Title: Capacity to Connect
Description: <p><em>Capacity to Connect: Supporting Students’ Mental Health and Wellness</em> includes a facilitator’s guide with handouts and a PowerPoint presentation. This adaptable training resource covers foundational mental health and wellness knowledge for post-secondary faculty and staff and ways to support students in distress. It can be used for two-hour online or in-person training or for self-study. This resource incorporates a decolonized perspective and was guided by the <a href="https://opentextbc.ca/mhwframework/chapter/six-key-principles/">following principles</a>: accessible, adaptable, culturally located, evidence-informed, inclusive, and trauma-informed. Handouts include a wellness wheel self-assessment tool and information on supporting students in distress.</p>

"Capacity to Connect: Supporting Students’ Mental Health and Wellness" includes a facilitator’s guide with handouts and a PowerPoint presentation. This adaptable training resource covers foundational mental health and wellness knowledge for post-secondary faculty and staff and ways to support students in distress. It can be used for two-hour online or in-person training or for self-study.
Subjects: Mental health services, Adult education, continuous learning, Curriculum planning and development, Educational strategies and policy, Educational strategies and policy: inclusion, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Lgbtq+ / gay and lesbian studies, Indigenous peoples, Psychology, Social attitudes, Social discrimination and equal treatment, Social groups and identities, Sociology, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Teacher training, Care of people with mental health issues, Coping with mental health issues