Mental Health First Aid
What Is Mental Health First Aid?
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a revolutionary public education program designed to create safety for those living with mental illness by providing lifesaving intervention training to everyone and anyone. Similar to First Aid, MHFA trains participants to offer practical help to anyone experiencing a mental health crisis, until professional support is available.
MFHA training offers a practical 5-step strategy for responding to signs and symptoms of common mental health disorders, along with focused self-help strategies. These include assessing for risk of harm, listening without judgement, providing reassurance, and connecting people to professional or self-help resources.
MHFA training engages participants in hands-on activities that simulate real-life challenges, providing a greater understanding of how mental illness impacts individuals and families.
Who Is It For?
Mental Health First Aiders are teachers, first responders and veterans. They’re neighbors, parents and friends. They’re people in recovery, and those supporting a loved one They’re First Ladies and Mayors. Mental Health First Aiders are anyone who wants to make their community healthier, happier and safer for all. Mental Health First Aid is for anyone – and everyone.
To learn more or sign up for a MHFA course, please contact Michelle Woodard or fill out our Contact Us form.
QPR — Question, Persuade, and Refer
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the three simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Our goal in providing QPR training is to teach people to recognize the warning signs of suicide and know what to do: question, persuade, and refer the person to help.
QPR can be learned in our Gatekeeper course in as little as one hour and potentially help save the life of an in-crisis friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor. To schedule a training or to request information, please complete the Contact Us form.
Active Parenting
Active Parenting teaches parents the importance of raising empowered and resilient children, who will then be less vulnerable to the peer pressures to make unhealthy life choices. This program helps parents improve relationships with their children, develop new parenting skills, and identify effective techniques for navigating family transitions. Upon completion of the program participants receive a certificate acknowledging they have completed a parenting program.
For more information about enrolling in this program or bringing this program to your school, community or organization contact Kelli Law, Parent Programming Coordinator or Ayme McCain, Director of Prevention and Intervention, or fill out our Contact Us form.
Trauma-Informed Training
Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) is an approach in the human service field that assumes that an individual is more likely than not to have a history of trauma. Trauma-Informed Care recognizes the presence of trauma symptoms and acknowledges the role trauma may play in an individual’s life.
TIC is a shift from “What’s wrong with this person” to “What happened to this person”
We cover the different types of trauma, define Trauma-Informed Care, and discuss Adverse Childhood Experiences in detail as well as how to build resilience, improve self-care and restore balance.
Training content includes:
- Definition of and types of trauma
- Definition of Trauma-Informed Care
- 6 Principles of TIC
- Signs of Trauma in adults and children
- Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Types of stress that play into behavior and response
- Building a climate of safety
- Secondary Traumatic Stress
- Self regulation
- Building resilience
For more information, contact Ann Robson, Chief Program Officer or fill out our Contact Us form.
Contact Us
Are you interested in learning more about trainings or registering for one of our programs? Call us at (330) 996-4600.
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