Our Crisis Prevention Intervention Training is from SAMHSA. 

SAMHSA leads public health and service delivery efforts that treat mental illness, especially serious mental illness, prevent substance abuse and addiction, and provide treatments and supports to foster recovery while ensuring access and better outcomes for all. 

This course is free, online, and self-paced. Course participants will receive a certificate upon completion.

This course includes firsthand video accounts from responders and mental health consumers.

This course is designed to help first responders do the following:

• Understand how individuals come to experience a behavioral health crisis.

• Understand how best to make a safe connection with an individual experiencing a crisis.

• Learn about de-escalation strategies for working with people in crisis.

• Learn strategies for developing community networks and referral resources.

• Understand how to improve the safety of both the responder and the individual in crisis.

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• Class Length: 3-4 hours

• Certification: Same-day AHA BLS CPR & AED card plus CPR Certification First Aid eCard

• Format: Hands-on, in-person CPR & AED plus online First Aid training

• Ages Covered: Adult, Child, & Infant

PREVENTION AND SUPPORT BROUGHT TO YOU BY  AZA UNITED

Mission & Vision Statements

The mission of Arizona Autism United is to help as many families as possible with individualized supports. Our vision is to be a model of excellence for autism organizations by providing comprehensive services across the lifespan, with facilities throughout the state of Arizona.

History

Arizona Autism United was founded in 2006 by current CEO Dr. Aaron Blocher-Rubin and a group of local families who were experiencing firsthand a shortage of quality care.  Their concept was to develop a nonprofit organization whose sole focus was providing high quality direct services and supports to children and families in our community, so that anyone in need could get help. 

What has made AZA United unique from the beginning is the organization's focus on involving the families we serve in the process of building and improving the organization.  Arizona Autism United has grown from a staff of 1 to serving over 1000 individuals with autism every day throughout the state with a wide variety of therapies and supports.  

Vision for the Future

Our goal is to help anyone affected by autism access individualized supports without barriers, to achieve a high quality of life.   In the long-term we hope to become a statewide organization serving the lifespan of people with autism, able to respond quickly and effectively to anyone in need.  Our parents help us grow by identifying community needs and working with us to develop innovative and compassionate solutions.  We believe that every family and person with autism has their own definition of success, and our job is to help them get there. 

Core Values

We are committed to these 4 values to achieve our mission and vision:

1. Grow with Purpose

2. Stay Informed

3. Be of Service

4. Bring People Together