IPAM Safety Saves Conference

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TOPIC #1:
Understanding and Promoting Mental Well-Being

ABOUT THE SESSION:

Workplaces are increasingly recognizing the impact of mental health problems and the importance of knowing how to respond in a crisis.  But do you know the keys to promoting mental health and helping to prevent these problems in the first place?  This session will introduce you to the 5 needs that all people have in order to maintain mental well-being, and how an awareness of these can help workplaces in designing mentally supportive work environments.  Participants will also explore how application of this knowledge on a personal level can assist us in caring for our own mental well-being.

PRESENTER:

Rebecca Gray, BSW, M.Ed
Certified Mental Health First Aid Trainer Certified Restitution and Control Theory Trainer

Rebecca is a professional Mental Health and Restitution trainer.  She has worked as a professional foster parent, child welfare worker, behaviour specialist and counsellor in the K-12 school system, and as a student advisor and instructor in the post-secondary system. She is past president of both the Westman School Clinicians Association and the Canadian Association of School Social Workers. Rebecca has two adult children and lives with her husband on a farm near Erickson Manitoba.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• The 5 basic needs that all humans require in order to be healthy and happy
• Their own personal genetic profile of the intensity of these needs
• How an understanding of the basic needs can be used as a basis for promoting health within an organization as well as for people’s own personal health