Mental Health Awareness Training
How We Help
Mental Health First Aid and Question, Persuade, Refer are nationally recognized trainings that teach participants how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness in their family, friends, community, and workplaces.
Life-Saving Training, For Anyone
Mental Health First Aid
Just as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use-related crisis. This training is for anyone. In the Mental Health First Aid course, you learn risk factors and warning signs for mental health and addiction concerns, strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations, and where to turn for help.
Association House offers Adult and Youth Mental Health First Aid Trainings in English and Spanish, in-person or virtually. The in-person training requires an 8-hour time commitment. The virtual training is six hours with pre-work required.
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Training
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — three simple yet powerful steps that anyone can learn to help prevent suicide and support someone in crisis.
In just one hour, participants will learn to:
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Recognize the warning signs of suicide
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Offer hope in a supportive and direct way
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Refer someone to appropriate resources for help
QPR is evidence-based, widely taught, and designed for anyone — from community members to professionals — who wants to be equipped to respond effectively in the face of a mental health crisis.
“Mental Health Awareness Training gave me the confidence to ask directly if the person is suicidal, and if they have an active plan. Also, it has helped me to listen and provide a wider array of options for the individual depending on what is the best fit for them.”
- Program Participant
Find a Training
Community-based trainings take place throughout the year and are available at no-cost to you. To find the next training visit associationhouseofchicago.eventbrite.com.
Host a Training
If you are interested in hosting a Mental Health Awareness course at your workplace, community group, or church, please call or email Myra Rodriguez at 773-772-7170 x3204. To cover program costs, sliding scale fees may apply.
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