2025 14-Day MHFA Challenge

For Care, Community, and Connection during May Mental Health Awareness Month

Hosted by AdvancED Consulting, LLC, we will coordinate a FREE Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Training on Tuesday, May 27th with pre- and post-activities from Saturday, May 17 through Friday, May 30, 2025.

To offer MHFA training for the broadest population, NCCPC partners with the county to offer Blended virtual training which includes:
  1. a 2-hr online self-paced course 
  2. prior to the 8-hr virtual instructor led session on Zoom.

UPDATE! The workshop capacity is 30 people on Zoom max.
​Individuals who sign up past the 30-person limit will automatically be added to a Waiting List for future trainings.

Registration CLOSED on Saturday, May 17th and we have reached 30 attendees! If you were put on the waiting list, stay tuned for next steps. 

Note that originally this was planned as a Pop Up Healing Series from Saturday, May 17 through Friday, May 30, 2025. However, to best serve the community and offer our healers more time to plan the next Pop Up Healing Center, we have partnered with the Northern California College Promise Coalition (NCCPC) and the County of Santa Clara Behavioral Health Services Communities Wellness Program to provide this free program for the community.
WHAT IS MHFA TRAINING?

Learning outcomes from these trainings include understanding the trauma-informed approach is guided four assumptions, known as the “Four R's”: Realize, Recognize, Respond, and Resist re-traumatization.
  • Realization about trauma and how it can affect people and groups, 
  • recognizing the signs of trauma, 
  • having a system which can respond to trauma, and 
  • resisting re-traumatization.

Check out MHFA in the United States Research, a summary of research conducted on MHFA programs in the U.S. to date. The peer-reviewed studies show that Mental Health First Aiders:
  • Have increased knowledge of signs, symptoms and risk factors of mental health and substance use challenges.
  • Can identify multiple types of professional and self-help resources for individuals with a mental health or substance use challenge.
  • Show reduced stigma and increased empathy toward individuals with mental health challenges.
  • Have increased confidence and likelihood to help an individual in distress.
  • Use the skills and information learned in MHFA to manage their own mental wellbeing.

Researchers around the world have come to similar conclusions. Check out the research summary to learn more about the major findings for Adult, Youth and teen MHFA.
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WHO PROVIDES THE TRAINING?

AdvancED and NCCPC thank Peggy Cho and Semert Haile, Mental Health Peer Support Workers for the Cultural Communities Wellness Program, Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Services in the Consumer, Family Affairs and Cultural Wellness Division.

WHAT IS THE CHALLENGE?

The challenge, led by AdvancED, is to complete all FOUR of these tasks by Friday, May 30, 2027:
Complete all FOUR (4) activities by May 30th to get a prize from AdvancED Consulting, LLC!

  • DUE Sat 5/17 Register for MHFA training.
  • DUE M 5/26 Complete 2-hr self-paced online training.
  • DUE Tu 5/27 Complete 8-hr instructor-led online training.
  • Due F 5/30 Complete the Exit Ticket.

Both links for the 2-hr self-paced online training and the Zoom for the 8-hr instructor-led training are sent upon registration.

  • Everyone who completes all four activities will receive a FREE affirmation emailed to them in early June!
  • Everyone will be entered into a raffle and up to FIVE (5) people will win a self-care package by end of June (e.g., book, stickers, t-shirt, and other wellness products).

THE SCHEDULE

2-hr online self-paced course ​
DUE BEFORE May 27
8-hr virtual instructor led session on Zoom
​on May 27 from 9am-5pm PT
WHAT IS COVERED?

Upon registration, attendees will receive a calendar invitation for May 27th that includes 1) the Zoom information and 2) a copy of the Course Outline. The following is a summary of this training's Adult MHFA Course Outline:

  1. ​Welcome to Mental Health First Aid
  2. Mental Health and Mental Disorders
  3. Role of the Mental Health First Aider and Self-Care
  4. Common Mental Disorders in the United States
  5. Recognizing Signs and Symptoms
  6. ALGEE: Mental Health First Aid Action Plan
  7. MHFA for Early Signs and Symptoms
  8. MHFA for Worsening Signs and Symptoms
  9. MHFA for Crisis Situations
  10. Self-Care for the Mental Health First Aider

For those interested in scheduling MHFA training for students, here is the Youth MHFA Course Outline summary:
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  1. Welcome to Youth Mental Health First Aid
  2. Mental Health and Illness in Youth
  3. Typical Adolescent Development
  4. Signs and Symptoms of Mental Health Challenges in Youth
  5. The MHFA Action Plan (ALGEE) in a Non-Crisis Scenario
  6. The MHFA Action Plan (ALGEE) in a Crisis Scenario
  7. Self-Care for the Youth Mental Health First Aider
WHY

* The average delay between onset of mental illness symptoms and treatment is 11 years

* 10.6% of U.S. adults with mental illness 

* Annual treatment rates among U.S. adults with any mental illness, by demographic group:

  • Non-Hispanic Asian: 25.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino: 36.1%
  • Non-Hispanic Black or African American: 39.4%
  • Non-Hispanic White: 52.4%
  • Non-Hispanic mixed/multiracial: 52.2%
  • Male: 40%
  • Female: 51.7%
  • Lesbian, Gay or Bisexual: 55.6%

Learn more at Nami.org "Mental Health By the Numbers."
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