By Gwen Mousin | Project Manager
The Fall always bring opportunities for additional outreach and trainings to schools, organizations, and communities that are looking to improve the health and well-being of their students and constituents. We are providing a number of important mental health and suicide prevention trainings to a variety of groups in the next few weeks and months and we wanted to tell you about them. They include:
Umatter for Schools - a national best practice program for suicide prevention developed by the Center for Health & Learning. These trainings are created for middle and high school faculty and staff. Participants will learn how to:
There are currently 23 participants registered for this upcoming training representing 11 different schools throughout Vermont.
Umatter Training of Trainers – We believe in the importance of providing skilled trainers out in the communities they serve. Our Training of Trainers training is for community members, health care professionals, and school staff who want to raise awareness about suicide prevention in their own communities and organizations. After taking this training, participants will be prepared to implement a 1.5 hour Umatter Suicide Prevention Workshop and will gain the skills, knowledge, confidence and materials to help others. We currently have 22 individuals registered for this upcoming training.
Umatter for Youth and Young Adults – Our Umatter for Youth and Young Adults (YYA) Program is a youth leadership and engagement initiative that includes interactive training with peers statewide to develop knowledge and skills for promoting their own mental health and the mental health of their peers. During this 5-month engagement, middle and high school students will also design and implement a Mental Health Wellness Promotion Community Action Project in their school or community. Umatter YYA 2019 will kick off in January and culminate in May. We hope to have 10-12 school groups participating again.
As you can see, our trainings touch a wide variety of individuals, schools, and other organizations. Your past support has allowed us to widen our reach and create health promoting communities. Thank you! If you would like to continue to support these efforts, we invite you to use the Donation link below – and please consider a recurring donation.
If you know of a school or community that could benefit from our Umatter trainings, please contact us at info@healthandlearning.org For more information about our Umatter programs, visit our website HERE:
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