Guitars Over Guns | Youth Mental Health First Aid Training

M-Power is our programmatic approach to serving our student's and alumni's mental health needs and ensuring our mentors are supported and prepared to meet student's diverse needs. M-Power brings trauma-informed, healing-centered practices and content directly to our youth.
Through M-Power, our mentors are trained and certified in Youth Mental Health First Aid. This course teaches strategies for helping a mentee experiencing mental health or addiction challenges or crises. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan to help young people in crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including ADHD), and eating disorders.
Video by Regional Director, Andre "Add-2" Daniels