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Mental Health First Aid
100

This is a one-time individual and introductory meeting with a  member of the Health & Wellness Team. 

What is a wellness session? 

100

The current number of staff on the Health & Wellness Team. 

What is 3? 

100

The Professional Development topic that the Health & Wellness Team coordinated in January in conjunction with NYU Langone. 

What is Mental Health First Aid Training? 

100

Mental Health First Aid gives you this so you know how to help someone in a crisis or non-crisis situation. 

What is an action plan? 

200

This can be short-term, long-term, or crisis support. 

What is individual counseling? 

200

This is the primary way that the Health & Wellness Team receives referrals. 

What is-through RHI Staff? 

200

 This activity is when a staff member or program team meets with a counselor to consult on a Participant

What is Case Conferencing?

200

It may seem simple, but having the ability to do this and have a meaningful conversation requires skill and patience. 

What is Listen Nonjudgmentally? (The L in ALGEE)
300

This type of group offers peer counseling training alongside healing.

What is the Blended Healing Group? 

300

Our team views this as multi-dimensional and it should be defined by our Participants. 

What is Wellness?

300

The space in which we introduce and share socio-emotional health strategies (and overcome some of the stigma associated with counseling) by integrating this into our existing programs.

What are psychoeducational workshops? 

300

Mental Health First Aid has this many steps. 

What is 5? 

400

When deemed to be outside of our scope of care, the Health & Wellness team engages in the following action to ensure that the Participant receives the assistance they request. 

What is an external referral? 

400

A  framework designed to   holistically respond to intergenerational trauma & violence to bring collective practices that can transform the consequences of oppression.

What is the Healing Justice framework? 

400

What our team does to ensure an ecosystem of Social and Emotional Wellbeing.

What is Cross-Collaboration with other teams? 

400

When using Mental Health First Aid your role is not to diagnose someone or solve the problem, but to...

What is provide support and information? 

500

In response to the increased anxiety and isolation that Red Hook youth are experiencing following the pandemic, RHI will pilot this program over the summer within our Freedom Schools program.

What is the new physical arts-based healing program, that will feature opportunities such as dance, yoga, and mindfulness practices?

500

The Health & Wellness Team takes our Participant's privacy very seriously and maintains a strict policy on this. 

What is Participant confidentiality? 

500

One of the main issues we seek to address. 

What is reducing the stigma of seeking health & wellness services? 

500

This is the acronym for the MHFA action plan. 

What is ALGEE?

A-Assess for risk of suicide or harm

L-Listen nonjudgmentally

G-Give reassurance and information

E-Encourage Appropriate Professional help

E-Encourage self-help and other support strategies