mental health & Substance Use Education
Legacies Empowered offers Mental Health First Aid and Question, Persuade and Refer Suicide Prevention training to local organizations, schools and businesses.
Mental Health First Aid Training: Like CPR, Mental Health First Aid teaches how to offer initial help to someone in a mental health crisis and how to connect a person to appropriate care. We’re certified to teach:
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Youth Mental Health First Aid for adults to learn how to respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among children and adolescents ages 12-18.
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Teen Mental Health First Aid for teens ages 14-18 to learn how to provide support to peers as well better cope with mental health challenges themselves.
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Adult Mental Health First Aid for adults to learn how to respond to someone experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis.
Question, Persuade and Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Training: Is focused on three steps that anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. In QPR training, you’ll learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicidal crisis and how to question, persuade and refer someone to help.
Interested in having us do a training? Please fill out this form.