MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID FOR TEENS
Teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) teaches teens in grades 10-12, or ages 15-18, how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among their friends and peers.
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Teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) teaches teens in grades 10-12, or ages 15-18, how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among their friends and peers.
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Teens will learn the skills they need to have supportive conversations with their friends and how to get help from a responsible and trusted adult.
Use the action plan to help a friend
LOOK for warning signs.
LISTEN UP.
ASK how they are.
HELP them connect with an adult.
YOUR FRIENDSHIP is important.
WHO TAKES OR TEACHES tMHFA?
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Teens in grades 10-12 or ages 15-18.
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High schools, organizations partnering with a high school and youth-serving organizations are eligible to teach tMHFA.
Download the Mental Health First AID one pager
MEET THE INSTRUCTORS
Temerity Berry
Senior Prevention Specialist
Nikki Nichols, MSW, LSW, CTP
Prevention Program Coordinator
Adult Treatment Therapist