A training designed for trusted adults supporting youth in Bloomingdale Township.

Location:
Hope Center - 260 Glen Ellyn Rd, Bloomingdale

What is Youth Mental Health First Aid?
This nationally recognized training teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among adolescents ages 12-18. Learners will complete a two-hour self-paced online course (before the training date), and then participate in an in-person instructor-led training, plus enjoy a catered lunch onsite with other advocates of youth in our community.

Individuals trained in the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course:

• Increase their knowledge of signs, symptoms, and risk factors of mental health and substance use challenges.


• Can identify multiple types of professional and self-help resources for individuals with a mental health or substance use challenge.


• Show reduced stigma and increased empathy toward individuals with mental health challenges.


• Increase their confidence and likelihood to help an individual in distress.


• Use the skills and information they learn in MHFA to manage their own mental wellbeing.

Who is this for? (Attendees should be supporting at least one student who is a resident in Bloomingdale Township)

• Parents & Grandparents


• Youth Group Leaders


• Teachers & School Staff


• Coaches & Mentors


• Any Adult Who Supports a Teen

Cost
The cost of this event is being covered by the Bloomingdale Township Mental Health grant. Because seats are limited, registrants are asked to co-pay $10 to ensure participation.

More info?
Email hope@bloomingdalechurch.org

Participants who successfully complete the training will receive a certificate.

This training will be done in two parts:

• Before the workshop date, all participants must I will complete a 2-hour self-paced online course


• The workshop is in-person, 8:30am-3:30pm

The cost of this event is being covered by the Bloomingdale Township Mental Health grant. Attendees should be a Bloomingdale Township resident or supporting at least one student who is a resident in Bloomingdale Township.

We hope that participants will connect and meet others in the community, so we are providing a catered lunch onsite (included).

The cost of this event is being covered by the Bloomingdale Township Mental Health grant.

Because seats are limited, registrants are asked to co-pay $10 to ensure participation.