Free Mental Health First Aid Training Offered at Shoreline Community College!
Shoreline Community College Counseling Center is offering free Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training for our campus community. MHFA is a research-supported international education program developed to teach adults how to recognize and respond to signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges. MHFA is a skills-based course that gives people the tools to assist someone who might be struggling with mental health or substance use challenges and connect them with appropriate support and resources. To date, 2.5 million people across the United States have been trained in MHFA.
Just as CPR helps those without clinical training assist an individual having a heart attack, MHFA prepares participants to interact with a person experiencing a mental health crisis. Mental Health First Aiders learn a 5-step Action Plan that guides them through reaching out and offering appropriate support.
With support from the Counseling Center, this training (valued at $170.00/participant) is FREE to Shoreline Community College employees and students.
Training Details:
We are currently offering a blended training which includes:
2-hour, self-paced online training prior to the in-person training and
6.5 hour in-person training
This quarter’s in-person training is scheduled for:
Friday, April 12th, 9:00am-3:30pm
The self-paced online training must be completed prior to attending the in-person training. You must complete the online and in-person training to become a certified Mental Health First Aider. MHFA certification lasts for 3 years.
If you cannot make this date – we will be offering another training later in the quarter.
Please email Gwyn Hoffman-Robinson at gehoffman@shoreline.edu to register and/or find out more information. Please note registration is limited and a waiting list will be started when capacity is reached. Once registered, details as far as room location, etc. will be shared.
Join the Honors College to learn more about the Alfie Scholars Program at Seattle University. Carol Cochran, Director Alfie Scholars at Seattle University, will join us in the Honors Lounge from Noon to 1pm to explain the Alfie Scholars program (https://www.alfiescholars.org/).
Want to know more about applying to professional graduate school? (Medical/Dental school, PA and PT/OT programs) come here about how the Postbac program at Shoreline can help with the needed prerequisites, and how to apply, interview and get accepted.
To help students prepare for the MCAT we offer a proctored time every quarter in one of our computer labs. Bring a practice one you have never done before and have access to your Shoreline email. Email jpovick@shoreline.edu if you are not in the Postbac program and want to attend. The cost is free for Post-Bacc students.
Date: Sat 3/30/24
Time: 9:30am-5:30pm
Location: Email jpovick@shoreline.edu for details.
Attend an upcoming information session to learn more about Health Informatics & Information Management (HIIM) programs, career options, and to ask questions.
Attend an upcoming information session to learn more about Health Informatics & Information Management (HIIM) programs, career options, and to ask questions.
