Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health First Aid is a course that teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. The training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial help and support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use challenge or experiencing a crisis and connect them to resources that can help.

This course is offered FREE through a grant to anyone who lives, works, worships, goes to school or provides service or support to anyone in Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson, and Washington counties.

This course is for adults that work with youth, you must be 18 years or older to attend. This training offers 5 CEUs. Registration open to 25 participants. If you have experienced a recent trauma or loss to suicide it is advisable to attend MHFA at a later date.

Here are the steps to receive your certification:

1. Pre-work: Self-paced online learning - approximately 2 hours. This course requires the pre-work MUST BE COMPLETED prior to attending the 5-hour instructor-led session.

2. Instructor Led Training (ILT): Held in the community room of the Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library in Brenham, TX.

3. Post Course Work: This includes a survey, final exam, and course evaluation.

If you are unable to attend after enrolling in the course, you must notify us immediately to open up seats for waitlisted participants. Pre-work doesn't follow you to another class if you complete it and do not attend the class, you must attend the whole course to receive credit and be certified as a Mental Health First Aider.

If you are outside of the counties mentioned above in the Brazos Valley or outside of Texas, please contact us at [email protected] for information on other classes available. For general questions about the course, please contact us at .

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