Suicide Prevention Steps Youth Workers Need to Know
Your Course Description
At-Risk Behaviors
- Whether or not you are appropriately trained in suicide prevention techniques can make the difference between life and death for the youth you work with.
- One of the most effective suicide prevention strategies is the three step QPR program. QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer.
- Just like CPR, it is an emergency response to someone in crisis. QPR is listed in SAMSHA’s National Registry of Evidence-based Practices and Policies. Gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence to address warning signs and behaviors that signal imminent danger.
Your Learning Objectives
- Acquire skills to identify the warning signs of suicide and be able to respond appropriately and quickly respond
- Identify crisis resources and know how and when to access them
- Gain greater understanding of ‘means restriction’ and its relationship to completed suicide
- Learn various options for restricting access to firearms and other lethal means
Your Course Details
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Completion Certificate
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Youth Worker Track
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This training will count as 1.5 CE hours for most boards. Please contact your board directly with questions on submitting. Course details for CE submissions provided.
Your Trainer
Kara Bennett is a Community Educator at NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). She facilitates workshops to a variety of audiences across the state. These workshops include Hope for Recovery, Ending the Silence, Youth Mental Health First Aid, Adult Mental Health First Aid, Connect Suicide Postvention, Means Restriction Education, QPR, and safeTALK. Kara also manages the Kidshop program and helps organize the NAMI Minnesota conferences. Kara has a BS in Communication and TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) from Eastern Michigan University. 
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Your Skill-Building Objectives
Mental Health Awareness
Recognizing and responding to mental health concerns
Suicide Prevention
Recognizing signs and taking action
Communication
Listening and speaking to deeply connect
Crisis Intervention
Supporting from dysregulation to self-regulation
What YIPA members are saying
This was helpful and direct. Presenter gave very relevant examples and resources.
I really appreciate having specific language examples for how to speak with a potentially suicidal individual. It confirms what I know, but also reminds me to use thoughtful language.
I learned a lot, and am appreciative to have these tools.
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