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title: "YMHC Professional Workshops and Training Courses"
description: "YMHC provides specialized training for education and mental health professionals."
url: https://ymhc.ngo/training/workshops/professionals/
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# Professional Workshops and Training Courses

YMHC provides specialized training for education and mental health professionals. These workshops and courses focus on equipping professionals with the skills and strategies needed to support student mental wellness effectively. Our professional training covers essential aspects of student mental health, including school-wide strategies and understanding and responding to chronic school absenteeism issues.

[Book a workshop](https://ymhc.ngo/training/workshops/book/) [Contact us](https://ymhc.ngo/contact/)

## Workshop Fees

-   ### Virtual Workshop Fees
    
    -   $700 for one-hour
    -   $1400 for two-hours
    -   $2000 for three-hours
    
-   ### In-Person Workshops
    
    **Base price plus personal time**
    
    -   One hour: $1,000
    -   Two hours: $2,000
    -   Three hours: $3,000
    
    _Plus, travel, accommodation, and other speaker fees. Please contact us to discuss the details._
    
-   ### Training Course
    
    -   **Virtual 15-hour Course: $10,000**
    
    YMHC provides a 15-hour training course on school attendance challenges for school boards and districts. The course will include a comprehensive assignment package, a certificate on completion of the course and assignments, and a photocopiable guidebook for the designated school or workplace. The virtual course is limited to a maximum of 20 participants.
    

## Popular Professional Workshops Include

-   School-Wide Strategies to Support Student Wellness
-   School-Wide Strategies to Support Students with School Attendance Challenges
-   Understanding Chronic School Absenteeism
-   Building Sources of Strength and Resilience
-   Mental Wellness Protective Factors: Building Sources of Support

## Travel and Lodging Expenses (In-person)

Our in-person workshop planning process includes an estimation of travel and lodging expenses for our speakers.

Travel costs comprise air travel or ground transportation, depending on the event's location. Lodging costs are based on the hotel rate.

We may use the mileage at a rate equal to the CRA per-kilometer allowance and two meals per day.

_Please [**contact us**](https://ymhc.ngo/contact/) to coordinate._

## Workshop and Course Booking Process

1.  ### Request early
    
    Requests are managed on a first-come, first-served basis. Submit the request form at least two weeks before your preferred date.
    
2.  ### Gather your group
    
    A minimum of 10 participants is required.
    
3.  ### Plan the logistics
    
    For in-person workshops, hosts are responsible for managing event logistics including marketing, registration, and providing necessary AV equipment.
    

[Book a workshop](https://ymhc.ngo/training/workshops/book/) [Contact us](https://ymhc.ngo/contact/)

## About YMHC’s Course Trainer

The trainer is a passionate educator known for inspiring change with her engaging, inspiring style and practical ideas and strategies. The trainer has taught elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and adult education students in Canada and Africa. With over 30 years of experience in education and mental health, the trainer has worked extensively on school attendance challenges.

Before her work on school attendance challenges, she coordinated Stay-in-School programs to focus on “drop-out students”, by making education meaningful and relevant to the lives of students.