Mental Health First Aid Matters: JOIN THE MOVEMENT

Take a course. Save a life.

Sometimes, first aid isn’t a bandage, or CPR, or calling 911. Sometimes, first aid is you.

Most of us would know how to help if we saw someone having a heart attack—we’d start CPR, or at the very least, call 9-1-1. But too few of us would know how to respond if we saw someone having a panic attack or if we were concerned that a friend or co-worker might be showing signs of alcoholism.

Mental Health First Aid takes the fear and hesitation out of starting conversations about mental health and substance use problems by improving understanding and providing an action plan that teaches people to safely and responsibly identify and address a potential mental illness or substance use disorder.

When more people are equipped with the tools they need to start a conversation, more people can get the help they need. Mental Health First Aiders can even save lives.

Mental Health First Aid Training is an 8-hour course funded by a Randolph County 708 Board Grant that is open to the public. It gives people the tools to identify when someone may be struggling with a mental health or substance misuse problem. It connects them with appropriate support and resources.

MHFA includes training and families, healthcare families, healthcare providers and individuals with mental illnesses. Become a certified Mental Health First Aider alongside more than 550,000 others. Contact Kendra to schedule a training!

Proven Effectiveness

• Grow your knowledge of signs, symptoms and risk factors of mental illnesses and addictions
• Identify multiple types of professional and self-help resources for individuals with a mental illness or addiction
• Increase your confidence in and likelihood to help an individual in distress
• Show increased mental wellness themselves

Upcoming Trainings

*Two hours of pre-work are required before beginning the class.

• MHFA Training – August 27^th
  • (8:30am – 3pm)
  • Sparta Community Apartments
    • Auxiliary Room B at Broadway Plaza, 818 E Broadway St, Sparta, IL 62286
    • Registration Required
    • Lunch Provided
• MHFA Training – September 10^th
  • (8:30am – 3pm)
  • Sparta Community Apartments
    • Auxiliary Room B at Broadway Plaza, 818 E Broadway St, Sparta, IL 62286
    • Registration Required
    • Lunch Provided
• MHFA Training – October 13^th
  • (8:30am – 3pm)
  • Sparta Community Apartments
    • Auxiliary Room B at Broadway Plaza, 818 E Broadway St, Sparta, IL 62286
    • Registration Required
    • Lunch Provided