Veteran Support Trainings
If you are interested in any of the trainings below, please contact Edward Howard at ehoward@mhahouston.org or submit an interest form.
MILITARY CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING
This is an 8-hour class structured for adults who work with a SMVF (Service Member, Veterans and Families) population and/or would like to explore peer support opportunities. The class provides awareness of the challenges related to military culture and its impact on service members, veterans, and their families.
An 8 hour course, structured for volunteers or mentors that serve the veteran population and would like to explore peer and mentor support opportunities. The class provides awareness of the challenges related to military culture and its impact on service members, veterans, and their families.
Mental Health First Aid for Veterans Military Members and Their Families
This is a course designed to teach you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders. This 8-hour training provides you with skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to veterans who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem, and help connect them to appropriate care.
AS+K Training
AS+K About Suicide To Save A Life (Basic) provides participants with an overview of the basic epidemiology of suicide and suicidal behavior, including risk and protective factors. In this one-hour e-learning based course, participants are trained to recognize warning signs—behaviors and characteristics that might indicate elevated risk for suicidal behavior—and the initial intervention steps to support a person they think might be at risk for suicide. Please note this course is designed for public health information purposes only and is not designed to assess, screen, diagnose or treat any mental or physical health condition.
CALM Training
Reducing access to lethal means, such as firearms and medication, can determine whether a person at risk for suicide lives or dies. This free online course focuses on how to reduce access to the methods people use to kill themselves. It covers how to: (1) identify people who could benefit from lethal means counseling, (2) ask about their access to lethal methods, and (3) work with them—and their families—to reduce access.
While this course is primarily designed for mental health professionals, others who work with people at risk for suicide, like social service professionals and health care providers, may also benefit from taking it.
