Youth eMHFA Wales Reviews

enjoyed course

Very Informative Sessions. Good resources

- Instructor seemed flustered and kept repeating that she is not necessarily an expert in the subjects covered, which made me feel unsure; however she was very friendly, invited questions and we had a comfortable, informal atmosphere - video content of the course was excellent, loved the example scenes and how the actors were very believable - "nuggets" film was great to understand substance abuse pitfalls - exercises were okay, but repetitive and generic: phrases like listen unjudgmentally kept being repeated, with no real direction how to phrase questions or comments in concrete situations (e.g. ALGEE discussions were repetitive as well, i.e. "find a safe, quiet, private space for the discussion" which is important but non-specific) - lacked the element of role play: in any given scenario, the young person in question could react in a variety of different ways: as a group, it would have been helpful to act out that scenario in person with different prompts --> this would lead to greater level of confidence in applying the content - repetition: the slides used by the presenter largely repeated what we learned on the course, which was tiring and time-consuming

Very much enjoyed the contact and the delivery of this extremely interesting and beneficial course

I learnt a vast amount and feel I have a starting point of communication with whatever the young person attends with. I have bought the manual and will keep it with me at all times, it has already proved useful.

The training was very informative and I will most certainly be making use of it within my working practice. I feel it will benefit greatly in my work with children and young people. I now feel more confident in supporting with all kinds of mental health issues discussed over the training. David was a brilliant course facilitator, made the training easy to follow and it was very interactive. Thank you

I implemented the training after the first session and it has really helped already. I feel more confident in helping others when it comes to mental health. The resources were very helpful.

Leah was a great instructor and refreshed my knowledge on common mental health conditions and crisis situations and put them in the context of our organisation. I now feel better equipped to approach individuals in crisis and taking the appropriate steps to respond to the situation.

i found the instructor (leah) great, very informative. the course was very interesting and im glad i did it

Both instructors were fantastic and the content was informative. Gave us lots of time to discus and answered all our questions. Slight issues occasionally when completing the online training, it would not go onto the next stage even though I had completed. This is not a fault of the instructors and the issue resolved itself the next day. It would also be beneficial if we could print out the booklet.