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Mental Health First Aid brings hope, change to inmates

Posted on September 14, 2016 by The Holistic Homestead

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A few months ago I received a grant to become a certified Youth Mental Health First Aid instructor. The week-long training was intense, heart-breaking and eye-opening. It was heart-breaking to consider the fact that 1 in 5 young people between…

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Category: Headlines Tags: ALGEE, Algee the Koala, bureau of justice statistics, cnn, first aid for emotional crisis, first aid for mental health, mental health first aid, mental health in prisons, MHFA, NAMI, YMHFA, youth mental health, youth mental health first aid

Update after becoming a Youth Mental Health First Aid instructor!

Posted on April 9, 2016 by The Holistic Homestead

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Hi Friends, I just spent the last five days in an intensive training to become a Youth Mental Health First Aid instructor! The training was incredible – I learned so much more than I have gleaned from many books, I…

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Category: Headlines, Here's to your Health! Tags: become a mental health first aider, breaking stigmas, mental health colorado, mental health first aid, mhfa colorado, mhfa instructor training, youth mental health first aid