Youth Mental Health First Aid Training for Wautoma School District
Registration Closed.
Last Date to Register: 7/6/2015 12:01 AM
Last Date to Cancel: 6/27/2015 12:01 AM
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Youth Mental Health First Aid is a public education program focused on equipping adults who work with youth who may be experiencing a mental health challenge or in a crisis. Similar to traditional First Aid and CPR, Youth Mental Health First Aid is providing help to a youth with a mental health problem or a youth experiencing a crisis until professional treatment is obtained or until the crisis is resolved.
WHAT WILL PARTICIPANTS LEARN?
The course teaches participants the risk factors and warning signs of a variety of mental health challenges common among adolescents, including anxiety, depression, psychosis, eating disorders, AD/HD, disruptive behavior disorders, and substance use disorder.
Participants do not learn to diagnose, nor how to provide any therapy or counseling.
Participants learn a core five-step action plan to support an adolescent developing signs and symptoms of mental illness or in an emotional crisis:
- Assess for risk of suicide or harm
- Listen nonjudgmentally
- Give reassurance and information
- Encourage appropriate professional help
- Encourage self-help and other support strategies
This training is exclusively for Wautoma School District employees (30 maximum).
Content questions? Contact Heather Fish at: fishh@cesa5.org
Registration questions? Contact Melissa Sumwalt at: sumwaltm@cesa5.org