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Mental Health First-Aid training is coming to Delaware County. Here’s what educators need to know about this opportunity.
What will participants learn? Participants will learn risk factors and warning signs for mental health challenges common among adolescents. There will be a focus on strategies to support youth developing signs and symptoms of mental illness or an emotional crisis.
Who should participate? This course is designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. Teachers, school staff and coaches could all benefit from Mental Health First-Aid training. This specific pilot training is open for teachers at all grade levels.
Why now? In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, more students may be at risk for developing the anxieties, depression and disruptive behaviors that Mental Health First-Aid is desgned to address. This is a tool that school faculty and staff can use to ease the transition back into the classroom for the 2020-2021 school year.
MENTAL HEALTH
FIRST-AID
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n Indiana, teachers are
many do not know how to
required to be certified in
respond when someone is having
CPR. The reason is clear. In
a panic attack or showing signs
an emergency where a student’s
of emotional abuse. That is
life is at stake, there must be an
changing in Delaware
adult present who can step in
County thanks to funding from
at a moment’s notice and give
the Community Foundation
life-saving aid to a young person
and Ball Brothers Foundation,
in need. While most may know
training from Meridian Health
what to do when someone is
Services, and collaborations with
choking or having a heart attack,
Delaware County schools,
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