10-Day of Mental Health
Each year from Oct. 1 through Oct. 10, the 10 Days of Mental Health continues. Belgian Red Cross-Flanders - even more than usual and in conjunction with numerous other organizations - highlights the importance of mental health and resilience.
Because, unfortunately, the numbers don't lie: more and more young people are struggling with anxiety and depression, and across generations, many people are dealing with burnout, grief or addiction... If someone close to you is struggling with something like this, you want to be there. Then you want to help. But how do you do that? How do you recognize the signs in time? And how do you avoid overstepping your boundaries yourself? Thanks to our Formation and Corporate Training service, you too can learn to help others. Individually or in a group, at home or at your company? We offer different possibilities.
Online initiation First Aid for Psychological Problems (FAMP)
In our free online initiation First Aid for Mental Health Problems, we zoom in on how you can offer support from your role as friend, family, neighbor, colleague... first aid to someone with mental health problems. During this interactive webinar, we'll give you a scientifically based explanation and get to work with exercises and tips to assist each other. There will also be a focus on how you can learn to know your own boundaries and protect them while helping others.
Practical
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Various initiations between Oct. 1 to 10
- You will receive the participation link for this initiation a few days in advance via email. Didn't receive it? Check your spam.
- This free online initiation is an initiation, not a training. You will not receive a participation certificate for this.
First Aid Training for Psychological Problems
In this training you will learn to apply the tips and guidelines through exercises, reinforce insights in group discussions and find your own strengths, attitudes and words to help others. You'll learn to use your self-care plan and also identify your boundaries. You can do this in a safe practice environment under the guidance of our experienced instructors.
The training is aimed at +16-year-olds and lasts 12 hours, divided into 4 different 3-hour sessions. You are expected in all training sessions. There are currently still places available in Zonhoven, Ghent, Leuven, Hasselt and Wervik.
Corporate Training FAMP
As a company or business, you naturally want to focus on mental well-being and a good work-life balance. On the shop floor, you can already take the first, important steps for this. As an employer and employee, you have the choice between open and closed training programs.
Open training
- You come to us and enroll individually or with a few colleagues
- 1 day training in Ghent, Mechelen or Antwerp
- Focus on the work environment: the necessary tools and background for colleagues who want to be there for each other. You will work with participants from other companies
Closed training
- We come to your business
- From 5 to 12 participants
- Choice of 4 hours, 1 day or 2 days FAMP
- Focus on the work environment: you can choose from several themes, specific to your company/business, from which we provide the necessary tools and background for colleagues who want to be there for each other....
First Aid for Difficult Feelings: FAMP for and by children
Especially for children between the ages of 8 and 10, this year we launched several packages that can be used by parents, educators and teachers to teach helping skills to second grade elementary school children. Because there is no age limit to wanting and being able to help others.
The focus is on seeking and offering support to peers, because talking to an adult is not always easy for a child. They learn how to invite each other to talk about how they are really doing, to be able to listen well to each other and together think about who they can turn to for more help but also to discuss more difficult feelings.
Download the lesson plans here
The Holdout app
This app comes up during various trainings but is available to everyone for free. It is a handy tool that you can use when someone close to you seems to be struggling or if you want to pay more attention to self-care yourself.
The app forms the third part of our package FAMP, alongside the Luister! manual and the training course FAMP. Where the book forms the basis and the training focuses mainly on daring to help and practicing, the free app Houvast offers action-oriented tips and very concrete knowledge that you can get started with right away.