MHFA16 - What New Jersey is Learning: Best Practices for Implementing Teen MHFA

Sunday, April 30, 2023

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

Location: 502 B, Level 2, LACC

None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Relias, LLC and National Council for Mental Wellbeing guarantee this educational conference is free from bias.

Moderator - MHFA Summit(s)

Ruth Kaluski, MS, CRC, LMHC (she/her/hers)

Statewide Director/Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health Association in New Jersey
Springfield, New Jersey

Presenter - MHFA Summit(s)

Jaime L. Angelini, MA, DRCC (she/her/hers)

Statewide Director of Special Projects
Mental Health Association in NJ
Galloway, New Jersey

Slides

tMHFA is now offered in 18 New Jersey High Schools, supported by state and federal funding and administrated by the Mental Health Association in New Jersey (MHANJ). We’ll share information about choosing schools, identifying appropriate Instructors, training school staff in YMHFA, creating training teams and developing required safety protocols. We will also discuss the development of our Learning Collaborative and share challenges and best practices. You’ll leave with a clear understanding on how to bring tMHFA to your state!

Learning Objectives:

Identify best practices around choosing schools, potential instructors and rolling out the curriculum.
Understand how to help schools create impactful implementation teams.
Learn strategies to maximize success in creating a statewide tMHFA initiative.