From Mental Health First Aid Training to presentations for our elderly population to understand the need for opioid overdose and resources to keep medications safe – the NMORC team can provide training, technical assistance and resources for our communities to be better prepared to address and respond to behavioral health challenges.
Identify. Understand. Respond.
Mental Health First Aid is an evidence-based, early-intervention course that teaches participants about mental health and substance use challenges. This in-person course teaches the skills needed to recognize and respond to sighs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges, as well as how to provide someone with initial support until they are connected with appropriate professional help. For more information contact Gennie Groover.
These workshops are vital for communities looking to stem the problem of incarceration recidivism by offering a 75-minute simulation of the first four weeks post-release. Participants are provided a profile of someone being released and receive a packet of materials that could include Identification card(s), money, transportations tickets, etc. Through this exercise they experience much of the anxiety that persons in real life situations may face in trying to navigate staying compliant with their parole requirements and also assimilating to life ‘on the outside.” After the simulation the “Sequential Intercept Model” (SIM) concept is introduced via a panel of professionals representing the intercept points discuss the opportunity to provide persons with behavioral health disorders options outside of incarceration. For more information contact Jeanne Marriott.
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For more information contact Joyce Fetrow.