1. CSI: MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID

2. Medical Magnet Program at Andrew Hill High School
Career pathway where students:
Take linked courses, CTE courses and dual-enrollment classes
Complete work-based learning opportunities
Gain preparation for postsecondary and professional environments (with healthcare emphasis)

3. WHAT IS CSI? Career Summer Institute
Collaborative partnership with Santa Clara County’s Mental Health Department Learning Collaborative, Andrew Hill High School Medical Magnet Program, Health Workforce Initiative hosted at Mission College, and 13 mental health agencies in Santa Clara Count to provide awareness about mental and behavioral health careers.
One week
Two days on campus
Three days visiting various mental health care organizations
Learning opportunity to gain more insight regarding mental and behavioral health
Offers stipend $100 for students who attend

4. WHY I WANTED TO PARTICIPATE (BAOTRAM)
Know people with mental illnesses
Learn more about mental illnesses that people I know had and in general
Wanted to know how to help them
Bring Change to Mind
Social worker inspired students to start a Bring Change 2 Mind club on campus
Bring Change 2 Mind: Club that fights the stigma around mental illness
Wanted to go to bring information back to the club
· Bring Change to Mind’s High School Program gives teens a platform to share their voices and raise awareness around mental health. Our goal is to empower students to educate one another, and their communities, and to create a culture of peer support within their schools. Together, we’ll fight the stigma around mental illness.”

5. WHY I WANTED TO PARTICIPATE (DALILA)
Personal connection: I have an aunt with schizophrenia
Felt it was necessary to gain more knowledge to help her in the future
Wanted to pursue career building opportunities over the summer
To become more open to people with mental health

6. DAY #1 Learned about different mental illnesses
Symptoms, treatments of mental illnesses
How to take care of own mental health
How to approach someone with a mental illness
Run by Santa Clara County Mental Health Department

7. DAY #2 Hands on activities
Role playing with how work with people suffering with mental illnesses
How to approach and intervene when someone is in crisis using de-escalating
Earned certification for Mental Health First Aid

8. DAY #3-#5 13 agencies participated in the Career Summer Institute
Students visited agencies and did the following
Activities including different mental health assessment tools
Guest speaker presentations
Tours
Peer panel for Q&A
Baotram:
Walked around room and talked to mental healthcare
Professionals about how to de-stress
Meditation activity
Dalila:
Were very helpful in focusing on students and taking care of own mental health
Normalized mental health

9. WHAT I GAINED (BAOTRAM)
Met a lot of people who had a mental illness and learned about how they managed them
Learned how I shouldn’t be scared of people who have mental illnesses
Learned how to approach and communicate with people in a way that is professional and emphasizes de-escalate talking to someone who is having a mental health crisis
Discovered ways in which I can manage and take care of my own mental health
Don’t stand over them, tell them there is no one else in the room if they hear voices

10. WHAT I GAINED (DALILA)
More comfortable with how to approach and provide support for my aunt
More resources for mental health support and information
Self-awareness of caring for own mental health
Certification earned

11. BENEFITS Students learn about mental health careers
Building professional network
Learning intervention strategies for individuals experiencing mental health crises
Self-care for individual mental health
Promotes mental health careers
Certification in Mental Health First Aid
Better understanding of and compassion for those commonly misunderstood

12. Stay Up to Date with the Medical Magnet Program at Andrew Hill High School
Facebook: facebook.com/ahmedicalmagnet