YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING FOR ADULTS ASSISTING CHILDREN AND YOUTH  

Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help a child or adolescent who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course 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. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, nonsuicidal self-injury, suicide, substance use, trauma-related disorders, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders, including Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and eating disorders.

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

Why Youth Mental Health First Aid?

  • 1 in 5 teens and young adults lives with a mental health condition.*

  • 50% of all mental illnesses begin by age 14, and 75% by the mid-20s.**

  • 10.2% of youth will be diagnosed with a substance use disorder in their lifetime.***

* National alliance for mental illness ** archives of general psychiatry *** national council for mental wellbeing

In Bartholomew County

  • 33.6% of teens report feeling sad or hopeless for more than 2 weeks in a row.*

  • 16.3% of teens report having seriously considered suicide.*

  • SEVEN teens died by suicide between 2015-2023.**

* indiana youth survey, bartholomew county report 2024 ** office of the coroner, bartholomew county report

While this course is valued at $170, for a limited time, Youth Mental Health First Aid Training is being offered at no cost for those who work/volunteer/live in Bartholomew County, and out-of-county residents/workers will be charged a reduced fee of $23.95.

This course requires a self-paced (approx. 2-hr), interactive online course that must be completed PRIOR to your in-person, instructor-led training. All information and link to this online course will be sent via email from MHFA Connect at least two weeks prior to your instructor-led session.

8 professional credit hours can be claimed upon completion of this training, and this training has been approved as 8 face-to-face training hours for Foster Parents licensed through the State of Indiana.

Participants must be age 18 or older.

In order for the certification to be valid, at least 5 people must be present for the training. If the limit is not reached by the time registration closes, CYD will contact you to reschedule.

UPCOMING YMHFA SESSIONS:

  • While we do not have any more Youth Mental Health First Aid Training Sessions scheduled for 2024, please check back for more scheduled trainings in 2025.

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Want to request this workshop for your group or organization? The training is designed for 5-30 adult participants who care about and are concerned for young people today. Specifically the training is designed for teachers, school staff, coaches, camp counselors, youth group leaders, parents, and other adults who interact with youth frequently. The workshop includes 6 hours of in-person training and a 2-hour self-paced, interactive online course prior to in-person training. If you are interested in bringing this workshop to your group or organization, please fill out the CYD Professional Development Workshop Request Form

this program is made possible through generous funding from

Learn more about this organization and the wonderful work they’re doing in our community on their website.