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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"></a><b>Please see the below professional development opportunity sponsored by the Area Health Education Center for Western Washington (AHECWW), in partnership with Highline College and the Allied Health Center
for Excellence.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Dan Ferguson M.S.,
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">WA State Allied Health Center of Excellence
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Yakima Valley College
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">509-574-6863 509-574-4751 Fax
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.yvcc.edu/coe"><span style="color:blue">www.yvcc.edu/coe</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri-Light;color:black">Mental Health First Aid Instructor Certification
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:black">The Area Health Education Center for Western Washington (AHECWW), in partnership with Highline College and the Allied Health Center
for Excellence, is pleased to bring you an affordable opportunity to create Mental Health First Aid trainers in your western Washington community. Included on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA)
<i>National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practices</i>, studies show that training in Mental Health First Aid builds confidence in helping an individual experiencing a mental health challenge, reduces negative or distancing attitudes towards individuals
with mental illnesses, and increases mental health literacy – being able to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:black">The AHECWW is committed to distributing Mental Health First Aid training more broadly in the rural western Washington region. As part
of that mission, AHECWW is excited to offer the opportunity for health professionals to apply for participation in the instructor training at a reduced tuition rate (estimated: $800), as part of AHECWW sponsorship of this training. The market-rate cost of
the training is $1500 per person for those not applying for the reduced rate. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:black">In return for the reduced tuition rate, trainers will agree to complete three trainings within one year of the certification date.
The required trainings are to be scheduled at least three months prior to scheduling additional trainings outside of designated rural areas of western Washington. Certified trainers participating at the reduced tuition rate will sign an agreement specifying
details of these terms and follow-up steps, including communication with AHECWW via email at
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#0563C2"><a href="mailto:info@ahecww.org">info@ahecww.org</a>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:black">regarding the status of these trainings. The three-day training will take place at Highline College, Des Moines, Washington, on June 6-8, 2018. Additional details are available
at the <a href="https://ahecww.org/instructor-certification-for-mental-health-first-aid/">
website AHECWW.org</a> or by calling AHECWW at (360) 383-3170.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:black">Please visit the website for additional details and links to the pre-application self-assessment. To apply for the training, complete
the <a href="https://ahecww.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Instructor-Training-Application-Form-3-day.pdf">
application</a> and return it to </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif;color:#0563C2"><a href="mailto:info@ahecww.org">info@ahecww.org</a>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif">before April 20, 2018<span style="color:black">. Applications will be scored by AHECWW and reviewed by the National Council for Behavioral Health. AHECWW will respond to applicants by
May 9, 2018. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro";color:#1F3864">Ellen Barton<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif">Health Projects Coordinator,
<a href="ahecww.org">Area Health Education Center for Western Washington</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif">E-mail: <a href="ebarton@whatcom.edu">
ebarton@whatcom.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif">Phone: 360.383.3196<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif">preferred pronouns: she, her, hers<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif">Foundation Building 101B<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif">237 W. Kellogg Rd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif">Bellingham, WA 98226<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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