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Youth Mental Health First Aid - Registration FULL, Waitlist Available.

• Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM

This program is full.
Contact Carol at cm798@cornell.edu to be added to the waitlist.

This program is for adults only.

The Certified Youth Mental Health First Aid Trainers are:

• Adhara Jimenez-Banse, MSW, CCE 2Gen Resilience Educator
  Kristina Garritano Hoti, MSW

Skills gained in becoming a Youth Mental Health First Aider include:

• Recognizing signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges.
• Differentiating between typical adolescent development/behaviors, and signs of likely mental health challenges where first aider outreach can provide crucial preventive impacts.
• Understanding of the best ways to interact with a young person experiencing mental health or substance use challenge(s) or crisis.
• Knowledge and comfort with connecting an at-risk youth to local professional help and community services.
• Increased understanding of trauma, substance use, self-care, & social media usage/cyber-bullying impacts.

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Fee

Free

Location

Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County
18 Seward Avenue
Suite 300 (third floor)
Middletown, New York 10940

Last updated April 6, 2023