A Mental Health First Aid Training will be held September 2, 2025, at the Regional Office of Education’s Upstairs Conference Room. The full-day session, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., teaches participants how to recognize and respond to mental health and substance use challenges in adults.
Every day, 130 people die by suicide, and drug overdoses claimed 841,000 lives from 1999 to 2019. Nearly one in five Americans lives with a mental illness.
The training is open to employers, police officers, hospital staff, first responders, and anyone who wants to help.
Participants will learn the MHFA Action Plan, known as ALGEE, which includes: assessing risk of suicide or harm, listening nonjudgmentally, giving reassurance and information, encouraging professional help, and promoting self-help and other support strategies.
