Mental Health First Aid Training

Oct. 22, 2024, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

LEARN HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND NEIGHBORS. Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among adults. You’ll build skills and confidence you need to reach out and provide initial support to those who are struggling, and learn how to help connect them to appropriate support.

AFTER THE COURSE, YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

Recognize common signs and symptoms of mental health challenges
Recognize common signs and symptoms of substance use challenges
Understand how to interact with a person in crisis
Know how to connect a person with help
Use self-care tools and techniques

For more information, visit MHFA.org. Learning modality: 2 hours of online asynchronous modules to complete prior to the workshop, followed by 5.5 hours of in-person instruction.

Presenter

The Rev. Karen Slusser ’21 has served on the pastoral staff of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church (Allison Park, Pa.) since 2013. When she took mental health first aid training, she found it so helpful that she trained to become a certified instructor, in order to offer MHFA training in her local community. Karen hopes that Mental Health First Aid training will become as universal as physical First Aid and CPR training.

Registration

To register, click here. Lunch is included with your registration.

Questions

Please contact or call 412-924-1345.

Mental Health First Aid Training