The Mississippi Department of Mental Health is hosting a series of Youth Mental Health First Aid training dates scheduled throughout Mississippi during the summer 2019 months.
Youth Mental Health First Aid is an 8 hour training, designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis.
The training is available to school district employees, school resource officers, parents and caregivers due to a federal grant from the Substance Abuse Services and Mental Health Administration. The Mental Health Awareness Training grant is a three-year grant SAMHSA awarded to DMH that allows the agency to provide this training at no cost to these groups.
This training has been approved for 8 hours of Continuing Education credits for Educators and School Resource Officer. Space is limited to 30 participants for each class, and some dates are already full. For more information, click here or contact Courtney Littleton at (601) 359-6268.
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