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Better Todays. Better Tomorrows. For Children’s Mental Health is an innovative adult education program focusing on the mental health of children and youth. The goals are to reduce stigma about mental health issues, increase knowledge regarding mental health research, and increase treatment-seeking behavior among adults on behalf of the children in their care. Better Todays offers trainings in and outside Idaho. A train the trainer program also is offered.

Honors

Better Todays has been designated a promising practice by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and the National Association of Rural Mental Health. The program partners with the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Idaho Chapter.

Trainings

Annual in-state trainings are available. For those who are unable to attend a training and want to hold one in their community, contact Better Todays at todays@isu.edu
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YOU’RE INVITED TO A FREE CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING

Better Todays. and the Idaho Youth Suicide Prevention and Intervention Project (YSP) offer 1-1/2 day trainings across the state in 2008. The sessions are designed to train adult gatekeepers on the signs and symptoms of mental illness in children and youth, suicide risk assessment and intervention, the latest scientific information on childhood mental disorders and the impacts of trauma. Gatekeepers include parents and families, professionals, school faculty and staff, and others who care for or about Idaho’s children.

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This document was developed, in part, with funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the State of Idaho, and Idaho State University. However, the contents herein do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the State of Idaho or Idaho State University. The contents are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of any funding agency.

Last Modified: 05/14/08 at 08:07:17 AM