FREE Mental Health First Aid Workshop by Dr. Betsy Grimes (LOL Member) and Dr. Tom Tirey
Saturday, January 10, 9 am - 4 pm, online
This event is offered free of charge and will be conducted online on Saturday, January 10 from 9 am to 4 pm. There is a self-guided pre-workshop component to be completed before the event.
Dr. Grimes and Dr. Tirey are both certified Mental Health First Aid and SafeTalk Suicide Prevention trainers. Dr. Tirey recently retired as the Director of the Integrated Resilience Office at the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He also has over 20 years in law enforcement and public safety, crisis management, emergency response, and risk assessment. Dr. Grimes was the Director of the Center for Innovation in Education at the Air Force Institute of Technology. She and Dr. Tirey conducted many trainings for the US Air Force until her retirement in August, 2024. Prior to her work with the Air Force, she was a professor and Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Urbana University for 20 years.
Register by Saturday, January 3 so that materials can be mailed to everyone by January 5. This is a valuable opportunity to learn about mental illness and how to respond to and support someone experiencing difficulties or a crisis.
Register by emailing Dr. Grimes at