Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an eight-hour course that teaches you how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The training helps you identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. Our nationally certified trainers teach a five-step action plan that will help you assess a situation, implement appropriate interventions, and help the person connect with professional care. A three-year certification in MHFA is available upon completion.  The course can be offered over one day or two days and you must attend the full class to receive the MHFA certification.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will become familiar with the signs and symptoms of depression, anxiety, substance use disorders, and mental illnesses with psychotic features.
• Participants will learn how to respond to mental health crises such as panic attacks and suicide
• Participants will learn how intervene early during the development of a mental health problem to decrease the severity of the impact of the illness.  

Training Dates: September 24^th – 25^th

Time: 12:00pm - 4:30pm each day

Trainer: Ashley Hartman, MPH, CHES, OCPS & Kevin Beaver

Cost: $150/individual or $125/individual for groups of 5+ (Please contact Carol Metlicka, cmetlicka@recres.org, to receive the discounted rate)

Continuing Education Details: This training does not offer continuing education for behavioral health professionals.

Cancelation Policy:If you are unable to attend a training that you have purchased, you can use your payment towards future training. When a registrant chooses not to attend a training, refunds are not provided. In the instance that Recovery Resources cancels a training, you can choose to either use your payment towards a future training or receive a refund. If you need to cancel, please contact Carol Metlicka at 216-431-4131 for assistance.

CEU Statements: Recovery Resources is an approved provider of continuing education through the Ohio Counselor, Social Work and Marriage Family Therapist Board for social workers (RSX069001) and counselors (RCX029002), the Ohio Chemical Dependency Board (50-17857) and the National Council on Problem Gambling (06/653).

For more information on Recovery Resources' Training Institute, please visit our website at https://www.recres.org/Trainings.