Youth Mental Health First Aid Training (Blended In-Person)

YMHFA teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among youth, ages 12-18. This course will be in a blended in-person format. Participants must complete 2 -hours of self paced prework on-line prior to the In-Person Instructor led portion hosted at Beacon Mental Health in Kansas City, MO. *Note: After registering here, you will receive an email with in 72 hours with an invitation to join our MHFA Connect group on the MHFA platform where your pre-work can be found. Setting up this MHFA Connect account and completeing pre-work is essential to participate in the instructor-led portion of this training. The Instructor-Led portion of this course is about 6.5 hours with built in lunch and breaks. This portion of the course is a small group-interactive training. Mental Health First Aid is a skills-based training course that teaches participants about mental health and substance-use challenges. This training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to a young person who may be developing a mental health or substance use challenge and help connect them to the appropriate care. The course will teach you how to apply the ALGEE action plan: • Assess for risk of suicide or harm • Listen non-judgmentally • Give reassurance and information • Encourage appropriate professional help • Encourage self-help and other support strategies This course is only open to participants who live or work in Missouri. The course is valued at $170 per person but is being offered to you at no cost by Missouri's Department of Mental Health. The course requires advanced registration. Youth and Adult Mental Health First Aid courses have a significant amount of overlapping content. If you plan to take both, we recommend 3 months between classes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Be watching for your invite via the email provided, keep an eye on junk mail as well. Please contact [email protected] with any questions or accommodation requests or if you do not recieve an invite to join our MHFA Connect group. For additional classes, visit www.MHFAmissouri.org/events/.