Staff Development: The importance of Mental Health First Aid

NIYLP's Experiential Educators and Coordinators have taken part in mental health first aid workshops. Emotional safety for our participants and our staff is part of our Full Value Commitment.

The All Faiths Receiving Home is offering a free two-day Mental Health First Aid workshop in Albuquerque on June 9 & 10.

12-hour training course designed to give members of the public key skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Just as CPR training helps a layperson without medical training assist an individual following a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid training helps a layperson assist someone experiencing a mental health crisis.

For more info: Contact Donna Lucero at All Faiths Receiving Home: (505) 271-0329, 3001 Trellis NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107 or email dlucero@allfaiths.org.

Wilderness First Aid Course - Albuquerque

NIYLP recommends that Project Venture facilitators are Wilderness First Aid certified! Certification is part of a solid risk management plan!

Here is a great opportunity to participate in a course in Albuquerque!

Wilderness First Aid Course

REI Albuquerque

Saturday, June 12 and Sunday, June 13

9am-6pm

REI is partnering with the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS to offer a comprehensive two day course that will teach you the wilderness medicine skills you need to recreate with confidence in the backcountry. From the Patient Assessment System through traumatic, medical, and environmental emergencies, you'll experience a wide variety of topics designed to prepare you to act if an accident occurs. This is a 16 hour course over two days. You will have both in store classroom time and hands on practice scenarios. This course can be used to recertify a Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness Advanced First Aid or the Wilderness portion of a wilderness EMT. No prerequisites required. Cost is $200 for REI members, $220 for non-members. Register at www.REI.com/albuquerque or through REI customer service, (505) 247-1191.

For more information, e-mail Dara Johnson at darjohn@rei.com.

Traditional foods, gardening and service to community

An informative and thought-provoking article for anyone considering incorporating gardening, healthy eating and wellness into their Project Venture service learning component. Author: Craig A. Hassel, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Associate Professor and Extension Nutritionist.

Learning to Bridge Different Ways of Knowing: The Dream of Wild Health American Indian Seed Garden Project as Mentor.

Upcoming Project Venture Trainings & Camp Schedule!

Introduction to Project Venture workshop: July 16, 17 and 18, 2010

Advanced Project Venture Programming workshop: July 16, 17 and 18, 2010

28th Annual Project Venture Leadership Camp: July 14-21, 2010

On-line registration

A limited number of scholarships are available for current and prospective PV implementation sites. info@niylp.org for details.