Thursday, May 2, 2024
5/2/2024
Sertoma Centre, Inc. intends to bring mental health awareness training to over 3,500 people in the south suburbs of the Chicago metropolitan area and two communities at risk in the city. The overarching purpose of the MHAT initiative is to focus on training members of the community at large to appropriately and safely respond to individuals who experience or who are risk for experiencing serious mental illness (SMI.) Goal 1 Summary: Sertoma will offer evidence-based trainings including Mental Health First Aid and QPR to target groups in the community such as law enforcement, faith-based groups, local businesses, medical personnel, and organized community groups primarily in the southern Cook County suburbs. Sertoma also intends to provide special attention to offering mental health awareness training to specific groups that are more vulnerable and susceptible to experiencing SMI and serious emotional disturbances (SED.) Goal 2 Summary: Adverse childhood events play a significant role in the development of serious emotional disturbances and serious mental illness over a lifetime. Furthermore, early intervention is essential to ensure the best possible long-term outcomes. Sertoma will offer Mental Health First Aid Youth and suicide prevention awareness trainings such as QPR and SOS within schools and youth centers. In addition, Sertoma will partner a local behavioral health hospital to provide onsite quarterly mental health awareness trainings for families and youth associated with an adolescent IOP program. Goal Summary 3: Sertoma. has collaborated with our local VA hospitals in the recent past and intends to strengthen these partnerships to better support the identified mental health needs of our veteran population. Sertoma will train members of the community including veterans and those who specifically interact with veterans in Mental Health First Aid and QPR. In additional, Sertoma will partner with a local VA hospital to provide onsite quarterly mental health awareness trainings. Goal Summary 4: Sertoma will also focus on collaborating with community partners and offering more specialized training to these groups. Sertoma will increase the types of evidence-based mental health awareness training that are offered to the community and will further extend training efforts to groups who will benefit from special topics on trauma, suicide prevention, or crisis response and de-escalation.
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