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Space Still Available for Free Mental Health First Aid Training Offered at Shoreline College!

Shoreline Community College Counseling Center is offering free Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training for our campus community. MHFA is a research-supported international education program developed to teach adults how to recognize and respond to signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges. MHFA is a skills-based course that gives people the tools to assist someone who might be struggling with mental health or substance use challenges and connect them with appropriate support and resources. To date, 2.5 million people across the United States have been trained in MHFA.

Just as CPR helps those without clinical training assist an individual having a heart attack, MHFA prepares participants to interact with a person experiencing a mental health crisis. Mental Health First Aiders learn a 5-step Action Plan that guides them through reaching out and offering appropriate support.

With support from the Counseling Center, this training (valued at $170.00/participant) is FREE to Shoreline Community College employees and students.
 
Training Details:
We are currently offering a blended training which includes:

• 2-hour, self-paced online training prior to the in-person training and
• 6.5 hour in-person training

This quarter’s in-person training is scheduled for:
 
Friday, November 6th, 9:00am-3:30pm
 
The self-paced online training must be completed prior to attending the in-person training.  You must complete the online and in-person training to become a certified Mental Health First Aider. MHFA certification lasts for 3 years.
 
Please email Gwyn Hoffman-Robinson at gehoffman@shoreline.edu to register and/or find out more information. Please note registration is limited and a waiting list will be started when capacity is reached. Once registered, details as far as room location, etc. will be shared.

Día de los Muertos

The Day of the Dead, an Indigenous tradition originally celebrated throughout the fall inviting the living to celebrate life and death with loved ones who’ve passed. It’s believed during this time, spirits of the departed visit loved ones and to welcome them, families and friends create gifts and offerings to guide them home.

To bring in Indigenous Peoples Month and to celebrate the shoulders our campus community stands on we would like to invite all to participate! We have picture frames available to display photographs of those you wish to honor and index cards if you would like to honor someone who has passed but don’t have an image of. You can also bring objects, food, or other items enjoyed by your loved ones.


Shoreline Clay Club

Along with the aforementioned event, work created by Shoreline College’s students in Ceramics Club will be displayed. It is traditional to leave handmade offerings as a way of remembering and celebrating the connections we have with those who are no longer with us and those who still are. Every time someone throws on the wheel or hand builds a piece of pottery. We are building off of the generational knowledge that existed before us and remembering the people who taught us, and in turn the people who taught them. Everyday we get to come in and be inspired by each other. Through the willingness people have to teach and connect with one another.