Specialist High Skills Major - SHSM Elective Certifications
According to the World Health Organization, mental health is:
"... a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community."
Mindfulness is an evidence based approach that supports positive health and well-being.
About the Specialist High Skills Major
The Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) is a specialized program that allows students to gain credits toward their Ontario Secondary School Diploma and focus their learning on a specific economic sector at the same time. The SHSM is an Ontario Ministry of Education approved program.
Students receive the SHSM seal on their diploma when they: complete a specific bundle of 8-10 courses in the student's selected field earn industry certifications like first aid and CPR qualifications gain important skills on the job through cooperative education placements.
This SHSM sector requires students to complete a specified number of compulsory and elective sector-recognized certifications and/or training courses/programs. Mindfulness Everyday is regcognized to deliver Leadership and Stress Management training programs in the following sectors:
- Agriculture
- Arts and Culture
- Aviation and Aerospace
- Business
- Construction
- Energy
- Food Processing
- Forestry
- Health and Wellness (fulfills 2 electives-Leadership and Stress Management)
- Horticulture and Landscaping
- Hospitality and Tourism
- Information and Communications Technology
- Justice, Community Safety, and Emergency Services
- Manufacturing
The programs are Trauma-Sensitive, SEL-informed and EDI-Aware
(SEL = Social and Emotional Learning | EDI = Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion)
How Mindfulness Can Help Manage Stress and Develop Leadership Skills
Our specialized SHSM Leadership and Stress Management Workshop is designed to fulfill LEADERSHIP and STRESS MANAGEMENT elective certification requirements within the SHSM framework, as per the Ministry of Education. This transformative program focuses on integrating mindfulness practices to develop stress management techniques and enhance students' leadership abilities.
Throughout this interactive 2.5-hour module, adaptable to your school's schedule, students engage in mindfulness practices, activities, and discussions, unlocking the power to:
- Acquire stress management techniques using mindfulness practices for effective leadership
- Explore the power of mindfulness in responding thoughtfully rather than reacting impulsively
- Understand the brain's responses to stress for better decision-making in leadership roles
- Foster emotional regulation through mindfulness, crucial for effective leadership
- Cultivate empathy and community-building skills through stress-aware leadership practices
This workshop helps equip students with invaluable stress management and leadership skills, empowering them to excel within the SHSM framework and beyond.
A PRACTICAL TOOLBOX FOR CHALLENGING WORK ENVIRONMENTS
Mindfulness training allows individuals to learn skills that are invaluable in highly pressurized working environments.
cultivate self-care, necessary for caring professionals.
Through mindfulness practice, activities and discussion, students learn to use simple and accessible tools to:
- Reduce the negative impacts of stress
- Support emotional regulation & resilience
- Improve focus and concentration through the cultivation of present- moment attention
- Develop the ability to respond thoughtfully, rather than react, and make suitable choices, which do no harm to one’s self or others.
- Encourage empathy, compassion and sense of community
- Cultivate relationship with self & others
- Provide skills for life