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    The Center for Leadership in Disability (CLD) received a $800,000 contract from the Georgia Department of Education to coordinate Youth Mental Health First Aid training and professional development as part of Georgia Project AWARE, a $10 million grant from SAMHSA. CLD will oversee training 350 educators and community members annually in Youth Mental Health First Aid and provide cultural competence training to school psychologists, counselors, and other student support staff in three participating school districts. CLD will also help implement universal mental health screenings in the school districts.

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    The Center for Leadership in Disability (CLD) received a $800,000 contract from the Georgia Department of Education to coordinate Youth Mental Health First Aid training and professional development as part of Georgia Project AWARE, a $10 million grant from SAMHSA. CLD will oversee training 350 educators and community members annually in Youth Mental Health First Aid and provide cultural competence training to school psychologists, counselors, and other student support staff in three participating school districts. CLD will also help implement universal mental health screenings in the school districts.

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    The Center for Leadership in Disability (CLD) received a $800,000 contract from the Georgia Department of Education to coordinate Youth Mental Health First Aid training and professional development as part of Georgia Project AWARE, a $10 million grant from SAMHSA. CLD will oversee training 350 educators and community members annually in Youth Mental Health First Aid and provide cultural competence training to school psychologists, counselors, and other student support staff in three participating school districts. CLD will also help implement universal mental health screenings in the school districts.

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    GEORGIA PROJECT AWAREYOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID

    Andy Roach, Emily Graybill, Breanna Kelly, & Erin Vinoski


    TheCLDreceivedafiveyear$800,000contractfromtheGeorgiaDepartmentof
    Education(GaDOE)tocoordinateYouthMentalHealthFirstAid(YMHFA)Training
    andotherprofessionaldevelopmentefforts.
    TheCLDstrainingcontractisfundedaspartofGeorgiaProjectAWARE,a$10
    milliongrantawardedtotheGaDOE anditspartnersbytheSubstanceAbuseand
    MentalHealthServicesAdministration(SAMHSA).GeorgiaProjectAWAREwill
    assistthreeschooldistricts(MuscogeeCountySchools,NewtonCountySchools,
    andGriffinSpauldingSchools)andlocalmentalhealthprovidersinblending
    educationandmentalhealthsystemstoprovideaseamlessnetworkofprevention
    andinterventionservices.
    CLDwilloverseeimplementationandevaluationoftheYMHFAtrainingprogram
    forover350educatorsandcommunitymemberseachyear.
    TheCLDteamwillprovideprofessionaldevelopmentsessionsoncultural
    competenceinmentalhealthservicesforschoolpsychologists,schoolcounselors,
    andotherstudentserviceprovidersinparticipatingschooldistricts.
    CLDwillalsocoordinateidentificationandimplementationofauniversalmental
    YouthMentalHealthFirstAidisdesignedtoteachparents,familymembers,
    healthscreeningsystemineachparticipatingschooldistrict.
    caregivers,teachers,schoolstaff,peers,neighbors,healthandhuman
    servicesworkers,andothercaringcitizenshowtohelpanadolescent(age
    1218)whoisexperiencingamentalhealthoraddictionschallengeorisin
    crisis.
    Thecourseintroducescommonmentalhealthchallengesforyouth,reviews
    typicaladolescentdevelopment,andteachesa5stepactionplanforhowto
    helpyouthincrisisandnoncrisissituations.

    ALGEE,theMentalHealthFirstAidmascot(picturedbelow)
    representsthemnemonicforthe5stepYMHFAactionplan:
    Photoabove:CLDsYMHFA
    Trainerscelebratecompleting
    theirtrainercertificationprocess.
    Pictured(fromlefttoright):
    BreannaKelly,CirleenDeBlaere,
    EmilyGraybill,ErinVinoski,
    CatherinePerkins,AndyRoach.
    Drs.DeBlaereandPerkinsare
    facultyintheDepartmentof
    CounselingandPsychological
    ServicesintheGSUCollegeof
    Education.

    Themaptotheleftshows
    thelocationsofthethree
    schooldistricts Muscogee
    County,NewtonCounty,
    andGriffinSpaulding
    servedthroughthis
    project.

    Assessforriskofsuicideor
    harm
    Listennonjudgmentally
    Givereassuranceand
    information
    Encourageappropriate
    professionalhelp
    Encourageselfhelpand
    othersupportstrategies

    UseaQRreaderto
    scanthecodeforatext
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