Short Courses

C3A Mental Well-being Curriculum – Riding the Waves of Change Smiling

Duration 6 hours

Certificate TP Certificate

Course Overview

Discover how you can strengthen your mental resilience and well-being, which are important factors of successful ageing. Join us to learn about mental well-being and the common issues affecting it. In our daily lives, we may face stressors, which affect our ability to experience life in a positive manner, and could increase our vulnerability to mental health difficulties. Through experiential learning, this course will help you pick up practical tips to enhance and maintain your mental well-being.

At the end of the course, participants shall:

Be aware of some most common mental well-being issues faced by seniors and why they occur
Be able to recognise the signs and symptoms of these mental well-being issues, and know of approaches, techniques and resources to prevent and manage them
Acquire a positive outlook towards ageing

Who Should Attend

Participants who are interested in learning on the topic of Mental Wellbeing

What You'll Learn

Participants will be able to identify and discuss:
- Changes associated with ageing that challenge seniors’ mental well-being
- Stress and its physiological reactions
- Common mental well-being issues of stress, anxiety and depression, and their signs and symptoms
- Complications of mental ill-being
- Factors that promote mental well-being and resilience
Participants will be able to apply practical tips on:
- How to maintain mental well-being as we age
- Medical and professional care: What, Where, When and How to seek help
Participants will be able to identify positive attitudes and mindsets to cultivate for enhancing and sustaining mental well-being, namely:
- Accepting mental health issues as being a common human experience, overcoming the prejudices and stigma against them
- Confident that anyone can overcome mental health issues with a positive mindset and some external help
- Have empathy and motivation to reach out to and connect with families and friends as a means to strengthen mental well-being in oneself and others

Assessment

There will be a quiz at the end of the course

Certification

Participants will be issued with a Certificate of Performance upon meeting 75% of the required course attendance.

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Lecturer/Trainer Profile

Sam Sim Kim Yang

Sam is a lecturer in Temasek Polytechnic, School of Humanities & Social Sciences. Apart from his teaching roles, he has been actively involved in research & development of brain training tools, and to evaluate the efficacy of these tools within the community and the eldercare sector. He has co-authored several international peer-reviewed scientific journals in the field of cognitive ageing. He holds an Honours degree in Psychology from The University of Western Australia and a Master of Gerontology from Singapore University of Social Sciences.

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Monday - Thursday: 8:30am - 6:00pm
Friday: 8:30am - 5:30pm

Closed during lunchtime, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
and on weekends and public holidays.
https://www.tp.edu.sg/tsa
Temasek SkillsFuture Academy (TSA)

Temasek Polytechnic

East Wing, Block 1A, Level 3, Unit 4

21 Tampines Avenue 1,

Singapore 529757

Temasek Polytechnic reserves the right to alter the course, modify the scale of fee, amend any other information or cancel a course with low enrolment.

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