{"id":12720,"date":"2021-05-24T13:16:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T18:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhe180dev.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/voices-of-mental-health-first-aid-working-together-to-support-students\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T08:55:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:55:50","slug":"voices-of-mental-health-first-aid-working-together-to-support-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/voices-of-mental-health-first-aid-working-together-to-support-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Voices of Mental Health First Aid: Working Together to Support Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20160 alignleft\" style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/09\/maria04222021_0001-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" \/><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mental health has always been a focus in my life, starting with my own struggles as an adolescent. As such, I was honored when my school district asked me, as a special education teacher and the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">district wellness coordinator<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to become a certified Youth Mental Health First Aid\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(YMHFA)\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Instructor. I had always implemented tools I had\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">gained\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">from personal experience in cultivating a classroom atmosphere emphasizing mental health,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and I knew that<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0becoming a YMHFA\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Instructor\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">would put me in a position to empower others to do the same.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thursday, March 12<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a02020, I\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">stood up<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">at\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the front of my school library leading\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">first of three scheduled Youth Mental Health First Aid training<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">teachers<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">administrators<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and support staff in the district.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I left the building feeling accomplished and eager\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0next two training sessions.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But just three days later<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, we received news that schools would be closed \u201cfor the next two weeks<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d &#8212;\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">which turned into the rest of the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0school<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0year<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. I recognized the irony:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">En\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">trainings w<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ere\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">canceled\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">at a time when they were needed the most.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Everyone in the country was forced to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">quickly\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">adapt to living in a pandemic. For me, that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">meant working\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">from home, with my husband doing the same, while we cared for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">our\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">then<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">8-month-old son<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. My mental health was\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">declining<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and I recognized my students had\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">similar<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0challenges.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">virtual MHFA became available<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I quickly\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">train<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and earn<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">certification<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I led\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">seven YMHFA sessions prior to schools reopening in September 2020<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, certifying\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">almost 100 members of my district community in that time.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">En<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0return to school found\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">teachers<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0trying to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0balance the precarious mental health of students<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">while<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">clos<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0academic gaps resulting from the spring closure. One\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of my co-teachers participated in the YMHFA course.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I am present in his classroom to support the needs of some of our diverse learners. On one\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">particular day<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, students were working in pairs while my co-teacher and I circulated and assisted.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0female student in the class asked<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">my co-teacher\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for, and received<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, permission to go to the restroom.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Moments later,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">my co-teacher\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">came to me with a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0note that indicated he noticed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0signs of a panic attack.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0I left the classroom and found\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the student in the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">restroom<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, clearly distressed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At the end of the period, a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">fter\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">deescalating the situation<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the student and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">returned to class together\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">so\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">she could gather her belongings.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">She shared how thankful she was that I was able to go talk to her, which I\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">wouldn\u2019t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0have\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">known<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to do without the actions of my co-teacher.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0He and I caught up after students left<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and it was clear\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that he was proud of his ability to support the mental health needs of this student<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. He\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">looked at me and said, \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We M<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ental\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">H<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ealth\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">F<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">irst\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ided the heck out of that situation!\u201d As the year\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as progressed, this student\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">has\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">allow<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0positive relationships to blossom with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">both of us<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and has\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">expressed that she feels comfortable around us because she trusts that we care about her.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I was so proud to see YMHFA training in action! My co-teacher had immediately assessed the situation and recognized signs of distress. Although I was the one that carried out the rest of the MHFA Action Plan, his recognition and quick action were commendable.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mental health has always been a focus in my life, starting with my own struggles as an adolescent. 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