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30A February 2021 COMMENTARY

SARASOTA-MANATEE JEWISH COMMUNITY
SECURITY

I N ITI A TI V E

The Federation has taken extraordinary steps to enhance our
community’s safety, security and preparedness posture by
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partnering with Secure Community Network (SCN), hiring Sarasota- J JEWISH ROME TOUR
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and providing the “Keeping SRQ Safe” Community Security F FEBRUARY 18 • 10:30 AM EDT
(4:30 PM Rome time)
Initiative program. ( 4 :30 P M Rom e tim e) $18.00
• Safety and Security Training
ROME
• Information Sharing
• Security Advice and Consultation
• Security Website Platform
For detailed information and to sign-up for security alerts, visit
JFEDSRQ.org/SRQSafe. Jewish and Italian History are merged as the infamous Ghetto of Rome
is ‘liberated’ upon the ascension to the throne of King Victor Emmanuel
Join us in creating a
To report an incident, go to the web page listed above, then click the red, II, in 1870. Rome has come to symbolize Jewish solidarity as well as
“Click Here to Report an Incident” button.
safer, more resilient and prepared Jewish community! the successful assimilation of a pre-diaspora migration of Jews from
the Holy Land to join the patchwork of ancient Roman society.

Andrew Kranis, a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, has
guided and taught architecture and urban design in Rome for over a decade.
COMMUNITY SECURITY INITIATIVE To register, visit JFEDSRQ.org/events Via ZOOM
QUESTIONS?
Contact Jeremy Lisitza
941.343.2113
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HEALTH FIRST AID Voices of the
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of youth with major depression to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders in youth. This 6-hour training
HEALTH FIRST AID
do not receive any mental gives adults who work with youth the skills they need to reach out and provide initial Holocaust, Genocide
HEALTH FIRST AID
health treatment. support to children and adolescents (ages 6-18) who may be developing a mental Inspiring Speakers:
health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care. and Tolerance Education
– Mental Health America
GEORGE ERDSTEIN
64.1% Why Youth Mental Health First Aid? RIFKA GLATZ
1 in 5 Three Learning Options Who Should Take it HELGA MELMED
Youth Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond
64.1%
Why Youth Mental Health First Aid?
to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders in youth. This 6-hour training
of youth with major depression
Youth Mental Health First Aid training teaches you how to identify,
gives adults who work with youth the skills they need to reach out and provide initial
do not receive any mental
Youth Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond
• Virtual. First Aiders will complete • Teachers
support to children and adolescents (ages 6-18) who may be developing a mental
health treatment.
to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders in youth. This 6-hour training
understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance abuse disorders
teens and young adults a 2-hour, self-paced online class, • School staff DAVID MILBERG
of youth with major depression
health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care.
– Mental Health America
do not receive any mental
lives with a mental and then participate in a 4-hour, gives adults who work with youth the skills they need to reach out and provide initial GINETTE HERSH
in children and adolescents (ages 12-18) and connect them to the appropriate care.
support to children and adolescents (ages 6-18) who may be developing a mental
health treatment.
health condition. Instructor-led videoconference. • Coaches
health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care.
1 in 5
– Mental Health America
• Camp counselors
Three Learning Options
– National Alliance for Mental Illness • Blended Learning. After completing Who Should Take the Class? Who Should Take it
• Virtual. First Aiders will complete
• Teachers
a 2-hour, self-paced online class, First • Youth group leaders • Youth Group Leaders
teens and young adults
a 2-hour, self-paced online class,
• Coaches
• Teachers
1 in 5
• School staff
lives with a mental
Aiders will participate in a 4-hour, in- • Parents Three Learning Options • Coaches Who Should Take it
and then participate in a 4-hour,
• School Staff
health condition.
• Camp Counselors
• Parents
Instructor-led videoconference.
person, Instructor-led class. • People who work with • Camp counselors Teachers 1,912 Sarasota-Manatee students
• Virtual. First Aiders will complete
•
• Blended Learning. After completing
– National Alliance for Mental Illness
teens and young adults
5.13% • In-person. First Aiders will receive youth a 2-hour, self-paced online class, • Youth group leaders learned about the Holocaust from
• School staff
a 2-hour, self-paced online class, First
lives with a mental
and then participate in a 4-hour,
Choose from three training sessions | $36 per session
of youth report having a their training as an 6.5-hour Aiders will participate in a 4-hour, in- • Parents • Coaches survivors last year
health condition.
Instructor-led videoconference.
person, Instructor-led class.
• People who work with
5.13%
substance use or Instructor-led in-person course. • In-person. First Aiders will receive youth • Camp counselors #NEVERFORGET
• Blended Learning. After completing
– National Alliance for Mental Illness
alcohol problem. of youth report having a their training as an 6.5-hour • Youth group leaders
a 2-hour, self-paced online class, First
substance use or
Instructor-led in-person course.
FEBRUARY 21 APRIL 11 MAY 23 • Parents
Aiders will participate in a 4-hour, in-
– Mental Health America alcohol problem. person, Instructor-led class. • People who work with
9:00am-2:00pm
5.13%
– Mental Health America 9:00am-2:00pm 9:00am-2:00pm youth Listening to your heart-wrenching story, I started
• In-person. First Aiders will receive
What it Covers of youth report having a What it Covers to tear up. Your story of survival moved me and
their training as an 6.5-hour
Registration Deadline Registration Deadline Registration Deadline
• Common signs and symptoms of mental illness in this age group, including
Instructor-led in-person course.
substance use or
• Common signs and symptoms of mental illness in this age group, including
The course will teach you how • Anxiety The course will teach you how • Anxiety May 3, 2021 I will remember you for the rest of my life.
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Mar. 22, 2021
alcohol problem.
to apply the ALGEE action plan:
to apply the ALGEE action plan: • Assess for risk of suicide or • Depression – North Port High School Student
– Mental Health America
• Assess for risk of suicide or • Depression harm. • Eating disorders
What it Covers
• Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD)
• Listen nonjudgmentally.
harm. • Eating disorders • Common signs and symptoms of substance use History is not just about events,
To sign up, visit
• Common signs and symptoms of mental illness in this age group, including
• Give reassurance and
The course will teach you how
• Listen nonjudgmentally. • Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) • How to interact with a child or adolescent in crisis
information.
• Anxiety
professional help. JFEDSRQ.org/Events
to apply the ALGEE action plan:
• Encourage appropriate
• Depression
• Give reassurance and • Common signs and symptoms of substance use • How to connect the person with help it is about human lives.
• Assess for risk of suicide or
• NEW: Expanded content on trauma, addiction and self-care and the impact
• Eating disorders
information. • How to interact with a child or adolescent in crisis of social media and bullying
harm.
• Encourage self-help and
other support strategies. For more information, contact Trudi Krames at
• Listen nonjudgmentally.
• Encourage appropriate • How to connect the person with help • Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) Learn what “Never Forget” means, before it is too late.
• Common signs and symptoms of substance use
941.706.0037 or tkrames@jfedsrq.org
• Give reassurance and
professional help. • NEW: Expanded content on trauma, addiction and self-care and the impact Invite a Holocaust survivor to your school, synagogue or library.
As adults, we sometimes forget how hard it was being an adolescent. When we see a kid who is just miserable at school, we might
information.
think they choose to be that way — or that it’s just part of adolescence. But in fact, they might be in a mental health crisis, one they
• Encourage self-help and of social media and bullying • How to interact with a child or adolescent in crisis
certainly did not choose and do not want. When a teacher says, ‘How can I be helpful?’ that is a powerful question.”
• Encourage appropriate
• How to connect the person with help
— Alyssa Fruchtenicht, school-based mental health counselor
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As adults, we sometimes forget how hard it was being an adolescent. When we see a kid who is just miserable at school, we might
other support strategies.
• Bunny Skirboll
MentalHealthFirstAid.org OR EMAIL Info@MentalHealthFirstAid.org.
think they choose to be that way — or that it’s just part of adolescence. But in fact, they might be in a mental health crisis, one they
As adults, we sometimes forget how hard it was being an adolescent. When we see a kid who is just miserable at school, we might
certainly did not choose and do not want. When a teacher says, ‘How can I be helpful?’ that is a powerful question.”
think they choose to be that way — or that it’s just part of adolescence. But in fact, they might be in a mental health crisis, one they
— Alyssa Fruchtenicht, school-based mental health counselor • Joan and Brian Wides
certainly did not choose and do not want. When a teacher says, ‘How can I be helpful?’ that is a powerful question.”
— Alyssa Fruchtenicht, school-based mental health counselor
TO FIND A COURSE OR CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR IN YOUR AREA, VISIT jfedsrq.org
TO FIND A COURSE OR CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR IN YOUR AREA, VISIT
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941.371.4546