MEDIA + EVENTS
What’s Happening at LifeWays?
Exciting things are happening at LifeWays! Our media and events hub features our latest events, trainings, featured news, and media.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Upcoming Trainings and Events
Featured Articles
When many people hear the term ADHD, they picture a child who can't sit still, talks constantly, or struggles to pay attention in class.
And while those can certainly be signs of ADHD, the reality is much more complicated.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that can affect children and adults. It can affect attention, organization, impulse control, time management, and everyday functioning. Most importantly, ADHD does not look the same in everyone.




