Event Details:
On May 13, 2019, Tri-County Mental Health Services will be offering a Mental Health First Aid training in Kansas City. This groundbreaking eight-hour training course gives people the tools to identify when someone might be struggling with a mental health or substance use problem and to connect them with appropriate support and resources when necessary.

One in five Americans has a mental illness, but many are reluctant to seek help or might not know where to turn for care. Unlike physical conditions, symptoms of mental health and substance use problems can be difficult to detect. For friends and family members, it can be hard to know when and how to step in. As a result, those in need of mental health services often do not get them until it is too late.

Just as CPR helps even those without clinical training assist an individual having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid prepares participants to interact with a person experiencing a mental health crisis. Mental Health First Aiders learn a 5-step action plan that guides them through the process of reaching out and offering appropriate support.

“Through this program, we hope to take the fear and hesitation out of starting conversations about mental health and substance use problems,” says Linda Rosenberg President and CEO of the National Council for Behavioral Health, which helped bring Mental Health First Aid to the U.S. in 2008. “When more people are equipped with the tools they need to start a dialogue, more people can get the help they may need.”

In just ten years, Mental Health First Aid has become a full-blown movement in the United States—more than 1 million people are certified Mental Health First Aiders, and that number is growing every day.

For more information or to participate in a Mental Health First Aid training at Tri-County Mental Health, contact Savannah Poutch at savannahp@tri-countymhs.org or call 816-965-1024.

To learn more about Mental Health First Aid USA, visit www.MentalHealthFirstAid.org.

Topic: Family Group Community Speaker
Speaker: Wanda Robinson

Wanda Robinson is a former Family Group member who lost her adult son recently who fought most of his adult life with chronic mental health. Wanda is willing to share her incredible journey as a caretaker through the behavioral mental health system.

This year’s speaker – Tony Mandarich

If you are a devoted football fan, you might remember when Tony Mandarich was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1989 as “The Incredible Bulk”, the best offensive line NFL draft prospect ever. In 1992, he was again featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated as “The NFL’s Incredible Bust”. He was cut by the Packers that year and lived in a world of pain-killers and alcohol. In 1995, he started rehab, and turned his life around. He returned to the NFL and played 3 years for the Colts before retiring after a shoulder injury. He now pursues his passion for greatness through photography.

Tony has been a larger-than-life persona since he was a kid playing football. He describes his life in his 2009 autobiography, My Dirty Little Secrets– Steroids, Alcohol & God: The Tony Mandarich Story. On the eve of this year’s NFL draft, ESPN aired a 44 minute documentary about the fall and rise of Tony Mandarich. On August 26, 3 days before the Chiefs play their final pre-season game against the Packers (the team that drafted Tony as the #2 overall draft pick in 1989), we will hear from a man who knows football, who knows painkillers and addiction, and who knows that he can lead a creative, successful life without steroids, alcohol or painkillers.

Event Agenda with Call-in Information.

When:
July 27, 2020 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Where:
Zoom Call information on Agenda

About this Event
There will be 2 hours of self-done PRE WORK!
You will learn:
How to give first aid in a mental health crisis and/or early stages of mental health problems.
A 5-step action plan to help an individual in crisis connect to professional care.
How to observe signs and symptoms of the most common mental health problems and know where and when to get help.

There will be 2 hours of self-done PRE WORK!
You will learn:
How to give first aid in a mental health crisis and/or early stages of mental health problems.
A 5-step action plan to help an individual in crisis connect to professional care.
How to observe signs and symptoms of the most common mental health problems and know where and when to get help.

The Aging Mastery Program (AMP) encourages mastery — developing behaviors across many dimensions that will lead to improved health, stronger financial security and overall well-being.

By participating in this program, you will:
• Make and maintain small but impactful changes in your health behaviors, financial well-being and enrichment in later life.

• Meet new friends, provide support and encouragement to your peers, and become more involved in your community.

The program starts on Tuesday, April 6, and meets on Tuesdays, 1–2:30 p.m., for 10 consecutive weeks, with a graduation event to follow.

Classes will meet virtually, using the Zoom meeting platform.

An invitation link will be provided after you register.

For those unfamiliar with Zoom, support will be available to help you navigate this user-friendly program on Tuesday, March 30 at 1 p.m.

Core Curriculum classes
Navigating Longer Lives:
The Basics of Aging Mastery — Introduction to the program.

Exercise and You — The importance of exercising both the mind and the body.

Sleep — Simple strategies to improve sleep.

Healthy Eating and Hydration — Review of nutrition as it relates to aging.

Financial Fitness — How to remain economically secure in an era of longevity.

Advance Planning — Making decisions while maintaining personal values.

Healthy Relationships — The benefits of being socially active.

Medication Management — How to take and keep track of medications.

Falls Prevention — Strategies to prevent falling.

Community Engagement — The value of continuing involvement.

A 12-session caregiving curriculum is also available.