January Youth Psychological First Aid courses
29 November 2022
Ka pēhea koe e āwhina kia hikina ngā taimahatanga i te tangata kohuki?
How do you help someone in distress?
We’re hosting Youth Psychological First Aid courses in Ngāmotu | New Plymouth and Tauranga to provide rangatahi with the knowledge and skills to support others in times of crisis.
What is Youth Psychological First Aid?
It’s a full-day course that aims to provide rangatahi with the knowledge and skills to support others in times of crisis. The course helps rangatahi to:
- Gain a better understanding of how to observe signs of distress in their peers.
- Develop active listening skills.
- Find out to support their peers appropriately.
- Learn how to get further support for their peers if necessary.
- Understand how to take care of themselves while supporting others.
By providing this course, we hope to enhance their resilience, and improve their ability to anticipate, prepare for, reduce the impact of, cope with, and recover from the effects of shocks and stressors.
Many thanks to Toi Foundation for supporting the Ngāmotu| New Plymouth course.
Please note, this course is not intended for rangatahi who are personally struggling with mental ill-health at the time of participation. Participants should have the emotional capacity to support others.
Ngāmotu | New Plymouth course
- Tuesday 17 of January
- 10am to 4pm
- Zeal Taranaki – 69 Devon Street West, New Plymouth
- open to rangatahi ages 15 to 18
- kai provided.
Tauranga course
- Wednesday 25 January
- 10am to 4pm
- Pacific Island Community Trust – 26 Twelfth Ave, Tauranga
- aimed at Pasifika young people ages 15 to 18
- kai provided.
To register
Contaact youth@redcross.org.nz
More information
- We offer a range of mental health and wellbeing courses for people of all abilities.
Our mental health courses - We developed Recovery Matters, a workshop that focuses on recovery after an emergency or disaster.
Recovery Matters workshop