Similar to First Aid and CPR courses and especially during Covid-19, MHFA will help you recognize behavioral health signs & symptoms in children EARLY before they become more problematic. The course is designed to help you handle emerging & crisis situations through a series of interactive scenarios, exercises and videos led by an experienced MHFA-certified trainer.

What you will learn:

• Skills, strategies and PRACTICE dealing with mental health & substance use disorders. You will NOT learn how to become a therapist. Instead you will learn about WHEN to intervene.
• How to effectively communicate and enable children to open up to you.
• Common myths and facts about mental health pertaining to our local area and the U.S.
• Difference between typical & atypical teenage behavior.
• Trauma-related disorders, eating disorders, aggressive behaviors, anxiety, depression, bipolar, suicidal and non-suicidal behaviors and more.

*There is also a 1-2 hour self-paced virtual seminar and video to be completed optimally before the virtual instructor-led classes .

Course materials include the MHFA manual, handouts, and instructor-led sessions.

Register here.

For more MHFA information, CLICK Here, or email instructor Sandy Oxx: soxx@newportmh.org