Equuip are delighted to offer a new suite of 1.5 hour online mental
health and wellbeing awareness workshops, in conjunction with the Dennison
Training Academy.
In order to book please fill out the Sign Up Form below:
PLEASE NOTE:You must work in the Irish Racing and
Breeding industry to be eligible for these courses. Applicants should note that
while we will try to facilitate all applicants, we might not be in a position
to do so.
These awareness workshops will be delivered by Louise
Dennison (founder of the Dennison Training Academy,) via MS Teams and the
format caters for all learning styles with opportunities to participate,
discuss scenarios and practice skills. Louise will provide a comfortable online
learning environment is trained to support your participation and learning.
Phase 1 - Thursday 19th May
We will start the series with the first awareness session topic which is:- Mental
Health Awareness
1. MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS
This Mental Health Awareness micromodule raises awareness of ill-mental health (particularly stress, depression and anxiety), provides tools and guidance for daily wellbeing-management, and aims to remove the stigma surrounding mental health. This module
will also give learners lots of tips and ways to promote positive wellbeing on an ongoing basis. The course will also discuss:
• What is mental health and what mental illness is.
• What does it mean to be mentally healthy?
• How individuals can manage their mental health.
• How to help others living with a mental illness.
Course
Format:
Duration 1.5 hours
Online Via MS Teams
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We will continue the series with four more awareness
session topic which will be:- Understanding
Stress, Understanding Anxiety, Understanding Depression & Understanding Eating Disorders.
Phase 2
2. UNDERSTANDING STRESS
Stress
plays a role in 75%- 90% of ALL human diseases. Learners will be given an
insight on what exactly happens internally when we get stressed. On this micro module
we look at what is Stress and why is it a Problem. The course will also
discuss:
• The causes and
of stress.
• What the
symptoms of Stress are?
• The Law on
Stress and its Contravention.
• We will also
cover proven methods on minimising the risk of stress.
• Ways to create
stress reduction in the workplace.
Course
Format:
Duration 1.5 hours
Online Via MS Teams
Phase 3:
We will continue the series with the third
awareness session topic which will be:- Understanding
Anxiety
3. UNDERSTANDING ANXIETY
On this 1.5-hour
micromodule, learners will explore what it means to have anxiety and how
anxiety can be identified. We will cover essential information for every
anxious person. The course will also discuss:
- Proven techniques that help
individuals manage their anxiety.
- What exactly is going on in
your body when anxiety overwhelms you and why it reacts like this –
understanding lessens the fear.
- A range of relaxation
procedures to free up your brain and help you think more clearly.
- How to use the positive power
of your imagination to manage your thoughts and feelings and change your
experience of stress and in appropriate anxiety.
- The natural survival mechanisms
that you can harness to help you.
Course Format:
Duration 1.5 hours
Online Via MS Teams
We will continue the series with the fourth awareness
session topic which will be:- Understanding
Depression
Phase 4
4. UNDERSTANDING DEPRESSION
This Understanding
Depression Micromodule aims to give your learners the knowledge they need to
understand the causes and effects of anxiety, along with its management. The
course will also discuss:
- Essential new information on
why people become depressed.
- A better understanding of what
depression really is.
- Why depression is on the
increase and how to diagnose it.
- Clear explanations of symptoms
and strategies for successful treatment of depression will be given.
- Practical help to quickly break
the patterns of depression and how to prevent relapse.
- We will also briefly discuss
new insights into the dissociative elements of depressive lifestyles.
- Finally, we will discuss why
some people are more vulnerable to depression than others.
Course
Format:
Duration 1.5 hours
Online Via MS Teams
Our fifth and final awareness session topic
which will be:- Understanding Eating
Disorders
Phase 5
5. UNDERSTANDING EATING
DISORDERS
Whether you are an individual looking
to gain knowledge for personal or professional reasons, or an employer looking
for understanding eating disorder training for staff, our Micro Module in
Understanding Eating Disorders course will provide key skills, knowledge and
understanding surrounding the disorder. In this micromodule on eating disorders
learners will cover the following topics:
- Different types of disorders.
- An understanding of the
underlying problems which may lead to eating disorders.
- How eating disorders can affect
individuals and their families,
- How to manage and recover from
a disorder.
- A better understanding of how
society influences and impacts our approaches to food and our body image.
- A crucial understanding of the
proper methods to be used to approach the situation initially at the preventive
stage as well as intervention levels if the problem has already manifested.
- Discussion on the latest
research that can enhance your competency in working with eating disorders or
other eating problems.
Course
Format:
Duration 1.5 hours
Online Via MS Teams