Youth Mental Health First Aid Training
Children face many stressors including bullying and peer pressure to vape or consume other substances. Understand how to help your children or youth who are experiencing challenges or addictions by learning typical adolescent development and a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders. This course includes a 2 hour online course to be completed by November 7th as well as an instructor-led portion will be hosted on Zoom on November 10th.
Catherine Hoben, Certified Youth Mental Health First Aid instructor
Brenda Esler, LSW, Certified Youth Mental Health First Aid instructor
Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/virtual-YMHFA
Registration closes on October 27th. Offered in collaboration with EmPoWER Somerset.