Youth Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders in youth. This 5-hour training gives adults who work with youth the skills they need to reach out and provide initial support to children and adolescents (ages 6-18) who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care.
How Blended Youth MHFA Works: Participants will be complete 2 hours of online self-paced coursework followed by a scheduled 5-5.5 hour in person instructor led- class . The in-person portion of this class is being held on Thursday, May 16th from 4:00pm to 9:00pm at Linden Oaks Behavioral Health located at 9697 W 191st Street, Mokena, IL 60448.
What it Costs: $25.00 (+ service fee) $55.00 for CEU's (LCSW/LSW, LCPC/LPC, LCSW, PsyD)
The Youth Mental Health First Aid Introduction is a self-paced e-learning course that consists of four segments. The e-learning portion of the training is delivered through the MHFA Connect learning management system.
- Welcome and introduction to YMHFA.
- Mental health and mental illness in youth.
- Typical adolescent development.
- Recognizing signs and symptoms.
The Youth Mental Health First Aid Skills Application portion of the course consists of five Instructor-led training (ILT) segments.
- Welcome to Youth Mental Health First Aid.
- Youth Mental Health First Aid self-paced introduction recap.
- Youth Mental Health First Aid in non-crisis situations.
- Youth Mental Health First Aid in crisis situations.
- Self-care for the Youth Mental Health First Aider
Prior to the instructor led session, you will receive an email titled "MHFA: Let’s get started!" that will contain log in information and steps that need to be taken to complete your pre-work. This pre-work needs to be completed 24 hrs prior to the in person training on being held on Thursday, May 16th from 4:00pm to 9:00pm at Linden Oaks Behavioral Health located at 9697 W 191st Street, Mokena, IL 60448.