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LEARN HOW TO SUPPORT THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE
Youth Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond tosigns of mental health and substance use challenges among adolescents ages 12-18.Just as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use-related crisis. In the Mental Health First Aid course, you learn risk factors and warning signs for mental health and addiction concerns, strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations, and where to turn for help.
Mental Health First Aid teaches about recovery and resiliency – the belief that individuals experiencing these challenges can and do get better, and use their strengths to stay well.
Interventions LearnedWhen you take a course, you learn how to apply the Mental Health First Aid action plan in a variety of situations, including when someone is experiencing:
The opportunity to practice — through role plays, scenarios, and activities — makes it easier to apply these skills in a real-life situation. |
Location: Only 15 seats available
Hendry County Emergency Management 4425 FL-80, LaBelle, FL
How to Register:
Email Edwin Melendez at