{"id":390224,"date":"2023-04-26T06:06:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T20:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=390224"},"modified":"2023-04-26T06:06:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T20:06:58","slug":"cgc-staff-recognized-as-top-mental-health-first-aid-instructors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/cgc-staff-recognized-as-top-mental-health-first-aid-instructors\/","title":{"rendered":"CGC staff recognized as Top Mental Health First Aid instructors"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_390225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-390225\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/mettao-tudela.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-390225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/mettao-tudela-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"498\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-390225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Becky Dania Mettao and Kimberly Tudela<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Community Guidance Center\u2019s Healthy Transitions Program staff, Becky Dania Mettao and Kimberly Tudela, have been recognized as Top Mental Health First Aid instructors by Mental Health First Aid USA.<\/p>\n<p>Mettao and Tudela\u2019s achievements will be recognized during the Mental Health First Aid Summit Awards ceremony at NatCON 23 in Los Angeles, California on April 30, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, their in-depth knowledge of the content of this evidence-based curriculum, pacific-style facilitation skills, and cultural competence, were recognized for greatly enhancing and enriching the delivery of the content.<\/p>\n<p>MHFA is an evidence-based, early intervention program designed to teach people how to identify, understand and respond to someone who might be struggling with a mental health or substance use challenge\u2014and connect them with appropriate support and resources when necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Participants are required to complete pre-work assignments, attend the entire instructor-led class, and complete post-work assignments to obtain a 3-year MHFA certification. Participants at the end of the training gain confidence in providing initial support to others through a non-linear 5-step action step referred to as ALGEE: Assess for risk of suicide or harm, Listen non-judgmentally, Give reassurance and information, Encourage appropriate professional help, and Encourage self-help and other support strategies.<em> (PR)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Community Guidance Center\u2019s Healthy Transitions Program staff, Becky Dania Mettao and Kimberly Tudela, have&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":390225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3593],"class_list":["post-390224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-cgc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}