Summer 2023 Youth Mental Health First Aid Training Dates for Educators Announced

DMH has announced a series of Youth Mental Health First Aid training dates for Mississippi educators taking place throughout summer 2023. Teachers, coaches, school resources officers, bus drivers, other school staff, caregivers and any others who regularly interact with youth – these trainings can help you identify common signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges in young people and teach you how to connect them with resources. Click the image above for a PDF that can be shared with others, or click here to register for a training.

Virtual Trainings

All virtual trainings will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participants in these courses are required to complete a two-hour, self-paced pre-evaluation online before the instructor-led trainings on the dates below:

• June 23, 2023
• July 14, 2023
• July 28, 2023

In-Person Trainings

• June 27, 2023, 8:30 a.m. –  4 p.m.
  Life Help
  2504 Browning Road, Greenwood, MS 38930
• June 28, 2023, 8:30 a.m. –  4 p.m.
  Life Help
  2504 Browning Road, Greenwood, MS 38930
• July 7, 2023, 8:30a.m. – 4 p.m.
  Mental Health Association of South Mississippi
  4803 Harrison Circle, Gulfport, MS 39507
• July 18, 2023, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
  Life Help
  2504 Browning Road, Greenwood, MS 38930
• July 19, 2023, 8:30 a.m. –  4 p.m.
  Life Help
  2504 Browning Road, Greenwood, MS 38930
• July 21, 2023, 8:30 a.m. –  4 p.m.
  Jackson County Chamber of Commerce
  720 Krebs Avenue, Pascagoula, MS 39567