Humber College School of Health Sciences Is Proud to Offer MANERS Psychological First Aid program in Partnership with Tema Trust

 
TORONTO, ONTARIO – August 3. 2016 – Humber College School of Health Sciences

 has partnered with Toronto-based charity the Tema Conter Memorial

 Trust to offer MANERS
Psychological First Aid. MANERS is an innovative two-day

 workshop designed for anyone that deals with trauma or crises.
 
“The School of Health Sciences is proud to partner with the 

Tema Conter Memorial Trust in this important initiative. 

Both organizations are committed to equipping frontline emergency

 services workers with the tools to quickly recognize those individuals

 who may be experiencing difficulties in coping with a crisis or
traumatic event,” said Jason Powell, Dean of Humber Health Sciences. 

“This partnership will provide the requisite skills so that 

they may provide immediate intervention and support.”
 
First developed by Victoria Ambulance Services in Australia,

 this psychological first aid program is specifically designed 

for police officers, paramedics, firefighters, emergency health 

care providers, school crisis response teams,Community Emergency 

Response Teams (CERT), victim services, social workers, doctors,
nurses, and members of disaster relief organizations.
 
"We are pleased to partner with Humber in offering MANERS,” 

said Vince Savoia,Founder and Executive Director of the Tema

 Conter Memorial Trust. “When people are in crisis, they need

 to be seen, heard, and understood. This course teaches you how
to de-escalate crises and how to provide comfort, support, 

and acknowledgement.”
 
Participants of this two-day course will learn the fundamental

 principles of crisis
intervention through lectures, engaging videos, and the use 

of practical scenarios.
Registration is now open at humber.ca and the first course 

will be offered in
September.  
 

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About The Tema Conter Memorial Trust
Celebrating 15 years in 2016, The Tema Conter Memorial Trust was established to
offer resources and support to emergency services and military personnel.  Through
research, education, training, and through the provision of peer and psychological
support, we aim to help these men and women when they need it most.  Please visit
tema.ca
 
 
About Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Established in 1967, Humber is one of Canada’s leading postsecondary institutions.
Committed to student success through excellence in teaching and learning, Humber
serves 29,800 full-time students and 56,000 continuing education registrants. With
an internationally recognized reputation for quality learning, Humber offers a
wide-range of career-focused opportunities for students to personalize their
educational path, including 180 full-time programs across more than 40 fields of
study, 200 part-time and 60 online courses. More than four out of five of Humber
graduates are employed within six months of completing their studies. Visit
humber.ca
 
For more information and to arrange interviews, please contact:

Nadia Araujo
Communications Co-ordinator
nadia.araujo@humber.ca
416-675-6622 ext. 5479

​Erin Alvarez                                                                       
              
Director of Communications                                                      
The Tema Conter Memorial Trust                                           
ealvarez@tema.ca                                                                     
1-888-288-8036 x3