Foundations cohorts feature passionate directors, stage managers, intimacy professionals, educators, mental health practitioners and more from around the world. This provides an opportunity to learn with and from some of the most innovative creatives in our industry as we embark on the task of creating the salutogenic environments we all deserve to work in.

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The conversations we’ll be having: 

• How to best apply of our co-regulation tool, AGNC

• Proactive policies for holistic and boundaried workplaces

• Strategies for managing creative culture change

 

What you’ll spend time exploring:

• Building care structures like community agreements and container practice 

• Modeling and practicing interventions like Motivational Interviewing

• Generating a Scope of Work and Role-appropriate Referrals

 

Participants in this course will gain access to our online education portal, which is used by instructors to share resources and class information, as well as class recordings which will be available up to 3 months after the final session. 

 

Course Expectations

You must attend and meaningfully participate in at least 4 of the 6 sessions live, with camera on, to qualify for successful completion and proceed towards MHC certification. Please expect 30-60 minutes of homework for each week. In addition, participants will be expected to review their Core workshop recordings and begin reading My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem, which will be discussed in Week 2. Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg will be discussed Week 4, in case you’d like to get a jump start.

 

Prerequisites:

Core Curriculum, with successful exit exam.​ Please note, Mental Health First Aid does not replace Core Curriculum as a prerequisite for Foundations.

 

Pricing:

In selecting a price point, we encourage you to reflect on your financial privilege and access to continuing education opportunities.
Please note that there are limited slots available and that tiered pricing is available on a first come first serve basis for every course offered.

 

Subsidized Tuition:

Scholarship and Work Study opportunities are available for this course. These options have been designed to create equitable access to educational opportunities through AMHC for those who need it most. If awarded, you'll have the chance to attend classes for reduced or free tuition, gain practical experience, and build connections with peers and instructors. Work study through AMHC blends learning, working, and networking, all while supporting the success of the class as a whole. Members of AMHC leadership will evaluate all applications with the intention of supporting and empowering individuals who face systemic barriers, including but not limited to: those disadvantaged financially, BIPOC, disabled individuals, LGBTQIA+ community, and women. 

 

A participant cannot be considered for Foundations enrollment or subsidized tuition prior to successful completion of their Core exit survey. Lack of completion can be grounds for disqualification in a scholarship consideration process if the deadline for submission has passed.

 

You can find the subsidized tuition application in the class listing below.

Applications are due six weeks prior to our first class; applicants will be notified no later than two weeks prior to our first class.