Mental Health

I’m proud to be part of many initiatives in Richland County to promote good mental health. I currently serve as the Chairman of the Richland County Behavioral Health Local Advisory Council. Specific initiatives I’m involved in include:

• Mental Health First Aid–I am a nationally certified instructor for Youth and Adult MHFA including all of the community specific courses including Indigenous youth, Public Safety Officials, Fire/EMS, Rural, Older Adults, and Higher Education In 2023, I was honored with a certificate for teaching more people MHFA than anyone else in the state of Montana.
• QPR–I am a nationally certified instructor for QPR and have taught it to hundreds of people in the region.
• Character Strong–This is a K-12 online curriculum and we have secured funding for ALL teachers in Richland County.
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing & Critical Incident Stress Management–I am trained in both CISD and CISM. CISM includes the group and individual debriefing and I am part of the Northeast Montana CISM team.
• Wellness Recovery Action Plan–While I am trained as a WRAP instructor, I find that I mostly include WRAP information and knowledge throughout all of the other classes that I teach.