Behavioral Mental Health Training Services

Mental Health First Aid is a skills-based training that teaches people how to identify, understand and respond to signs and symptoms of a mental health or substance use challenge in youth ages 12-18 and adults ages 18 and over. The evidence behind the program demonstrates that it builds mental health literacy, providing an action plan that teaches people to safely and responsibly identify and address a potential mental health or substance use challenge. Mental Health First Aid for youth and adult is available in English and Spanish.

The Be Sensitive Be Brave for Mental Health trainings that you will provide give foundational information about mental health and mental illness, the difference between the two, and how mental health challenges may look different across cultural identities. The trainings also teach community members how to recognize mental distress in themselves and others, how to support someone who is suffering from mental distress, and how to use county or national resources to help people work through their mental distress.

The Be Sensitive Be Brave for Suicide Prevention training is intended to train community members to detect possible suicide risk and connect those at risk with the help they need. Be Sensitive, Be Brave refers to our proposed two step method of helping at-risk individuals, sensitively, but directly inquiring as to whether they are thinking about suicide, and bravely connecting them with culturally appropriate resources and relationships that can increase their safety. The following section is intended to share some background knowledge about suicide in the U.S. that we think can be helpful to know when giving the training.

Triple P is an evidence-based parenting program that gives parents and caregivers simple and practical strategies to help them build strong, healthy relationships and confidently manage their child/ren’s behavior and prevent problems from developing.