SMA Healthcare is one of the community partners that make Crisis Intervention Training possible, along with the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, and Volusia Counties and the Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, and Volusia Counties’ Sheriffs’ Departments. The program is a community effort designed to improve the skills of law enforcement in mental health emergencies with the goal of assuring safety, understanding, and service to the mentally ill and their families. For additional information, click here.
Mental Health First Aid is an eight-hour training certification course that teaches participants a five-step action plan to assess a situation, select and implement interventions, and secure appropriate care for the individual. It introduces participants to risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems, builds understanding of their impact, and overviews common treatments. For additional information, click here.
SMA Healthcare’s Speakers Bureau offers presentations to the community on topics ranging from SMA Healthcare services as a whole, to specific programming, and/or behavioral health issues. The SMA Healthcare Speakers Bureau was established to inform and educate the community about mental health issues, substance abuse trends, and the wide spectrum of services SMA Healthcare provides, in addition to how to access them. The SMA Healthcare Speakers Bureau is composed of professionals who represent the organization at civic, professional, educational, and other community events.
The SMA Speakers Bureau is a free service to our community, however, some travel expenses may be involved for presentations outside our four-county service area. SMA Healthcare will work with you to identify the topic and speaker that best fits the needs of your audience.
Recommended/available topics include:
Please note that we will do our best to support any requests, but due to speaker schedules, we cannot guarantee all requests will be filled.
No. Speakers made available through SMA Healthcare do this as part of their official duties. Employees do not receive an honorarium (or another fee).
You should submit your request 4-6 weeks in advance. Because our speakers have full-time jobs, they must have adequate advance time to work out their schedules. This also allows us to prepare for any special requests pertaining to the topic to be presented.
If you request a speaker outside of our four-county service area (Volusia, Flagler, Putnam, and St. Johns Counties), you or your organization would be responsible for travel expenses incurred (i.e., mileage).
Contact Robert Edgcomb at (386) 236-3251 or email redgcomb@smahealthcare.org.
Our Family Education Program provides 12 educational sessions for family members. The family education program describes how addiction impacts the entire family and offers assistance. The goal is to provide information and guidance to families struggling to cope with the family impact of addictive disease.