Mental Health First Aid Training: Part 1

Learn how to support your friends, families, and neighbors by becoming certified in Mental Health First Aid. In this two-part training, you will learn how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among adults.

After training, you will be able to:

• Recognize common signs and symptoms of mental health challenges
• Recognize common signs and symptoms of substance use challenges
• Understand how to interact with a person in crisis
• Know how to connect a person with help
• Use self-care tools and techniques

To receive certification, participants must attend both Part 1 and Part 2 sessions of the same month. Part 1 sessions are on the 2nd Saturday of the month; Part 2 sessions are on the 4th Saturday of the month. Each part is four hours with a break for participants to get lunch on their own. 

Registration is required. Please register directly with Kennya Rodriguez at Momentum for Health at krodriguez@momentumforhealth.org.

Trainings are conducted by Momentum for Health, a non-profit organization in Santa Clara County that helps people achieve mental and emotional health, discover their potential, and fully participate in life.

These trainings are offered through support by a $2M Federal Earmark.

 

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Location

El Camino Room

Downtown Library, 270 Forest Ave., Palo Alto, CA, 94301, View Map