YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING (FOR ADULTS ASSISTING CHILDREN & YOUTH)

Council for Youth Development is providing several community trainings and workshops as part of First Presbyterian Church Columbus' Heads Up Mental Health Initiative. 

Registration for Youth Mental Health First Aid (for Adults Assisting Children & Youth) is now open to all community members. This certification course is designed to teach adults how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among children and youth.

Participants will learn:

• How to recognize common signs and symptoms of various mental health and substance use challenges in youth

• How to interact with and assist a young person in crisis and non-crisis situations

• How to connect a young person with appropriate help

• About the impact of traumatic experiences, the role of resilience, and the importance of self-care

Learn more about this evidence-based program on the Mental Health First Aid Website.

While this course is valued at $170, this particular session is being offered at NO COST, thanks to a Center for Congregations Grant, and the church will be generously providing lunch for all participants.

This program does require an approximately 2-hour, self-paced, interactive online course to be completed PRIOR to the in-person, instructor-led training. All information and a link to the online course will be emailed at least two weeks prior to the course or within three days of registration.

In addition to a 3-year Mental Health First-Aider Certification, participants will receive all documentation needed to apply for 8 professional credit hours, and this training has been approved as 8 face-to-face training hours for Foster Parents licensed through the State of Indiana.