Mental Health Training

Join us for a transformative session where you'll explore mindfulness and emotional regulation, learn how to recognize your window of tolerance, and strengthen your resilience by building capacity with practical coping strategies. This session will give you tools to stay grounded, manage stress, and navigate life’s challenges with greater ease—register now to start your journey toward emotional balance!

Date: May 12, 2026

Time: 5:30-8PM

Location: Stony Plain Community and Social Development #107 4613 52Avenue 

Cost: Free (dinner included)

Registration: Capacity for Calm

Join our important session designed for youth and caregivers, focusing on mental health language and ways to normalize conversations about feelings. Learn how to approach sensitive topics like suicidal ideation and self-harm with understanding and care, equipping yourself to support mental well-being confidently and compassionately.

Date: June 2

Time: 6-8:30PM

Location: Spruce Grove Community and Social Development 414 King St, Spruce Grove.

Cost: Free (dinner included) 

Registration: Opening the Conversation: For Youth and Caregivers 

In every community there are people whom others naturally turn to for support. They are from all walks of life and are considered by others to be helpers. Helpers possess characteristics like empathy, care, and compassion. The Community Helpers Program identifies these helpers and offers training to strengthen their natural abilities. Helpers learn a variety of topics and skills including effective communication, self-care, coping with stress, knowing when to refer people to professional services, handling crisis situations, and suicide awareness.

In addition to developing skills and increasing knowledge, Helpers are introduced to community services and professional support. This connection bridges informal and formal support in the community, enabling helpers to refer peers and family to expert support when needed.

Ages 12+ (program modifies the age group) 

BounceBack is a free skill-building program from the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) designed to help adults and youth 15+ manage low mood, mild to moderate depression, anxiety, stress or worry. Working with workbooks and a trained coach to guide you and encourage you to reflect, BounceBack® can help you build skills to improve your mental health.

Find out more at: BounceBack®: A Free Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Program For Mental Health (cmha.ca)

The Well-being Course is an innovative, online learning experience designed to assist people achieve greater levels of mental health, well-being and life satisfaction and it is totally free.

It will help support you in understanding yourself better and help you make positive changes in your life. It can also connect you to valuable resources and others on the same journey that will provide you with the support you need and deserve to succeed.

Click on the link below to learn more, or register.

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Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the help provided to a person developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Just as physical first aid is administered to an injured person before medical treatment can be obtained, MHFA is given until appropriate treatment is found or until the crisis is resolved.

The MHFA Canada program aims to improve mental health literacy, and provide the skills and knowledge to help people better manage potential or developing mental health problems in themselves, a family member, a friend or a colleague. There are three types of Mental Health First Aid courses offered: Basic, Youth, and Older Adults. 

The Town of Stony Plain will offer Mental Health First Aid training yearly, depending on the need and interest shown by community. Please email connect@stonyplain.com if you are interested in joining a list to be notified when the training becomes available.