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Sign Up for a Free 2 Day Youth Mental Health First Aid Training

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The Wayside Multi-Service Center presents a free 2 day Youth Mental Health First Aid training. The training is an 8 hour course held on Monday May 9th AND Monday May 16th, 2016 from 5-9 p.m. You must attend BOTH evenings. This free training includes:

8 hour training course book
Snacks & Beverages

This training is brought to you by The Wayside Multi- Service Center through The Project AWARE-C grant from SAMSHA

Location:

TBD – Will be in one of the focus communities: Watertown, Waltham, Brookline or Belmont. REGISTRATION:

To register, please email the information below to natasha_pierre@waysideyouth.org if you do not have access to email, call 617-926-3600 x306 or go to http://tinyurl.com/h7b8er9

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Free Financially Savvy Seniors Workshop Offered by Watertown Savings

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Watertown Savings Bank (WSB), Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, Marshall Home Fund, and the Watertown Free Public Library (WFPL) are pleased to present Financially Savvy Seniors, a free, two part workshop developed for people 55 and older. The series will be held Tuesday, May 10 and May 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Watertown Savings Bank room of the WFPL. Refreshments will be served. The May 10 workshop is entitled Money Smarts, and will teach participants to learn how to live within your budget. Also covered will be the emotional impact of money and the various resources available to help people with financial planning or debt.

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Wayside Center Providing Youth Mental Health First Aid Training

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Find out how to tell the difference between normal teen problems and something that could turn into a serious mental health problem through the Youth Mental First Aid training provided by the Wayside Multi-Service Center in Watertown. Wayside, a program of the Wayside Youth and Family Support Network, will provide training to parents, relatives, teachers, and others who work or spend time with teens. The funding for the trainings comes from SAMHSA (The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The training lasts eight hours, during which participants will learn the risk factors and symptoms of mental health problems in adolescents and teens, said Stephanie Sunderland-Ramsey, Prevention Program coordinator for the Wayside Multi-Service Center who leads some of the trainings. Some mental health challenges which adolescents commonly face include anxiety, depression, psychosis, eating disorders, AD/HD, disruptive behavior disorders and substance use disorder.