Webinar/Virtual Training
Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health challenges and substance use disorders (SUDs) in young people. This training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to a young person who may be developing a mental health or substance use issue and help connect them to the appropriate care.
Attendees will complete a 2-hour self-paced class (pre-work) and then participate in a 4.5-hour instructor-led class using video conferencing via Zoom. Course capacity is limited, so please only register if you are able to fully attend the training.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Participants will learn to:
Identify mental health challenges and SUDs in young people
Methods for outreach and support for youth
Connect youth with appropriate care
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Participants who fully atternd this training will be eligible to receive 5 continuing education (CE) hours certified by the Illinois Certification Board (ICB). CE certificates will be managed by ICB.
PRESENTER
Natalie Maggiore, Prevention Specialist for IABH, works with the COO/VP of Programs to develop, implement and evaluate the Association’s youth leadership conference - the Cebrin Goodman Teen Institute. Natalie works with the Prevention Program Director to assist CGTI and Operation Snowball Action Teams throughout the year as they create and implement Action Plans to better their schools and communities. Natalie holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and continues to pursue expanding mental health education and awareness through that avenue. She is also a certified instructor for Youth Mental Health First Aid and Teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA).
The Great Lakes MHTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.
Webinar/Virtual Training
This is an application, and not all people who apply will be able to get in due to class size.
The South Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) invites peer specialists from across Region 6 to apply for the Youth and Young Adult Peer Specialist training. The Youth and Young Adults Peer Support training was developed to train peer supporters on the topics of youth voice and issues specific to youth navigating mental health or substance use challenges. The Youth and Young Adults Peer Support training is available for anyone who works, or is interested in working, as a peer specialist. This three-day training provides participants with a foundation for youth experience with mental health and substance use challenges, the unique issues for youth navigating recovery and youth-serving systems, and best practices and tools for peer specialists looking to support youth. The training will also encourage participants to consider how to use their own lived experience when supporting youth through structured reflection, group discussion, and interactive activities.
There is no age requirement for participating in this training. Applicants will be informed of acceptance before April 5, 2024. Applicants will be accepted on a rolling basis, so we encourage interested folks to apply early since space in the training may fill up quickly. Not all applicants will be accepted as we have limited seats available.
The Youth and Young Adult Peer Support training is appropriate for anyone working or volunteering (or interested in working or volunteering) as a peer specialist. The only prerequisite to attendance is that participants must have previous formal training in peer support practice (e.g., their state’s Peer Specialist certification training, Intentional Peer Support, etc.). Priority consideration will be given to people who are interested in attending the YAYAPS Training of Trainers so that they may facilitate the Youth and Young Adult Peer Support Training in their communities.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this training, it is envisioned that participants will be able to:
Define the term “youth”
Identify and practice effective ways of meeting youth and young people “where they are”
Build authentic connections with young people based on lived experience, regardless of differences in age or other experiences
Identify stigmatizing language used to describe young people and effectively reframe such language through the lens of peer values
Understand how resistance or other actions may be forms of self-advocacy, communication, or responses to trauma
Identify common responses to trauma that young people experience
Support young people in exploring different ways to heal from trauma
Utilize foundational knowledge of power and privilege to support youth experiencing oppression
Assist young people in learning to advocate for themselves within the settings that young people must navigate
Set and hold boundaries with persons served and coworkers
Identify challenges and ethical boundaries for supporting family members of a young person
Facilitators
Jessi Davis (she/they) is an experienced Program Coordinator and Peer Specialist with a
demonstrated history of working in the Peer Support, Mental Health, and Substance Use
Recovery industries. Jessi is known for work surrounding Youth and Young Adult Peer
Support training, technical assistance, and leadership. Currently working at the South
Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, Jessi works to provide support,
technical assistance, and training to the Peer Workforce throughout the 5 states and all
tribal communities within Region 6. They have spent much of their career focused on
promoting access to quality Peer Specialist services across the lifespan.
Darcy Kues (she/her) is a Project Manager with the South Southwest Mental Health
Technology Transfer Center and the Addiction Research Institute, where she writes
curricula focused on peer support and recovery services. She has over 7 years of
experience in curriculum development, grant writing, and program coordination for
peer support services and recovery-oriented behavioral health. Darcy has developed
trainings on reentry peer support, youth and young adult peer support, trauma
responsiveness, peer support supervision, LGBTQ affirming services, and more. She is
committed to building a world where recovery and lived experience are centered at
every level of decision-making.
Virtual TA Session
Support for Students Exposed to Trauma (SSET) is an evidence-based intervention focused on managing the distress that results from exposure to trauma. It is designed to be implemented by teachers or school counselors with small groups of students. In January we trained a cohort of 20. There are 4 following TA Calls to go in depth with case consultation and problem-solving. This SSET training is specifically for non-licensed educators, school counselors, or nurses. This is a closed training.