Youth Mental Health First Aid Training

Youth Mental Health First Aid Training | June 24th

Wed, Jun 24, 2026 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM CDT

Pre-Work Required For Certification

This workshop is designed for finding ways to support students before, during and after a crisis.

Understand common mental health challenges for youth including expanded content on trauma, substance use, self-care and the impact of social media and bullying.
Discriminate between typical adolescent development and behaviors and those that are cause for concern.
Develop the knowledge to execute a 5-step action plan to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations.

Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Virtual (the meeting links will be sent 1 week prior)
Cost: FREE
Registration will close 2 weeks prior to each event to allow time to complete pre-work
Upon completion, participants will receive a Youth Mental Health First Aid Certificate valid for 3 years.
This evidence based curriculum requires 6.5 hours of instruction (2 hours pre-work, 4.5 hours with a certified instructor).
Trainers are also available to come to your school community.

All school staff are strongly encouraged to attend (maintenance, secretarial, food service, transportation, etc.).
Schools may choose to include community members in youth-serving organizations (law enforcement, churches, firefighters/EMTs, boys and girls’ clubs, etc.) as well as families and other community members.

Please contact Kristin Lorino klorino@cesa6.org or Melanie Sicking msickinger@cesa6.org if you have any questions regarding this event.