Mental Health First Aid

MHFA3 - Three Perspectives for Implementing MHFA with Organizations

Sunday, April 10, 2022

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Location: Gaylord National, Baltimore 1-2

Presenter - MHFA Summit(s)

Derrick D. Sanders

Deputy Sheriff (Ret.) & MHFA National Trainer
Clark County Sheriff's Office
Marshall, Illinois
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Lisa Boone-Reddick, MA

Managing Partner, Principal Consultant
LBR365 Consulting Services
Fort Worth, Texas
Jennifer L. Hilton, BA

Director, Training
WestCare Foundation
Las Vegas, Nevada

Staff Moderator - MHFA Summit(s)

Anne Chapman, MPH

Director, Strategic Partnerships
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Washington, District of Columbia

Slides

Expanding Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) within an organization can be the first step to larger growth in the community. Learn how organizations and Instructors use a multi-pronged approach to implement MHFA helping improve internal staff’s physical and mental wellbeing. You'll also hear from an Instructor who has successfully partnered with many organizations to amplify the reach of MHFA. Learn how to take those ideas and apply them to your community to bring people and smaller entities together to work as a team.

Learning Objectives:

Describe how to incorporate Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) into a multi-pronged organization approach to mental wellbeing.
List two methods organizations have used to train their staff in MHFA.
Explain how organizational strategies can be applied to community.