western Australia completed training and qualified as Mental Health First Aid instructors, paid for by Black Dog Ride. The training to become a Mental Health First Aid instructor takes five days full time, at a cost of $3905 each.
Once qualified, a Mental Health First Aid trainer can deliver the two-day Mental Health First Aid workshop. This workshop teaches participants how to assist people who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional help is received, or the crisis resolves.
Newly qualified Mental Health First Aid trainers, Erica and Keith (shown to the right), conducted their first course with great feedback. Several Black Dog Riders came to join us on this course. One of our participants said that this course was "Life Changing".