Youth Mental Health First Aid - KidsMatter D203 & D204 Home & School

Youth Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders in youth. This 5-hour training gives adults who work with youth the skills they need to reach out and provide initial support to children and adolescents (ages 6-18) who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care.

How Blended Youth MHFA Works: Participants will be complete 2 hours of online self-paced coursework followed by a scheduled 5-5.5 hour in person instructor led- class . The in-person portion of this class is being held on Monday, November 23rd from 9:00AM - 2:30PM at D203 Administrative Center located at 203 West Hillside Road, Naperville, IL 60540

The Youth Mental Health First Aid Introduction is a self-paced e-learning course that consists of four segments. The e-learning portion of the training is delivered through the MHFA Connect learning management system.

• Welcome and introduction to YMHFA.

• Mental health and mental illness in youth.

• Typical adolescent development.

• Recognizing signs and symptoms.

The Youth Mental Health First Aid Skills Application portion of the course (4.5 hours in-person; 5.5 hours virtual) consists of five Instructor-led training (ILT) segments.

• Welcome to Youth Mental Health First Aid.

• Youth Mental Health First Aid self-paced introduction recap.

• Youth Mental Health First Aid in non-crisis situations.

• Youth Mental Health First Aid in crisis situations.

• Self-care for the Youth Mental Health First Aider

Prior to the instructor led session, you will receive an email titled "MHFA: Let’s get started!" that will contain log in information and steps that need to be taken to complete your pre-work. This pre-work needs to be completed 24 hrs prior to the in person training on Monday, November 23rd from 9:00AM - 2:30PM at D203 Administrative Center located at 203 West Hillside Road, Naperville, IL 60540

KidsMatter is grateful to support this training through a grant provided by the DuPage County Transformation Partnership, a collaboration between DuPage County and DuPage Foundation. Additional support through KidsMatter is also provided by Endeavor Health Community Investment Fund, Endeavor Health