Youth Mental Health
Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) training is a widespread, well-respected, evidence-based program that teaches youth workers how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health challenges, addiction, and crisis in adolescents. Schedule a YMHFA training and increase your team’s knowledge of these important skills–plus, everyone who passes the course will attain a YMHFA certification.
Death by Suicide - Counts & Rates
El Paso County
Ages 0-18
2015-2022
When adults who work with youth are able to address challenges and crises in a healthy and effective way, we reduce the risk of teens and young adults dying by suicide or causing harm to themselves or others. You can see the impact of our YMHFA training and other, similar programs in the graph above–the death by suicide rate in El Paso County has decreased in recent years!
YMHFA Training Details
The Education For a Lifetime YMHFA training…
- Is primarily designed for adults who interact regularly with youth between the ages of 12-18 who are experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge, or are in crisis
- Can be presented for both individuals and organizations
- Introduces common mental health challenges for youth and reviews typical adolescent development
- Teaches a five-step action plan for helping young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations
- Covers topics like substance use, anxiety, depression, and other mental health disorders
- Adapts to different needs and schedules, and can be presented in a 6.5 hour in-person training, or in a 4.5 hour asynchronous in-person or online training combined with two hours of personal online training
- Includes a YMHFA certification for those who pass the course (eligible for 6.5 hours of continuing education units)
You can also reach out to us at admin@eflonline.org to schedule a YMHFA training in your middle or high school.