Youth Mental Health First Aid Training: Big Brothers Big Sisters Only

*This course is only open to BBBS staff and program participants*

Youth Mental Health First Aid introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations.

Youth Mental Health First Aid is an interactive workshop and attendees are expected to join from a device with a camera and a microphone and be able to participate for the full session.

Attendees to this session will be required to complete two hours of self-paced pre-work through the National Council for Mental Wellbeing prior to the session start date. You will receive further pre-work details via email a few weeks prior to the session date.

F ull Course Description:

Mental Health First Aid Matters

Most of us would know how to help if we saw someone having a heart attack—we’d start CPR, or at the very least, call 9-1-1. But too few of us would know how to respond if we saw someone having a panic attack or if we were concerned that a friend or co-worker might be showing signs of alcoholism.

Mental Health First Aid takes the fear and hesitation out of starting conversations about mental health and substance use problems by improving understanding and providing an action plan that teaches people to safely and responsibly identify and address a potential mental illness or substance use disorder.

When more people are equipped with the tools they need to start a dialogue, more people can get the help they need. Mental Health First Aiders are a vital link between someone experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge and appropriate supports.