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Did you know you can get trained for FREE in how to support youth experiencing mental health challenges or crisis? Here's the link for NY but I'll drop the link in the comments for searching nationwide trainings. https://lnkd.in/en_-rNG2

As the mental health crisis continues to rise among teens, schools are beginning to take different approaches to help students. Officials at Alta-Aurelia High School, a public high school in Alta, Iowa, created teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA), a program that not only guides teens to cope with their mental health but also teaches students to help each other. Could this be a way to talk about mental health and take away some of the stigma we constantly hear? To learn more about tMHFA and its positive effects on students, watch the full Good Morning America video: https://lnkd.in/d4BwCHZU #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthawareness

Mental Health First Aid (2 day) 27-28/3/24: Become a Youth Mental Health First Aider and earn credits toward the ISA Certificate for Senior Mental Health Lead with Marielle Jewels. 🖊 Learn how to provide information, tools and techniques to promote a young person's mental and emotional wellbeing 🖊 Support a young person who might be experiencing mental and emotional distress https://lnkd.in/eYv5fTur

Mentalhealthfirstaid.org likened this to CPR training, but for mental health. Much like CPR, the directions aren't necessarily complicated, but the specific indicators, steps, and nuances on how to administer support REALLY matter and can dramatically impact the person you're intending to help, for better or worse. If you haven't been trained in mental health first aid yet, the time is now! Register: https://lnkd.in/eBkrqKqw

🗣 In 2023, around one in every five children and young people aged 8-25 had a mental health difficulty. Since 2017, NHS Digital have been monitoring young people’s mental health. This was the second year that the survey asked about online bullying and social media safety. 👨👧 Children with a mental health difficulty were significantly more likely to have been bullied online compared to those without, highlighting the need to safeguard those with mental health difficulties appropriately. 🏫 By implementing comprehensive mental health support in schools, we can move a step closer to providing the level of mental health support that children need. For the full blog: https://lnkd.in/edVcV6KV

Safe and Quality Expanded Learning Opportunities is critical to the youth development field! Be sure to take advantage of this great opportunity to build capacity as you center around and serve young people! #HumanCentered #Healthyminds #ContinousImprovement #StatewideCapacityBuilding #FreeTraining

Getting the help you need isn't always as simple as asking for it. Some individuals live in areas with severe shortages of mental health professionals. LPHI is offering free mental health first aid training so you can recognize the first signs of a crisis. https://ow.ly/FT2r50PS1MP

📣You might know what to do if you saw someone choking. You might even know how to administer CPR if someone had a heart attack. But would you know how to help someone in a mental health crisis? Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an international certification program that teaches you how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The training helps you identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and addictions. There is also a curriculum designed specifically toward mental health for teens. Adult classes are offered FREE and virtual!!! New classes loading https://lnkd.in/enkeQ3ye

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