training opportunities
NAMI New Hampshire offers a wide range of trainings designed to support individuals, professionals, and organizations in understanding and responding to mental health needs. Trainings are tailored to meet the needs of all workplace environments and community and professional roles. Continuing Education (CE) credits are available for select sessions.
Our Foundational Training Series focuses on core topics related to mental health, while our Specialized Training Series, Workplace Mental Health and Wellness Series, and ConnectTM Suicide Prevention and Postvention trainings provide targeted knowledge and skills for specific populations and settings. Additionally, individual participants can receive training in a wide range of mental health and suicide prevention topics through our eLearning platform and open-registration trainings.
Training costs vary based on workshop length, location, and complexity. Travel expenses for training staff may also apply. For more information or a customized quote, please contact us to discuss options that will best meet your needs, or request a training using the form below.
NAMI NH’s Foundational Training Series offers introductory workshops on suicide prevention, postvention, and mental health. These sessions are designed for a broad audience, including those in education, healthcare, trades, businesses, and community organizations. Ideal for anyone seeking basic knowledge, the series covers topics that can be useful to many professionals or workplace settings.
For more information, please contact us or use the form below.
Available Workshops Include:
- Mental Health 101
- Safe Messaging: Promoting Hope and Reducing Stigma
- Safe Messaging for Public Communication: Creating Responsible Content on Mental Health and Suicide
- Balancing the Scale: Risk and Protective Factors in Suicide Prevention
- The System of Care in New Hampshire: Supporting Mental Health for Granite Staters
NAMI NH’s Specialized Training Series offers more advanced workshops on specific topics in mental health, suicide prevention, and postvention. Designed for professionals, these sessions provide practical strategies and targeted insights to address unique challenges.
For more information, please contact us or use the form below.
Available Workshops Include:
- Ethics in Suicide Prevention
- Providing Compassionate Behavioral Health: Understanding the Unique Needs of Older Adults
- Navigating Cognitive Changes and Mental Health in Older Adults
- Brave Conversations: Supporting Families to Talk about Lethal Means Safety
- Addressing Mental Health Needs of LGBTQ+ in Healthcare Settings
- Resilience & Renewal: Supporting Mental Health in High-Stress Environments
NAMI NH offers mental health trainings tailored for businesses and trade industries, designed to support workforce recruitment and retention, boost productivity, and reduce costs related to burnout and absenteeism. These interactive sessions equip leaders and teams with tools to reduce stigma, promote a culture of mental wellness, and address suicide prevention in the workplace.
For more information, please contact us or use the form below.
Available Workshops Include:
Stronger Together: A Workplace Series on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
This 3-part series is designed to aid businesses in efforts to create and maintain a positive workplace environment that supports the mental wellness of employees. To provide a robust level of support and technical assistance, the series is delivered over 6-8 months, addresses the needs of all levels of staff, and highlights community and shared responsibility. A framework guide for implementation accompanies the series.
- Part 1: Training for Supervisors, Managers, and Leadership (2 hours, Month 1)
- Part 2: Training for Employees (2 hours, Month 2)
- Part 3: StigmaFree in the Workplace (90 minutes, delivered 3-6 months after Part 2)
StigmaFree in the Workplace
This training is designed for all employees and focuses on the connection between mental health and workplace culture, offering strategies to create a more supportive, stigma-free environment. Participants will learn to recognize signs of mental health challenges, improve communication strategies, and connect with relevant resources, including crisis support. An optional small group activity encourages discussion on applying inclusive language in the workplace (adds 30 minutes to session length). When available, the training may also feature a speaker with lived experience.
NAMI NH’s eLearning platform provides accessible suicide prevention and mental health trainings for individual learners. These courses can be purchased by individuals or organizations and are targeted at community members, mental health providers, healthcare professionals, business professionals, and school personnel.
CEs for mental health provider and healthcare professionals are available for certain courses. Course costs vary. Please contact us using the form below if you are interested in purchasing seats in bulk.
The Connect Suicide Prevention and Postvention Program offers high quality trainings and services in various formats for a wide range of audiences. Connect trainings and services have been delivered to communities in 49 states, 2 US Territories, and 40+ tribal nations.
Learn more about available programs and services on the Connect website.
NAMI NH periodically hosts trainings open to individual participants. These sessions – offered both in person and virtually – cover a wide range of mental health and suicide prevention topics relevant to professionals and community members across various fields. View our upcoming trainings below:
