Public Outreach & Education
Peer-Led Resilience & Recovery
For Everyone!
Led by people with lived experience caring for a loved one with mental health or addiction challenges, we offer Educational Seminars and Workshops for Parents, Families, Friends, Allies and EVERYONE who wants to learn more about mental health and substance use disorders, including how to recognize early warning signs, how to help those heading for or in a crisis, and how to better communicate and support loved ones struggling with a mental health or condition.
Mental Health Literacy Training
Mental Health Literacy is about having the knowledge and understanding the science and beliefs about mental disorders which facilitate recognition, management and prevention. Mental health literacy illustrates the connections between these 3 basic components.
Mental Health Literacy training is taught through 4-5 modules:
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MHL 101: The Stigma of Mental Illness
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MHL 102:Understanding Mental Health & Mental Illness
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Information on Specific Mental Illness
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Mental Illness and Family Communication
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Getting Help & Finding Support
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The Importance of Positive Mental Health
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Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid is a training program that teaches members of the public how to help a person who is experiencing a mental health crisis. Like traditional first aid, mental health first aid does not teach people to treat or diagnose mental health or substance use conditions, but rather teaches people how to offer initial support during the crisis until appropriate professional help can be had or until the crisis is resolved in some way.
Mental Health First Aid will be offered by Two Faces of Jane beginning this October in Lorain County at a location to be determined.
Support for Friends & Allies
Should I reach out to my friend? What if they don't call me back? Should I stop?
I don't know what to say or do. Do they even want to hear from me?
What can I do to help?
As a friend or ally of someone with mental illness, SUD, or COD, sometimes it's difficult to know what you can do to help. And although each situation tends to be unique, we can help you navigate the situation. In partnership with NAMI Lorain County, we offer NAMI Family-to-Family, a free, 8-session educational program for family, significant others and friends of people with mental health conditions. This is an evidenced-based program that can significantly improve the coping and problem-solving abilities of the people closest to a person with a mental health condition.
Led by a Peer Support Specialist with lived experience, we'll help you understand the situation and share tips that will help you determine the best way to reach out to friends and loved ones in crisis.
