This short course (20 hours in class/100 hours in total) offers some basic training and skills in how to help and support people who are in distress.
The topics to be covered in the course include:
what it means, from a Buddhist perspective, to help others;
listening skills and effective communication;
assessing needs and making referrals;
common mental health problem in the community;
suicide prevention;
and self-care for chaplains.
The course will run via Zoom over five Sunday mornings (9am to 1pm AEST) on the following dates:
29 October,
5 November,
12 November,
26 November,
3 December.
The course is free although a donation to the Queensland Sangha Association is requested for participants who are able to afford this.
For DETAILS about the course: click HERE
Any other further information about this course, please email Dr Barbara Sullivan at barbara.sullivan4005@gmail.com.