This course is for adults who interact with young people, helping them understand mental illness in young people and how to help. Mental Health First Aid USA teaches participants how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind the program demonstrates that it helps
School can be stressful at any age, and it’s perfectly natural for K-12 students to experience some level of anxiety. But for some kids and teens, school-related anxiety can grow so intense that it hinders their learning and mental well-being and might even lead them to avoid school altogether. So how can parents, educators, and
There’s no one way to describe what stress looks or feels like for a child. Often kids don’t have the words to describe how they’re feeling, and so stress can manifest as many emotions or reactions that we may not assume are attributed to being stressed. Being overloaded with stress or not knowing how to
Whether a distressing event will lead to trauma doesn’t solely rely on the event or the individual person. In this talk, Maurasse explains how a traumatic experience is dependent on what we bring into the situation, in terms of our genetic makeup, past traumas we have experienced, and the stage in our development in which
