Canadian Red Cross Psychological First Aid Course
Description
The Psychological First Aid course cost is $165.00 (including tax), which includes the PFA workbook, Look, Listen, Link, Live reference cards, and certification card.
- Please make sure you supply a contact phone number.
- I do require pre-registration and prepayment.
- The Psychological First Aid course certificates expire three years from the date of issue.
- Please note there is no refund policy. See below for more details. Refunds are not available. No exceptions.
Course Location/Location details/Times:
- The course is at 440 Wilsey Road, Suite 104 (please use our outside entrance at the side of the building), in the Fredericton Industrial Park in the same building as Liberty Utilities.
- The course runs 9AM-3PM, but participants should arrive at least 15 minutes early. Doors do not open until 8:30. Please come through the side entrance.
The next dates are:
- TBA
Course Content:
Psychological First Aid (PFA) is about taking care of yourself – your thoughts, feelings, and emotions when you have experienced stress, crisis, or trauma – and then being there for family, friends, and community when they are having difficulty coping.
Learn how to anticipate stress and crisis whenever possible and equip yourself with the skillset to practice self-care and to provide care for others during particularly challenging times. Unlike mental health first aid, which trains people to help someone during a mental health emergency, Red Cross Psychological First Aid teaches you how to build up resiliency to stress and establish coping strategies for stress and trauma.
This course is designed for anyone seeking a certification in Psychological First Aid. We highly recommend this course for people working with those with mental health conditions, those with family members who have experienced trauma, those who’ve experienced trauma and wish to find more resources, and for any group looking for an excellent team building and morale boosting experience for their workplace. This more substantive and flexible curriculum helps you gain a deeper understanding of the Red Cross Look, Listen, Link, Live model – this means having awareness that there is a problem, listening to yourself or others, and linking to resources in your community so you can live fully.
You will also learn Psychological First Aid using the principle of Do No Harm, which refers to the unintentional harm that may be caused to those who are meant to benefit from your intervention.
This course is provided as an in-person classroom format (12 hours) or as a blended online and in-person classroom format (90 minutes online and seven hours in class). The time spent in class gives you and your fellow learners the opportunity to connect with the instructor, who will help you adapt the course to your needs and local context. The instructor guides all learners safely through the course material.
This also gives you the opportunity to learn Psychological First Aid as a group, alongside peers and classmates, building upon one another’s ideas, questions, and examples.
The course uses case-based learning and includes the latest evidence from the international community.
Payment options: (KCM will be sending you an official receipt of your purchase)
- Credit card: Over the phone. We do not accept debit credit cards or American Express. Credit cards are charged right away. Please text to arrange a time to pay by credit card over the phone. 506-470-0438, 506-440-8281, or 506-440-0438
- E-transfers: Please send to cmartinkcm@gmail.com . Please include participants name & the date of their course in the comments section.
- Please note we do not accept debit, cash, or personal cheques.
- Invoices can be sent directly to company if they are paying for your course.
- Please note there is no refund policy once payment is received. Please see below for more details.
Administration Fees:
If you cancel between the date of the course and up to 7 business days (Monday to Friday) before, you will be required to pay a $50 administration fee.
Cancellation Information:
In case of pandemic related issues, weather conditions, not enough participants, instructor emergencies, personal issues/emergencies of participants, etc.:
- If KCM postpones or you have to postpone, your fee will be transferred to another course date. We will try to accommodate for another class as quickly as possible. Refunds are not available. No exceptions. We will make sure that participants will always get the course they have paid for. Fees can also be transferred to someone else if needed. You have one year from the date of the course.
- I will try to give you as much notice as possible if we need to postpone a course. As rescheduling is difficult, I only postpone if absolutely necessary.
- Please make sure a personal number is supplied so I can contact each participant.
- If the weather is a concern, please text or call me as that is easier than me contacting everyone. Please do not text or call any earlier than 7:00. I do use radio to postpone a course, but I prefer to receive a text or call from everyone.
- As Safety and Prevention are a huge part of what we teach, we will cancel a course if we think in any way the students or instructor’s safety is at risk, even if it has to be a last-minute decision.
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2023-04-08