Focus is a 12 month full-time recovery orientated training programme, based at the Edmund Rice centre in Midleton, that can equip people with mental health difficulties with strategies to better deal with life situations, including their mental health. It gives participants the opportunity to enhance their levels of personal development, community integration, physical & mental well being & vocational orientation. The programme also supports participants in clarifying their future options using a range of centre & community based activities. It commences at the end of September.

 

Modules Include:

 

• Mental health Management

• Communication Skills

• Assertiveness

• Computers

• Community Integration

• Coping Strategies

• Leisure Activities

• Managing Change and Transition

• Work Experience

• Job Search Skills

• Confidence Building

• Independent Living Skills

• Healthy Lifestyle

• Stress Management

• Vocational Exploration

 

 

For more information or to arrange a meeting to discuss the course and its suitability for a person:

 

Contact:      Lee Curran or Kevin Healy-Long, instructors

Address:    National Learning Network, Edmund Rice Centre, Rosary Place, Midleton

Telephone: 021 4639459, 087 9177811

Email:         midleton@nln.ie

Website:      www.nln.ie