Peer Practice Support Sessions: Teaching Challenging Content in MHFA

A series of five sessions designed to strengthen your MHFA teaching and facilitation skills.

Whether you’re a newly certified MHFA instructor or have years of experience, this series is designed to help you grow as an instructor. Through interactive practice, expert coaching, and collaboration with fellow instructors, you’ll build confidence, sharpen your facilitation skills, and strengthen your ability to deliver engaging, high-quality Mental Health First Aid trainings.

Attend the sessions that interest you most, or complete all five to earn a Level Up Your MHFA Instruction Certificate of Completion recognizing your commitment to professional growth.

Session 1:

Teaching Challenging Content in MHFA

Some of the most meaningful moments in Mental Health First Aid occur when teaching challenging topics such as suicide, psychosis, hallucinations, and the MHFA Action Plan. This interactive Peer Practice Session provides a supportive environment to practice these difficult sections, ask questions, share strategies, and learn from fellow instructors.

You’ll practice:

• Responding to difficult or unexpected questions
• Creating psychological safety
• Keeping discussions on track
• Handling disclosures
• Balancing empathy with fidelity to the curriculum

Complete all five Peer Practice Sessions and receive the Level Up Your MHFA Instruction Certificate of Completion in recognition of your commitment to professional growth and excellence in Mental Health First Aid instruction.

Please Note: Sessions hosted by the Mental Health Association of Maryland are only able to serve those who live or work in the state of Maryland. While MHAMD runs Mental Health First Aid programming across the state of Maryland, many of our policies and platforms are run by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing (NCMW). We may need to refer instructors to the NCMW in some cases.