Training & Continuing Education

• Tornillo ISD employees receive mental health training before school year resumes

6.5-hour course face to face or 4-hour course virtual / with 1-1.5 online prework (Available in English and Spanish*)

*The Spanish version is only available in person.

Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour training course designed to give members of the public key skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Just as CPR training helps a layperson without medical training assist an individual following a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid training helps a layperson assist someone experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind Mental Health First Aid demonstrates that it makes people feel more comfortable managing a crisis and builds mental health literacy — helping the public identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness. Specifically, studies found that those who trained in Mental Health First Aid have greater confidence in providing help to others, greater likelihood of advising people to seek professional help, improved concordance with health professionals about treatments, and decreased stigmatizing attitudes.

Objectives:

Mental Health First Aid certification, which must be renewed every three years. provides trainees with the ability to:

1. Recognize the potential risk factors and warning signs for a range of mental health problems, including: depression, anxiety/trauma, psychosis and psychotic disorders, substance use disorders, and self-injury.
2. Use a 5-step action plan to help an individual in crisis connect with appropriate professional help.
3. Interpret the prevalence of various mental health disorders in the U.S. and the need for reduced negative attitudes in their communities.
4. Apply knowledge of the appropriate professional, peer, social, and self-help resources available to help someone with a mental health problem treat and manage the problem and achieve recovery.

Click HERE to register for the Mental Health First Aid Adult course.

6.5-hour course face to face or 4-hour course virtual / with 1-1.5 online prework (Available in English and Spanish)

*The Spanish version is only available in person.

Youth Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour training course designed to give members of the public key skills to help an adolescent who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The 8-hour course covers a range of common disorders and potential crises such as helping a young person who is having a panic attack, is contemplating suicide, or is struggling with substance abuse challenges.

Objectives:

Youth Mental Health First Aid certification teaches participants to:

1. Recognize the potential risk factors and warning signs of a variety of mental health challenges common among adolescents, including: depression, anxiety, psychosis, eating disorders, AD/HD, disruptive behavioral disorders, and substance use disorders.
2. Use a 5-step action plan to help a young person in crisis connect with appropriate professional help.
3. Interpret the prevalence of various mental health disorders in youth within the U.S. and the need for reduced negative attitudes in their communities.
4. Apply knowledge of the appropriate professional, peer. social, and self-help resources available to help a young person with a mental health problem treat and manage the problem and achieve recovery.
5. Assess their own views and feelings about youth mental health problems and disorders.

Click HERE to register for the Mental Health First Aid Youth course.