Services

Suicide Prevention Trainings  

The google calendar below, will have current listings for community led suicide prevention trainings, including but not limited to; 

• ASIST: 
  The ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) workshop is a gold-standard two-day suicide intervention training focused on helping individuals as young as 16 years old to prevent suicide. The interactive workshop teaches individuals the skills needed to recognize youths who may be at risk of suicide, including identifying warning signs of suicide, providing a skilled intervention, and developing a safety plan.
   
• QPR:
  Question, Persuade, Refer is an evidence-based suicide prevention curriculum that teaches individuals to recognize someone at risk, intervene with confidence and competence, and refer them to the appropriate source to receive the help they need. (QPR is 90 minutes to 2 hours)
  
  
• Be Sensitive Be Brave:

  The Be Sensitive, Be Brave for Suicide Prevention training infuses culture and diversity throughout a foundational workshop on suicide prevention. This workshop teaches community members to act as eyes and ears for suicidal distress and to connect individuals to help.

  Participants will learn to:

  • Identify signs of suicide
  • Be sensitive and brave in helping others
  • Ask if someone is considering suicide sensitively and confidently
  • Connect individuals with the appropriate support
  • Approach suicide prevention in a culturally sensitive manner
    
    
• Connect Postvention:

  ConnectTM Suicide Prevention and Postvention Training Services
  increase the capacity of professionals and communities to prevent suicide,
  using a public health approach, and key elements of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy. Our comprehensive training – tailored to each audience’s unique needs – has community planning built right in.

  Applying a unique, comprehensive, holistic model and offering a community planning component, Connect stands apart from other training programs.

   
• OCALM:

  Oregon CALM is a full-day training developed to assist health care and direct service providers in approaching Lethal Means Counseling with an informed, collaborative, and respectful attitude. It has been adapted from the National CALM curriculum to incorporate components of Addressing Firearm Safety with Patients at Risk of Suicide: A Couse for Healthcare Providers in Rural Areas and research with Oregon rural firearm owners.

  Oregon CALM is a suicide prevention training that is neither anti-gun nor anti-medication. Given the focus on lethal means counseling, course content and discussions will cover these topics in depth.

  Learning Outcomes

  • Understand why means matter through local and national data, relevant research, and practice scenarios

  • Learn the most effective ways to address means with firearms owners through Oregon-specific research, video demonstrations, and practice scenarios

  • Build confidence in conducting lethal means counseling related to firearms, medications, and other means with clients at risk of suicide

  • Participants will receive a certificate of completion and 5 CE’s from the Oregon NASW, either of which can be submitted to other credentialling boards for Continuing Education Credits.

• Community Calm:

  Oregon Community CALM – Conversations on Lethal Means – is a 2-hour workshop designed to help family, friends, and community members have life-saving conversations with individuals who may be thinking of suicide or during times of crisis.

  Anyone 18 years or older can learn these community helper skills that have an added focus on reducing access to lethal means, especially firearms and medications; however, Oregon Community CALM is neither anti-gun nor anti-medication. This training is based on the provider-focused Oregon CALM training and research with Oregonians who own firearms.

  What you’ll learn:

  • When to act to support loved ones

  • Creative solutions for reducing access to lethal means

These trainings are offered by a variety of community partners, as well as through the Suicide Prevention Coalition of Lane County. Simply click on an event you are interested in and follow the registration link provided.