via Zoom

Registration closes on April 5 at 11:59 pm ET to ensure all materials pertaining to this course can be ordered/shipped to our registrants on-time. 

Course Description

Join Lindsay Brown, M.Ed. Ed.S.,  Director of Training and Partnerships with the Florida LEADS Zero Suicide Project, for QPR Training. This skills-based training program is designed to teach how to recognize people in crisis, identify suicide warning signs, and apply the mental health equivalent of CPR to someone who may be at risk of suicide. This training program is intended to prevent suicide among employees, colleagues, co-workers, friends, and family members.

• Learning Objectives:
• Understand suicide as a major public health problem
• Understand the common myths and facts surrounding suicide
• Identify unique verbal, behavioral, and situational suicide warning signs
• Become acquainted with specific groups at high risk for suicide.
• Screen someone at risk of suicide
• Know how to inquire about suicidal thoughts
• Recognize at least three suicide warning signs
• Recognize at least three risk factors for suicide
• Recognize at least three protective factors against suicide
• Demonstrate increased knowledge, skills, self-efficacy and intent to act to intervene with
• persons at risk of suicide

Instruction will be approximately one-hour and there will be 30 minutes for open questions.