Through a collaboration between the NC Department of Public Instruction, the NC Center for Safer Schools, and HCPS, district student services staff are again offering Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) training.  With a focus on common conditions such as ADHD, Anxiety and Depression Disorders, Substance Abuse, and Suicide, participants in YMHFA training learn to see related signs, symptoms, and risk factors; protect students by establishing safe spaces and positive relationships; and intervene to help keep students, their families, and others safe.

What's helping what we do? These are the positive forces at work in our strategy/program that influence how much we do or how well we do it.

• Classes offered for various demographics (age, ethnicity, etc.)
• Classes offered on Saturdays to accommodate participants that work M-F

What's hurting what we do? These are the negative forces at work in our strategy/program that influence how much we do or how well we do it.

• Limited Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructors to lead classes