May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Join us for these programs

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Join us for these programs

QPR: Suicide Prevention, Wednesday, May 15 at 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

QPR: Question. Persuade. Refer.

Three simple steps  that anyone can  learn to help save a  life from suicide.

Just as people  trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver  help save thousands of lives each year, people  trained in QPR learn how to recognize the  warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to  question, persuade, and refer someone to  help. Each year thousands of Americans, like  you, are saying “Yes” to saving the life of a  friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor. QPR  can be learned in our Gatekeeper course in as  little as one hour.

As a QPR-trained  Gatekeeper you  will learn to:

  • recognize the warning signs of suicide
  • know how to offer hope
  • know how to get help and save a life

This free 90-Minute training will be run by Justine Ginsberg,  BSN, RN Justine is the Community Health Coordinator and  Program Director – RGH for Farmington Valley Health District.

If you are a Parent, Caregiver, Veteran, Educator, Teenager, or a compassionate human,  you are welcome to  attend this workshop.

Please register; this session is limited to 30 people. If we exceed capacity we will offer another session.

Reminders will be sent out before the program.  Register here.

Mental Health First Aid Training, Saturday, June 1 at 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders. This training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care.

What this course covers: 

• Common signs and symptoms of mental illness
• Common signs and symptoms of substance use
• How to interact with a person in crisis
• How to connect the person with help
• NEW: Expanded content on trauma, addiction and self-care

Who should take this course: Employers, Police officers, Hospital staff,  First responders, Faith leaders, Community members, Caring individuals

Please register. This is a full day of programming. Please bring a bag lunch; the community room refrigerator and microwave will be available for use.

Class size is limited to 30 students.  View a pdf on this course here.  Register here. 

This course will be taught by Justine Ginsberg,  BSN, RN Justine is the Community Health Coordinator and  Program Director – RGH for Farmington Valley Health District.