Training & Development
Expert-led mental health and team development workshops that transform stress into strength for your team, school, or community group! Growth infuses teams with a sense of freshness and life, and each step forward, no matter how small, adds up to big outcomes.
We provide tailored training solutions with a holistic approach that equips people to thrive in their workplace, community, and at home. Engaging, evidence-based, and easy to implement, look at what we have to offer and book your session today.
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Mental Health Workshops
We help teams move from burnout to resilience! We conducted research to identify the top issues currently undermining people’s sense of well-being so we could deliver mental health workshops that combine timeless principles with modern solutions (and we’re getting great results)! Transform your team from feeling overwhelmed, afraid, and worn down to energized, confident, and empowered with personalized action steps that result in immediate improvement to wellbeing.
“This would be incredible for everyone to learn, and I think it should be a requirement by every employer to educate their employees on things you’ve taught us.” P.D.
QUICK FACTS:
- 4-8 hours, any number of participants
- Customized handouts, certificate available
- Our office remains an open and ongoing source of personalized support after training
PRICING: Starting at $2500 +hst for up to 30 participants, small per person fee for additional people, includes customization and resource pack. Reduced rates for non-profits. Contact for a full quote.
We also have an online option for individuals looking to improve their wellness by expanding their mental health knowledge and skills. Stop guessing what you need for your mental health and get expert-guided, real-life tools, live from our Instructor online and anytime from our video archive. Join our mental health and wellness online learning sessions today and start building the clarity, confidence, and calm you’ve been searching for.
QUICK FACTS:
- 50-minute learning sessions
- Live access to the Instructor through chat, video archive to learn on your own time
- Professional development records available for dual self-care and portfolio building
- Additional free resources included, group rates available
Team Building
Build connection while strengthening team and community skills through a shared, memorable, play-based experience.
We help new team members bond, help established teams tackle challenges, and equip professionals to take the lead in doing their own team-building programs. All while elevating participants’ communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills. Let us know – What outcomes do you want to see? – and we will tailor a play-based program to make that happen!
QUICK FACTS:
- Activities are chosen to match the time frame, physical comfort of participants, and the space
- Any number of participants
- Customized handouts, certificate available
- Our office remains an open and ongoing source of personalized support after training
PRICING: Starting at $2500 +hst for up to 50 participants, small per person fee for additional people, includes customization. Reduced rates for non-profits. Contact for a full quote.
Conflict Resolution
We show participants how to de-escalate tensions, simplify complex situations to shorten the path to resolution, end gossip, and protect health and well-being along the way. With content designed for the modern landscape, participants leave with simple and powerful tools that are easy to remember and apply under pressure so they can experience the best outcomes.
QUICK FACTS:
- 4-8 hours, any number of participants
- Customized handouts, certificate available
- Our office remains an open and ongoing source of personalized support after training.
PRICING: Starting at $2500 +hst for up to 30 participants, small per person fee for additional people, includes customization. Reduced rates for non-profits. Contact for a full quote.
First Aid Training
We specialize in providing Standard First Aid with CPR Level C and AED certification, facilitated with mental health and the impacts of trauma in mind.
Has someone on your team had an experience that could make discussing or responding to first aid emergencies triggering? When they attend courses for the general public, feeling panicked can shut down learning and undermine their success. Our courses act as therapeutic opportunities for participants who have experienced distressing events to learn with their team in a supportive teaching environment while gaining the calm confidence to perform first aid.
Bringing us in to do your first aid training helps to ensure everyone has a good experience. As Training Partners with the Canadian Red Cross, the certificates your participants receive are nationally recognized. Tailored workshops to address specific topics are available upon request.
QUICK FACTS:
- Regulated first aid training for school and the workplace
- In-person and blended (knowledge online, skills in-person) options are available – for greatest success and confidence using the skills in real life be sure to book full in-person
- Ratio of 18:1 participants per Instructor, larger groups welcome, correct number of Instructors will be provided. No minimum number of participants
- Nationally recognized certificate issued by the Canadian Red Cross (we’re a Training Partner!).
- Our office remains an open and ongoing source of personalized support after training.
Homeschooling
Professional Development & Experiential Learning Resources
We’ve had the privilege of providing professional development workshops for thousands of formal educators across North America and are now offering growth opportunities for homeschooling educators too!
When you’ve stepped into the role of Teacher because homeschooling was the right fit for your family, it’s important to model lifelong learning yourself and to grow in your knowledge and skills as an educator. We’ve got you covered with budget-friendly and family-friendly learning where your children are welcome!
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How It Works
Step-By-Step
We talk about your goals and ideal takeaways, customize the workshop, deliver the session, and remain an available support resource to your individual team members through our office after their training is complete.
What You’ll Walk Away With
Skilled and confident team members and the knowledge we’ve got your back if they have questions about how to apply what they’ve learned to their unique circumstances.
We Handle Everything!
We bring all necessary materials, technology, presentations, tools, hand-outs, and expertise. You simply provide the team and the room.
Do you raise support for yourself or an organization?
As team building professionals who have worked with hundreds of non-profit professionals, we can tell you that treating your donors like a community rather than as individuals MATTERS! Our online masterclass in resource campaigning shows you how to adjust your approach to asking to gather more funds, needed items, volunteers, connections, and more than you ever thought possible.
Building strong teams and healthy communities!
Lindsay Walton
Program Director and Founder of Open Door Development
Hello! I’ve been designing and delivering experiential education programs for over 20 years including mental health workshops for at-risk populations, train-the-trainer courses for elite-level law enforcement, outdoor adventure programs for students struggling in traditional classrooms, first aid training for participants recovering from trauma, and more! I’m passionate about ensuring training meets the unique needs of participants and the teams they belong to across North America and beyond. We have a great team here to help you achieve the outcomes you’re looking for and look forward to hearing from you!
What kind of training experience are you looking for and what are you hoping to achieve? Email me with your training hopes and goals at lindsay@opendoordevelopment.ca.
Author Of:
Why Asking Donors For Money Causes Donors To Give Less: A Team Builder’s Guide To Why Treating Your Donors Like A Community Rather Than As Individuals MATTERS (Lulu Press)
The Diagram Debrief: A Powerful Team Building Tool Based on Jungian Play Therapy. Foreword by Jim Cain. (Lulu Press)
Featured In:
Extraordinary Facilitation: Insights From Half a Century of Working and Playing With Groups (Jim Cain, Healthy Learning)
The Learning Curve: Navigating the Transition From Facilitating In The Real World to Facilitating in a Virtual One (Jim Cain, Healthy Learning)
Virtual Facilitation: A Collection of Lessons Learned to Virtually Create Connections and Magic (John Berkley & Jeff Goldberg, Healthy Learning)
MORE REVIEWS
“I really enjoyed this training. It was interesting and you took the time to answer our questions. You cared about what mattered most to us.”
“I feel like I know what to do now. I actually feel like things can get better.”
“I was amazed by how you delivered the training. That was a phenomenal class.” (From an administrator who could overhear our training from the hallway!)
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