Other school workers are wary of the mental health body. Although members can be passionate and attentive, they could find themselves in complicated situations where their lack of education or knowledge of best practices could have unexpected consequences, said Sydney Piras, elected president of the Minnesota School Counseld Association.
“The premise of a program like this is great,” said Piras, but “he will always be worrying of most professionals in the mental health fields themselves, especially if it is linked to education, if individuals receive this little training.”
Anjali Hay reports to a teacher to remove some students from his class at the Murray Middle School. The body has started because the mental health needs of young people are disastrous and there are too few social workers to meet demand. But the new program, which was to extend to more states next year, could be in danger. It is linked to Americanorps, which see federal financing cuts. This has also raised red flags for advisers, who say workers need more training. (Elizabeth Flores / The Minnesota Star Tribune)
She would like body members to take a year of training before engaging in mental health work and restoration with young people. She noted that many people who had their own mental health or drug addiction problems are interested in helping others and stressed that to do the work, “you have to be in a solid place yourself.”
About twenty of young people from the Mental Health of Minnesota Corps have 18 to 29 years old who work in non -profit organizations and other organizations in the service of people suffering from consumption disorders American recovery body. This program has a “rigorous” training of more than 40 hours and participants need a year of sustained recovery before becoming a navigator who can help people with objectives and resources to support their recovery, said Alana Stimes, who works with Recovery Corps.
45 other members are promised American scholarship holders, aged 18 to 24, who work in schools or community organizations, such as YMCA, to help children who have trouble and keep them in school. In addition to the training they generally receive, scholarship holders have also made the eight -hour mental health care certification this year, Kate Suchomel said, with the Minnesota Alliance with Youth, which manages the promised Fellows program.
Certification helps them determine if a student is struggling with a mental health crisis, provides advice and tools on how to approach the student, help them express their feelings and connect them with a mental health professional, said Suchomel. She said that the members of the body fill an ideal point.