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August 23, 2025 Blended Youth MHFA Version 2.1 - Eboniè P. Fields
Sat, Aug 23
|Virtual Event
A Youth Mental Health First Aid Course will teach you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among children and adolescents ages 12-18.
Time & Location
Aug 23, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Virtual Event
About the Event
Youth Mental Health First Aid consists of 2-hours of self-paced content followed by 4.5 hours of instructor-led training.
Youth Mental Health First Aid is an early intervention public education program. It teaches adults how to recognize the signs and symptoms that suggest a potential mental health challenge, how to listen nonjudgmentally and give reassurance to a youth who may be experiencing a mental health challenge, and how to refer a person to appropriate professional support and services.
Mental Health First Aid was created in Australia in 2000 by Betty Kitchener, an educator and mental health consumer, and Professor Tony Jorm, a mental health researcher. In 2008, the National Council, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the Missouri Department of Mental Health brought Mental Health First Aid to the United States.