Youth Mental Health First Aid Training - RWJUH Somerset
Children face many stressors including bullying and peer pressure to vape or consume other substances. Understand how to help your children or youth who are experiencing challenges or addictions by learning typical adolescent development and a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations.
Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders.
This course includes a 2 hour online course to be completed by April 30th as well as an instructor-led portion will be hosted on Zoom on May 2nd.
Gail Schoenbach, Certified Mental Health First Aid instructor
Registration closes on April 18, 2024.
Offered in collaboration with EmPoWER Somerset.