Youth Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders among children and adolescents ages 12-18. This training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care.
The course will teach you how to apply the ALGEE action plan
DATE | TBD
TIME | TBD
COST | FREE
Training costs are being paid for by Community Mental Health of Central Michigan.
Training Location
50% of all mental illnesses begin by age 14, 75% by the mid-20s.
- Archives of General Psychiatry
1 in 5 teens and young adults lives with a mental health condition.
- National Alliance for Mental Illness
10.2% of youth will be diagnosed with a substance use disorder in their lifetime.
- Youth Mental Health First Aid