Blended Youth Mental Health First Aid-First Responders and Family Members

Welcome to the Youth Mental Health First Aid event! Join us at Trinity Services, Inc. for a day dedicated to learning how to provide initial help to young people experiencing mental health challenges or crises. This in-person event will equip you with the tools and knowledge to support youth in your community. This event is being offered for first responders and their family members, but is also open to anyone. Don't miss this opportunity to make a difference in the lives of young individuals. Register now to secure your spot!

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 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 8 hour in person instructor led- class . The in-person portion of this class is being held on Monday, May 20th from 9:00 am to 5:00pm at Trinity Services located at 301 Veterans Parkway, New Lenox, IL 60451.

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 72 hrs prior to the in person training on being held on How Blended Youth MHFA Works: Participants will be complete 2 hours of online self-paced coursework followed by a scheduled 8 hour in person instructor led- class . The in-person portion of this class is being held on Monday, May 20th from 9:00 am to 5:00pm at Trinity Services located at 301 Veterans Parkway, New Lenox, IL 60451.