FREE Youth Mental Health First Aid Training - Virtual delivery
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Description
- Recognize signs & symptoms of mental health & substance use challenges in youth/teens
- Respond to & support adolescents facing mental health & substance use challenges
- Intervene & de-escalate mental health crisis situations
- Connect people in need to appropriate mental health supports, including resources for Maine and national mental healthcare supports
- Develop & practice self-care habits (support yourself to better support others!)
Taught by certified YMHFA Instructors from Sweetser, licensed through the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Completion of this training awards Youth Mental Health First Aider certification through NCMW, valid for 3 years.
Youth MHFA training from Sweetser is fully cost-covered, available for free to all who live or work in Maine.
Sweetser and the YMCA Alliance of Northern New England are offering this Virtual Youth MHFA training on:
- Friday December 12th, 2025
Virtual via Microsoft Teams, 9:00am - 3:00pm - a 2-hour online self-paced "pre-training" coursework to complete before 12/12,
followed by a 6-hour instructor-led session (webinar) held Virtually via Teams on 12/12/2025 - Login info for "pre-training" coursework & Meeting Link for 12/12 instructor-led session will be provided following registration.
We hope to see you there!
Training registration is First-Come, First-Served. One registration per person per email. Training participants must be 18 or older.
Thanks to a federal grant through the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA, OMB 0930-0395), Sweetser offers Youth MHFA and other trainings at no cost to Maine residents through our FREE Mental Health Awareness Training program. Youth MHFA Training can be credited on completion as 6.5 professional development hours; this training is not eligible for credit as continuing education units (CEUs) for professional licensure.
For more information, visit Sweetser.org/FreeMentalHealthTraining
Questions/concerns, email Sweetser's Mental Health Awareness Training Coordinator at MCashman@Sweetser.org
