Organizer
Shelly Bosse, LMSW, MA
Phone
210-520-8440 Ext. 305Shelly is the Training and Education Manager at Communities In Schools of San Antonio. She has worked for CIS-SA for over 13 years. She is a Licensed Master of Social Work that has worked in the field for over 20 years. She has training in Mindfulness, Trauma Informed Care, is a Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) and Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) Instructor and is a Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Practitioner through the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development at Texas Christian University. She also holds a Master of Arts degree in Theatre.
Other Organizers
Patricia Brouhard, MA, MPH
Phone
210-520-8440Patti Brouhard is a Community Educator with Community in Schools San Antonio. She has been with CIS-SA since December of 2023. Patti was a high school science and health teacher for almost 20 years and was a high school girls basketball coach. She has earned a Master’s Endorsement in Biological Sciences and most recently a Master’s in Public Health. Patti is a certified instructor for Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) and has completed workshops in conscious discipline, trauma informed care, and suicide awareness. She believes that education is one of the most powerful primary preventative tools we can share…especially when it comes to lifelong health and wellness.
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Youth Mental Health First Aid is a skills-based training that teaches parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors and health and human services workers and any other citizen how to identify, understand and respond to an adolescent (ages 12-18) who may be experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge. Facilitators are certified Youth Mental Health First Aid instructors. CEU’s are included
