Mental Health Matters

In this newsletter find:

Eaton RESA Upcoming Trainings and Classes

• 1/30: Whole Child Virtual Meeting with Cannabis Expert Dr. Jason Kilmer (All are welcome to attend including community members)
• 1/30: Drug Endangered Children Free Virutal Training
• Ongoing RAISE Parenting Club (January-February cohort now in process)
• 2/21: Silent Crisis In-Person Training
• 3/7: Youth Mental Health First Aid Virtual Training

• 2/15: CMH Mental Health First Aid In-Person Training
• 2/20: CMH QPR Suicide Prevention Virtual Training
• 2/24: Sex Education for Children with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities for Parents - Virtual
• 3/4: Sexuality & the Spectrum: Lessons on Sex, Dating, and Love, Autism Style - Virtual

NEW Updated Tri-County Health Guide:

• Online Updates
• Free hard copies available for ordering

January 30th 1:00 to 2:00 pm

FREE

Online and Hosted by Eaton RESA

This free online training will help participants understand who drug endangered children (DEC) are along with the risks and long-term impacts that are associated with parental and caregiver substance misuse and drug activity.

Learning Objectives:

1) Understand the risks and long-term impacts associated with parental and caregiver substance misuse and drug activity.

2) Understand the many opportunities (often missed) to identify drug endangered children and the benefits of early intervention.

3) Learn what multidisciplinary collaborative efforts look like and how it incorporates the unique and often limited resources within a community and applies them in a manner that provides better care for drug endangered children.

Join us for the 2024 Eaton RESA Tri-County Whole Child meetings!

All meetings are virtual and there is no-cost to attend. All are welcome to join. Please click dates with links below for the calendar invite.

• Tuesday, January 30, 2024 9:00am-11:00am- Featuring Dr. Jason Kilmer Emerging Science on Cannabis and What It Means for School and Prevention Professionals followed by a Special Edition Afternoon Session: Drug Endangered Children Awareness Training 11:30am-12:30pm Following theTuesday, January 30th Whole Child Meeting: Join the Special Edition Session Zoom Here

• Thursday, May 9, 2024 9:00am-11:00am- A Multi-tiered Approach to Substance Misuse Prevention with Kaylynne Miesen and Christina Holmes

Eaton RESA is offering the Silent Crisis 101 workshop facilitated by Michigan Department of Education LGBTQ+ Students Project again this winter.

This workshop is designed to help school personnel and administrators and understand, assess, and improve school climate and safety for all youth, especially those who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning. Research consistently finds LGBTQ students to be at higher risk for homelessness, alcohol and substance abuse, harassment, assaults, suicide, school failure/dropout, and truancy. The good news is that research also shows there are simple, impactful steps schools can take to mitigate these risk factors. Some of the legal and ethical obligations that school systems and their employees must serve and protect this population will be addressed. A Silent Crisis: Creating Safe and Supportive Schools for LGBTQ Students resource guide is included with registration.

Wednesday, February 21, 2024 8:00 am-3:30 pm

The community is welcome to attend this training as well.

Date: 3/7/2024

Youth Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders in youth. This 6.5-hour training (pre-work and zoom instruction combined) gives adults who work with youth the skills they need to reach out and provide initial support to children and adolescents who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care.

*Please note: Participants will complete 2-hours of self-paced online coursework and then participate in a 4.5-hour instructor-led Zoom. The 2-hour self-paced online portion must be completed before March 7. You will have at least one week to complete the pre-work before the Zoom session. Directions will be emailed to you closer to the training date. Audience: school staff, coaches, camp counselors, youth group leaders, parents, community members, anyone who works with youth. Questions? Contact Mary Ann Schmedlen (mschmedlen@eatonresa.org or 517.541.8776)

QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) Virtual Training February 20, 2024, 10 am

An evidence-based emergency mental health intervention QPR Gatekeeper training is a free, one-hour training. Participants learn to recognize the signs of suicide and the steps to getting a person to help.

To register, please visit CMHA's eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/qpr-gatekeeper-training-for-suicide-prevention-1761649

Mental Health First Aid for Adults February 15, 2024, 9 am

A program that teaches participants to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among adults. Each training consists of 2.5 hours of pre-work and a one-day virtual or in-person class session. Training is $15 a person and all class materials are included.

To register, please visit CMHA's eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/adult-mental-health-first-aid-1822309

• Sex Education for Children with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities a Virtual Session for Parents with Mary Shehan and Frank Vaca February 22 6-7:30 pm
• Sexuality and the Spectrum: Lessons on Sex, Dating, and Love, Autism Style with Amy Gravino March 4th 6-7:30 pm

Winter is upon us and this means families and individuals we serve often have needs that might be at risk of going unmet. Our updated 98-page comprehensive Tri-County Community Health guide is online NOW: Community Health Guide. To post the guide on your website, please use this link: https://www.eatonresa.org/prevention/school-health-and-whole-child/tri-count-community-health-guide/.

Printed copies are available now. The new guide has even more resources for those you serve ranging from the basics of food and shelter all the way to information about support finding a new job--and so much more. Helping professionals feel free to order your hard copies of the health guide here. You can also order one-page tear off summary referral sheets with the QR code to the whole guide. All free to you.

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