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Virtual Adult Mental Health First Aid
Sep 11
Virtual Adult Mental Health First Aid

Friday, September 11, 2026 virtual 1-day training.

This Virtual Adult Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training will be taught fully online. Pre-registration is required.

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Setting Boundaries
Sep 15
Setting Boundaries

A 1-hour training that defines boundaries, discusses challenges in setting boundaries with others, reviews the four types of boundaries we can set, and explores how to set boundaries effectively

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Safety Care for Families: Part 1
Sep 15
Safety Care for Families: Part 1

Essential Skills Training

This 4-hour total course provides a specially adapted version of the Safety Care curriculum, tailored to equip parents, family members, and caregivers with practical skills to improve behavior and manage potentially dangerous situations.

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Safety Care for Families: Part 2
Sep 16
Safety Care for Families: Part 2

This 4-hour total course provides a specially adapted version of the Safety Care curriculum, tailored to equip parents, family members, and caregivers with practical skills to improve behavior and manage potentially dangerous situations.

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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) - Virtual
Sep 17
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) - Virtual

Thursday, September 17, 2026 from 1–3 p.m. (Virtually on Teams)

This extensive training explains the role that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have on development. Various topics are discussed including, brain development during childhood and adolescence, the impact of childhood adversity, protective factors, and building resiliency.

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Adult + Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED
Sep 18
Adult + Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED

Friday, September 18, 2026 from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.

This course teaches students to recognize and respond to emergencies, including burns, injuries, sudden illnesses, and breathing or cardiac issues. It covers care for all ages. Successful completion provides a two-year American Red Cross certification in Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED. The cost is $100.

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Diving Into Grief
Sep 29
Diving Into Grief

A 1-hour training that defines the different types of loss we experience in our lives, reviews grief and the Kübler-Ross Model, normalizes grief through Herschel’s Grief Analogy, identifies the ways grief can impact other areas of our lives, and establishes how to combat grief’s effects.

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Youth Mental Health First Aid - Part 1
Oct 1
Youth Mental Health First Aid - Part 1

Thursday, October 1, 2026 9:30a.m.-12:30p.m. Refreshments will be provided.

This Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) training will be taught in-person in the Jackson building meeting rooms at LifeWays. This is part 1 of this half-day training.

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Youth Mental Health First Aid - Part 2
Oct 2
Youth Mental Health First Aid - Part 2

Friday October 2, 2026 from 8:30a.m.-12:30p.m. Refreshments will be provided.

This Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) training will be taught in-person in the Jackson building meeting rooms at LifeWays. This is part 2 of this half-day training.

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Mental Health + Aging - Virtual
Oct 6
Mental Health + Aging - Virtual

This 1-hour training reviews the mental health spectrum, how mental health affects our aging and pathological signs of aging, neurodegenerative disorders (such as dementia), redefining independence, and ways we can slow down or mitigate changes to our mind and body.

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Safety Care for Families: Part 1
Oct 6
Safety Care for Families: Part 1

Essential Skills Training

This 4-hour total course provides a specially adapted version of the Safety Care curriculum, tailored to equip parents, family members, and caregivers with practical skills to improve behavior and manage potentially dangerous situations.

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Safety Care for Families: Part 2
Oct 7
Safety Care for Families: Part 2

This 4-hour total course provides a specially adapted version of the Safety Care curriculum, tailored to equip parents, family members, and caregivers with practical skills to improve behavior and manage potentially dangerous situations.

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Adult + Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED
Oct 14
Adult + Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 from 1 - 3 p.m.

This course teaches students to recognize and respond to emergencies, including burns, injuries, sudden illnesses, and breathing or cardiac issues. It covers care for all ages. Successful completion provides a two-year American Red Cross certification in Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED. The cost is $100.

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Embracing Mental Health - Virtual
Oct 20
Embracing Mental Health - Virtual

A 1- or 2-hour training that provides an overview of mental health, stigma, how to respond when a person experiences a mental health crisis, local and national resources, and the importance of self-care.

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Virtual Adult Mental Health First Aid
Oct 30
Virtual Adult Mental Health First Aid

Friday, October 30, 2026 virtual 1-day training.

This Virtual Adult Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training will be taught fully online. Pre-registration is required.

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Hope + Help Begins with Us
Nov 3
Hope + Help Begins with Us

This 1-hour training discusses the prevalence of suicide, reviews risk and protective factors, explores warning signs, teaches attendees how to facilitate a suicide risk assessment, and reviews questions to ask someone considering suicide.

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VIRTUAL Youth Mental Health First Aid
Nov 6
VIRTUAL Youth Mental Health First Aid

Friday, November 6, 2026 from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

This 8-hour Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) training will be taught virtually.

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Adult + Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED
Nov 13
Adult + Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED

Friday, November 13, 2026 from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.

This course teaches students to recognize and respond to emergencies, including burns, injuries, sudden illnesses, and breathing or cardiac issues. It covers care for all ages. Successful completion provides a two-year American Red Cross certification in Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED. The cost is $100.

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Healing from Trauma: How to Help Ourselves and Others
Nov 17
Healing from Trauma: How to Help Ourselves and Others

A 1-hour training that defines trauma, reviews causes and impact of trauma in the United States, notes the difference in experiencing PTSD, explains the effects of trauma in our brains and bodies, expands on healing strategies, and reflects on how we can help ourselves and others in a healing journey.

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Safety Care for Families: Part 1
Nov 19
Safety Care for Families: Part 1

Essential Skills Training

This 4-hour total course provides a specially adapted version of the Safety Care curriculum, tailored to equip parents, family members, and caregivers with practical skills to improve behavior and manage potentially dangerous situations.

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Safety Care for Families: Part 2
Nov 20
Safety Care for Families: Part 2

This 4-hour total course provides a specially adapted version of the Safety Care curriculum, tailored to equip parents, family members, and caregivers with practical skills to improve behavior and manage potentially dangerous situations.

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Safety Care for Families: Part 1
Nov 23
Safety Care for Families: Part 1

Essential Skills Training

This 4-hour total course provides a specially adapted version of the Safety Care curriculum, tailored to equip parents, family members, and caregivers with practical skills to improve behavior and manage potentially dangerous situations.

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Embracing Our Differences and Finding Community
Nov 24
Embracing Our Differences and Finding Community

This 1-hour training reviews what it means to embrace our differences, identifies the kind of differences we may have, and explains how these differences help us find and build strong communities.

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Safety Care for Families: Part 2
Nov 24
Safety Care for Families: Part 2

This 4-hour total course provides a specially adapted version of the Safety Care curriculum, tailored to equip parents, family members, and caregivers with practical skills to improve behavior and manage potentially dangerous situations.

Read more →
Setting Boundaries
Dec 1
Setting Boundaries

A 1-hour training that defines boundaries, discusses challenges in setting boundaries with others, reviews the four types of boundaries we can set, and explores how to set boundaries effectively

Read more →
Safety Care for Families: Part 1
Dec 8
Safety Care for Families: Part 1

Essential Skills Training

This 4-hour total course provides a specially adapted version of the Safety Care curriculum, tailored to equip parents, family members, and caregivers with practical skills to improve behavior and manage potentially dangerous situations.

Read more →
Safety Care for Families: Part 2
Dec 9
Safety Care for Families: Part 2

This 4-hour total course provides a specially adapted version of the Safety Care curriculum, tailored to equip parents, family members, and caregivers with practical skills to improve behavior and manage potentially dangerous situations.

Read more →
Adult + Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED
Dec 11
Adult + Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED

Friday, December 11, 2026 from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.

This course teaches students to recognize and respond to emergencies, including burns, injuries, sudden illnesses, and breathing or cardiac issues. It covers care for all ages. Successful completion provides a two-year American Red Cross certification in Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED. The cost is $100.

Read more →
Diving Into Grief
Dec 15
Diving Into Grief

A 1-hour training that defines the different types of loss we experience in our lives, reviews grief and the Kübler-Ross Model, normalizes grief through Herschel’s Grief Analogy, identifies the ways grief can impact other areas of our lives, and establishes how to combat grief’s effects.

Read more →
Adult Mental Health First Aid - Part 1
Dec 17
Adult Mental Health First Aid - Part 1

Thursday, December 17 , 2026. Refreshments will be provided.

This Adult Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training will be taught in-person in the Jackson building meeting rooms at LifeWays. This is part 1 of this training.

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Adult Mental Health First Aid - Part 2
Dec 18
Adult Mental Health First Aid - Part 2

Friday, December 18, 2026. Refreshments will be provided.

This Adult Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training will be taught in-person in the Jackson building meeting rooms at LifeWays. This is part 2 of this training.

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Scheduled Trainings by Topic

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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

A flyer for adult and pediatric first aid, CPR, and AED training, featuring a photo of a person practicing CPR on a training mannequin, with the Lifeways logo at the top right.

Adult + Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED

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Hope + Help Begins with Us: Suicide Prevention Training

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Diving Into Grief

A group of smiling young adults outdoors with blue overlay, promoting a mental health training program, with the text 'Embracing Mental Health, A 1- or 2-hour mental health training, Lifeways.'

Embracing Mental Health

A promotional graphic for a mental health training program titled 'Embracing Our Differences,' showing a man and a woman smiling and engaging in conversation outdoors, with a green background and white text.

Embracing Our Differences

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Healing from Trauma

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Mental Health + Aging

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Mental Health First Aid - Adult

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Mental Health First Aid - Youth

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Safety Care for Families

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Setting Boundaries

Trainings Available by Request

LifeWays offers a number of community trainings by request. These trainings are available in-person and virtually and can be requested by filling out the form below.

  • A 2- or 3-hour training that reviews the stages of escalation and de-escalation and how to respond when an individual is in each stage. This training provides practical strategies and also reviews how to debrief after an incident has occurred.

  • This training provides an overview of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and dispels several myths around FASD. It also discusses identification of FASD throughout the lifespan, common mis-diagnosis and/or co-occurring diagnosis, prevention measures, interventions, and general tips and strategies to help empower and encourage those living with FASD.

  • A 2- or 4-hour training (can be broken into sessions) consisting of an overview of social and emotional wellness, identifying strengths and positive self-talk, identifying positive supports, and resilience and self-advocacy.

  • Identifying Risk Factors and Mitigating Sextortion’s Harmful Effects on Our Youth (Parent/Caregiver, Youth, or Combined): A 1-hour training that reviews how sextortion occurs, prevention strategies, warning signs, how to start a conversation with a youth or other youth about sextortion, and how to reach out for additional help.

  • A 1-hour training that discusses brain development and the impact social media can have, concerns related to social media use, and interventions to educate youth on the impact of social media

  • A 1-hour training that reviews what social media is and its basic functions, explores social media’s effect on how we communicate, discusses common online risks and how those can impact our safety, teaches how to protect our privacy online, and defines how we can find and engage in safe communities online.

  • A 1-hour training that reviews the components of effective suicide prevention, teaches how to perform a suicide risk assessment, and explores suicide postvention. Postvention is a response to suicide in a community and aims to promote healing and mitigate the negative effects of exposure to suicide.

  • A 1.5-hour training that defines trauma, describes the effects of trauma on a student, and teaches how to develop a trauma-informed approach in the school and classroom.

  • A 1-hour training that reviews personal freedom, what factors may affect our personal freedom, taking responsibility for the choices we make, and the benefits that come with taking responsibility and control of our own lives.