Please let your supervisor know for a free registration.
Event: The Basics of Trauma, Mental Health, and Substance Use
Date: Wednesday, 6-27-2018 at 9:30 AM to Thursday, 6-28-2018 at 4:30 PM
Details: 
You know how to call 911 if someone is having a heart attack, but do you know what to do if someone is suffering from depression or addiction and having a crisis? What if someone is thinking about suicide or self-mutilation? What about someone experiencing trauma? This training teaches you how to help someone who might be experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge.
This training includes:
•Signs and symptoms of common mental disorders
•A five-step action plan to help an individual in crisis connect to professional care
•Tangible strategies to implement this action plan in the shelter environment
•Resources available to help someone with a mental health problem
•Certification in Mental Health First Aid
Attendees must complete the 1½ hour webinar, Working at the Intersection: An Overview of Substance Abuse, Trauma, and Violence Against Women, prior to this in-person training. Attendees will be provided a link to the webinar after registering for The Basics of Trauma, Mental Health, and Substance Use. If you have any questions, please contact MCADSV.
Registration information:
Registration Dates: May 14-June 22
Training times:
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. each day
Intended audience:
Domestic and/or sexual violence advocates, professionals working with individuals who experience domestic and/or sexual violence
This training has been approved for SASP, STOP, and VOCA grantees
Training location:
MCADSV Training Center
1440 Aaron Court
Jefferson City, Missouri
From Highway 54, take the Ellis/Southwest Boulevard exit. Go East on Ellis Boulevard, then turn left on Christy Drive. From Christy Drive, turn right on Oscar Drive. Oscar Drive is north of the large black building. The MCADSV Training Center building is at the bottom of the hill on the left. Turn left on Aaron Court.
Trainings are open to employees, volunteers and board members of MCADSV member programs, MCADSV individual members, VOCA grantees, and non-members. Registration will be limited to 40 participants.
This training is free as a benefit of membership of MCADSV. Members may register online at www.mocadsv.org. All others please register by phone at (573) 634-4161. The training fee for non-members is $45 per training day ($90 for two-day trainings).
Requests to cancel training registrations must be submitted by noon of the day(s) prior to each scheduled training date. A $25 failure-to-cancel fee per training day ($50 for two-day trainings) is assessed to individuals or member programs for participants that do not cancel their registration by the deadline.
Lunch and snacks are provided each day. A $5 contribution is requested for lunch each day.
Questions about trainings or continuing education units (CEU)?
Please contact Nancy Foster, MCADSV Education Director, at (573) 634-4161, ext. 102, or nfoster@mocadsv.org.
Lodging information:
For lodging information, please go to the Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau.