PRINCE ALBERT — The Prince Albert Catholic School Division has received $10,000 from the province to support training in the area of mental health.
According to an update provided to the board of education by Director of Education Lorel Trumier at their regular meeting on Monday, the division has received targeted funding to support mental health training from the province.
"I think anything that we can do to support the capacity building of understanding mental health and in particular training, you can see that we have put to good use,” Trumier said.
The money was used for a Centre for Trauma-Informed Practices (CTIP) virtual session with all in-school and senior administration on reducing anxiety around the province’s new cell phone policy. It was also used around having staff trained as a level-one trainer from CTIP.
"We have got the CTIP Violence threat assessment training and the community's threat assessment protocol that we had just signed, so it's going to be used for very good,” Trumier said.
The first portion was used for a virtual session on reducing anxiety around the new cell phone policy. During fall startup a session was offered for all in school administration and senior administration. The session offered suggestions on how to reduce anxiety in students as well as providing guidance on the division’s cell phone policy. The session ended with a question-and-answer portion.
The CTIP training saw three staff trained for CTIP Violence Risk Threat Assessment Level 1. Superintendent Charity Dmytruk along with Ecole St. Mary High School Principal Dwayne Gareau and Vice Principal Jason Bourdon were selected to receive the training. As part of the recently signed Community Threat Assessment and Support Protocol, the Prince Albert Police Service also trained an officer.
This training allows trainers to certify staff in Level Violence Risk Threat Assessment.
