(The Center Square) – As young people face increasing mental health challenges, the University of North Carolina System is ramping up a suicide prevention training program for future principals and teachers.

The Mental Health First Aid initiative will train 420 K-12 educators this academic year, the university says.

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“This it not something they are taught as part of their program,” Suzie Baker, assistant vice president for student affairs for the UNC System, told The Center Square. “It’s outside of the scope of the program and so the training arms them with the confide

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