Mental Health Advocate Certification - Week One

🌍 Welcome to the start of your Mental Health Advocate journey.

This isn’t just about learning facts — it’s about becoming someone who can recognize suffering, offer support, and spark change. Week One is your first step.

In this opening module, you’ll begin building the language, awareness, and presence that define a true mental health advocate.

Here’s what you’ll focus on this week:

🧠 Recognize the Scope of the Mental Health Crisis
You’ll explore how conditions like depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder affect individuals, families, schools, and workplaces — and why understanding these struggles is foundational to your role as an advocate.

You won’t just study symptoms — you’ll start seeing the people behind them.

👂 Identify Early Warning Signs — and Learn to Listen
You’ll learn what to look for when someone is struggling and how to listen with the kind of presence that makes others feel safe, seen, and heard.

Your ability to notice and respond with compassion starts here.

💬 Understand Pathways to Help
This week also introduces you to the broader landscape of support — from therapy and medication to peer-led resources — and helps you understand how to guide someone toward the help they need.

Even in Week One, you’re becoming a bridge between silence and support.

🧠 Moving Forward
This is the foundation for everything that follows. Whether you're completing this module as a makeup or starting your course through a self-paced option, you're exactly where you need to be.

✨ You’re not just participating. You’re preparing to make an impact — one week, one conversation, one act of care at a time.