Webinar on mental health awareness for CE professionals
What can equip you to better serve your Cooperative Extension community? The Ohio State University extension educator Jami Dellifield and program assistant Amanda Raines believe that mental health awareness is a critical tool. View the hour-long eXtension webinar they gave on June 22, 2016 to find out
- What mental health is
- Mental health statistics
- Your role as an Extension professional
- How to discuss without offending
- Referral resources
The reason it matters to your work is that people in your community with mental health problems and the people closest to them don't always know how to ask for help.
For more information:
Awareness of Mental Health Issues Increasingly Important for Extension Professionals (eXtension)
www.mentalhealth.gov (federal website)
Mental Health, Yours, Mine, Ours (University of Minnesota)