Mental Health First Aid - April 25, 2025
Includes a Live In-Person Event on 04/25/2025 at 8:30 AM (EDT)
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- Learners - $60
A 7.5-Hour Training with Janelle Havens, MS & Katherin Gagneux
8:30am-3:30pm
130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150, Concord, NH 03301
IMPORTANT: Learners must complete a 2-hour, self-paced online course and participate in the 5.5-hour, instructor-led training. More information on the online pre-work will be sent to your email address shortly after registration.
Presentation: Mental Health First Aid is designed to give members of the public critical skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Just as CPR training helps a layperson without medical training assist an individual following a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid training helps a layperson assist someone experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind Mental Health First Aid demonstrates that it makes people feel more comfortable managing a crisis situation and builds mental health literacy — helping the public identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness. Specifically, studies found that those trained in Mental Health First Aid have greater confidence in providing help to others, a greater likelihood of advising people to seek professional help, improved concordance with health professionals about treatments, and decreased stigmatizing attitudes.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
- Recognize the potential warning signs for a range of mental health problems, including depression, anxiety/trauma, psychosis and psychotic disorders, substance use disorders, and self-injury;
- Use a 5-step action plan to help an individual in crisis connect with appropriate professional help;
- Identify the prevalence of various mental health disorders in the U.S.;
- Describe the need for reduced negative attitudes in their communities; and
- Apply knowledge of the appropriate professional, peer, social, and self-help resources available to help someone with a mental health problem treat and manage the problem and achieve recovery.
7.5 Contact Hours Available
CRSW Performance Domains: 3-4
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 3-4 & 16-17
Certified Prevention Specialist Domains: 2, 4 & 6
NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category A) & Psychologist (Category A)
NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
This training is financed under a contract with the State of NH, Department of Health and Human Services, with funds provided in part by the State of NH and/or such funding sources as were available or required, e.g., the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Katherin Gagneux
Makin' It Happen
Kayt Gagneux currently holds the Resiliency Essentials Program Director position for Makin’ It Happen in Manchester, NH. She holds a Masters of Education from the University of New Hampshire, as well as multiple certifications in behavioral health and trauma informed care. Prior to her role at Makin’ It Happen, Kayt worked in the field of education for about a decade as a special educator, a teacher and a behavior specialist. She then worked in a residential treatment facility for youth focusing on developing and implementing mental health curriculum for teenagers in residence due to abuse/neglect, and through the criminal justice system. For Makin’ It Happen, Kayt delivers multiple curriculums, including Adult and Youth Mental Health First Aid, QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer), and multiple suicide prevention and trauma response programs.
Janelle Havens
Makin' It Happen
Janelle Havens, MS, is the Resiliency Essentials Project Manager at Makin’ It Happen. She focuses on bringing effective mental health awareness and suicide prevention trainings to Greater Manchester youth and caring adults. She is a certified instructor for a variety of curricula, including Adult and Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR), and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Talk Saves Lives training.
Janelle earned her Masters in Science of Criminology & Criminal Justice and a bachelor’s degree in Criminology & Criminal Justice from Merrimack College. Prior to her role at Makin’ It Happen, Janelle was a former advocate for domestic and sexual violence survivors, focusing on cases where there was co-occurrence between domestic violence and child abuse/neglect as reported through NH DCYF. She has been trained extensively in trauma-informed crisis response techniques throughout her career.