Youth Mental Health First Aid 2022

4891 East County Line Road,Mineral Ridge OH 44440

29 June, 2022

Description

Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach adults who regularly interact with young people how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addiction challenge or is in crisis. 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, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders. Objectives: • Participants will be able to identify the risk factors and warning signs of a variety of mental health challenges common among adolescents. • Participants will demonstrate how to support youth who display symptoms of a mental illness or in an emotional crisis by applying the core five-step ALGEE action plan • Participants will explore resources available to youth in Mahoning County. **** This day-long training will include a thirty-minute break for lunch. Lunch will not be provided. Participants will need to make their own lunch arrangements and either bring a packed lunch or order something for delivery. ****