Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health First Aid – Adult is an 8-hour interactive class that helps you assist someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health-related crisis. In the Mental Health First Aid – Adult course, you learn risk factors and warning signs for mental health and addiction concerns, strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations, and where to turn for help. The evidence behind the program demonstrates that it does build mental health literacy, helping the public identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness. Mental Health First Aid – Adult certification expires every 3 years. The Mental Health First Aid – Adult course has benefited a variety of audiences and key professions, including primary care professionals, employers and business leaders, faith communities, school personnel and educators, state police and corrections officers, nursing home staff, mental health authorities, state policymakers, volunteers, young people, families, and the general public.

Public Safety Mental Health First Aid

TBA

Online 8:30am - 5:00pm

$70.00 (includes book), $50.00 (class only)

8 CEUs

Adult Mental Health First Aid

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Cedar Rapids Office 8:30am - 5:00pm

$70.00 (includes book), $50.00 (class only)

The first 40 registrants who purchase the book will get their spot in the class for free In Memory of Noah Ondracek. Use promo code NOAH to receive this discount!

8 CEUs

Instructor: Dr. Patricia Gilbaugh, Ph.D., LISW, RPT-S, CAS

For more information, please contact:

Shelley Berger at shelley@advocatecenter.org

To register for either class, click the "Register" button below.