Making Mental Health Education Accessible for Our Community
If you are a school, youth center or youth-serving organization in Pima County, you can now request presentations through our partner organizations. These presentations are for youth, parents, as well as staff. Presentations are offered by Text, Talk, Act, Teen Lifeline, Pima County Health Department’s Community Mental Health and Addiction division, and NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Illness) Southern Arizona.
To request a presentation, please complete our Youth Mental Health Trainings and Workshops Request Form.
Presentations
Pima County Health Department Community Mental Health and Addiction (CMHA)
An evidence-based training available for adults who interact with youth. This training provides information on how to recognize signs and symptoms of mental health or substance use challenges, offer and provide initial help, and guide a person toward appropriate care if necessary. Certification is good for 3 years.
Learn more with the Youth Mental Health First Aid Handout (PDF).
This 2-hour workshop provides an overview of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and how childhood trauma affects the brains, bodies, and behaviors of children, even into adulthood. Participants engage in discussions about how this impact can be mitigated by increasing protective and resiliency factors and supporting children and families.
This 1- to 2-hour evidence-based training is designed to teach “gatekeepers” how to respond to the warning signs of a suicide crisis. Gatekeepers are anyone strategically positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide, such as parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, coaches, caseworkers, or police officers. Gatekeepers are certified for 2 years following this training. Courses are available for adults and for youth in 7th grade or older.
Learn more about this evidence-based training.
This is designed to teach “gatekeepers” how to respond to the warning signs of a suicide crisis. Gatekeepers are anyone strategically positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide such as parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, coaches, caseworkers, or police officers. Gatekeepers are certified for 2 years following this training.
Learn more about this QPR training.
Teen Lifeline
Helps students identify various forms of stress and how stress can affect their daily lives. Throughout this presentation, students will discuss how stress can be positive and negative, including causes, and what determines a person’s ability to manage stress, each student complete a stress assessment and an examination of “my personal stress symptoms”. In addition, students explore constructive coping skills and brainstorm what skills to use in various situations. This presentation may be given to audiences as young as fifth grade, The goal of this presentation is to increase knowledge about stress and coping, provide opportunities to practice skill building, increase help seeking behavior and identify support systems.
Explores types of bullying behaviors and understands why one bullies. In addition, students will learn techniques on how to help someone who is being bullied, what one can do if they are the bully, and identifying constructive responses to deal with a bully. This presentation focuses on building empathy, assertiveness, and proper boundaries. This presentation may be given to audiences as young as fifth grade. The goal of this presentation is to increase knowledge about bullies, victims, bully/victims and bystanders, prove opportunities to practice skill building, increase help seeking behavior and identify support systems.
Community-based training is offered by Teen Lifeline. These trainings are to help people who work with at-risk youth become more willing, ready and able to help persons at risk. They are designed to help caregiver’s exposure and learn how to intervene to prevent the immediate risk of suicide.
This presentation covers types of loss, the grieving cycle, symptoms of grief, the importance of talking about thoughts and feelings, and an examination of constructive and destructive coping skills. In addition, students examine what to say to someone that is grieving and how best to help. Resources are given and students brainstorm various people to whom they can speak. This presentation is given only to high school and middle school-aged youth and older. The goal of this presentation is to increase knowledge about grieving, provide opportunities to practice skill building, increase help seeking behavior and identify support systems.
Provides students with the knowledge and understanding of the myths, motivations, risk factors, warning signs, and resources needed to understand and prevent teenage suicide. This discussion includes brainstorming various resources and people who they can talk to as well as what to say to a friend contemplating suicide. The last part of the presentation is spent discussing what someone can do if they have a friend that is exhibiting warning signs or states they are thinking about suicide. This presentation is given only to high school and middle school-aged youth and older. The foal is to increase knowledge about how to prevent suicide, provide opportunities to practice skill building, increase help seeking behavior and identify support systems.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Ending the Silence is a free, evidence-based, 50-minute session designed for middle and high school students. Your students will learn about mental health conditions through a brief presentation, short videos, and personal testimony from a young adult who describes their journey to recovery.
NAMI Ending the Silence presentations include two leaders: one who shares an informative presentation and a young adult with a mental health condition who shares their journey of recovery. Audience members can ask questions and gain understanding of an often-misunderstood topic. Through dialogue, we can help grow the movement to end stigma.
Learn more about NAMI’s Ending the Silence presentations.
Text, Talk, Act
Helps students understand what it means to be a good friend while supporting positive mental health and emotional well-being. Students learn to set healthy boundaries, handle conflicts, and practice empathy, communication, and problem-solving skills to build stronger, more supportive relationships. (60 minutes)
Emphasizes bullying prevention, covering various types of bullying, proactive responses, the role of an upstander, and distinguishing between conflict and bullying. (60 minutes)
Focuses on recognizing emotions and developing effective coping skills. (60 minutes)
Emphasizes bullying prevention, covering various types of bullying, proactive responses, the role of an upstander, and distinguishing between conflict and bullying. (50 minutes)
Concentrates on online safety, digital citizenship, and strategies for responding to cyberbullying. (50 minutes)
Highlights mental health awareness and self-care practices. (50 minutes)
Reinforces themes of online safety, digital citizenship, and effective responses to cyberbullying. (50 minutes)
Focuses on mental health, suicide awareness, and self-care strategies. (50 minutes)
Equips students emotionally for the transition out of high school. (50 minutes)
Parent Presentations
This workshop equips parents of middle and high school students with effective strategies to support their children’s mental well-being. Topics include bullying prevention, promoting healthy online habits, and understanding the impact of social media on youth mental health.
This workshop provides parents of elementary-aged children with practical tools to support emotional regulation and mental well-being. Parents will gain valuable strategies to help their children manage stress, build self-control, and navigate challenges with confidence.
Staff Presentations
This 90-minute workshop covers effective strategies for supporting the emotional needs of students, explores bullying prevention techniques, for school to adopt and provides insights into the impact of social media on youth mental health.
Calm Down Corner Kits include self-regulation materials and activities for a calm down corner. These materials reinforce self-regulation tools that students learn about during the workshops. Calm Down Corner Kits are available for grades K-2.
To request a presentation, please complete our Youth Mental Health Trainings and Workshops Request Form.
