LCCT Training
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About Us
Learn New Things
- LCCT provides training and consulting services.
- One training course is Mental Health First Aid (MHFA). MHFA is an evidence-based public education and prevention tool – it improves the public’s knowledge of mental health and substance use problems and connects people with care for their mental health or substance use problems.
Our Instructors
- In the U.S., community behavioral healthcare providers are the natural center stone of Mental Health First Aid implementation – with their unique position in communities and access to those who would benefit most from trainings.
Our Community
Trainees are from all walks of life and include school personnel, law enforcement, faith-based communities, hospital and nursing home staff, families and young people.
Our services
- Trainees go through an 8-hour training program that teaches them a five-step action plan to (1) assess a situation, (2) select and implement appropriate interventions, and (3) secure appropriate care for an individual experiencing a mental health or substance use problem.
- Trainees also learn risk factors and warning signs of mental illness and addiction, and about available treatments. Upon completion, participants better understanding the impact mental illnesses and addictions have on a person, their family and communities.
Real testimonials
- “Mental Health First Aid gives you good, actionable things to do when you see someone struggling. If there was a person choking, you’d want to do the Heimlich, or you’d want to have someone who knew CPR, but when someone is having a panic attack or an anxiety attack, I wasn’t sure what actionable steps to take.” –Martha Tilmon, Cerner
- “I heard about Mental Health First Aid from a church member and immediately saw the need. I come in contact with various individuals who are having a mental health crisis, either themselves or in their family. I’ve taken regular first aid, and I’ve used both, but certainly the opportunities to use Mental Health First Aid are much more abundant.” –Pastor Nathan Krause, Fort Worth First Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Real Testimonials continued
- “I wish that every corrections officer could receive Mental Health First Aid training. I believe that our corrections system would be better because of it – the inmates would benefit, the officers would benefit and ultimately our communities would benefit.” –Lt. Virgil Meyer, Lieutenant, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
- “While driving with my daughter past a pond near my home, I observed a vehicle partially submerged with a woman wading in the water. Upon arriving at the site to assist, I discovered this same woman seated in the vehicle. I climbed into the rear of the vehicle and quickly assessed the woman’s condition. It became apparent to me the woman was suicidal, attempting to kill herself. The distraught woman suddenly lunged into the pond and submerged herself under the water. I jumped into the pond and struggled to keep her head above water until help arrived. The woman was transported to a nearby hospital for an emergency mental health evaluation. I am convinced my Mental Health First Aid training helped me readily assess the woman’s mental state and quickly identify her suicidal condition.” –Captain Joseph Coffey, Warwick Police Department