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Suicide prevention training and events

 

Helping Save Lives Using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scales

Online/Virtual

The Columbia Protocol, also known as the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), supports suicide risk assessment through a series of simple, plain-language questions that anyone can ask. The answers help users identify whether someone is at risk for suicide, assess the severity and immediacy of that risk, and gauge the level of support that the […]

Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness and Skills Training – November

Online/Virtual

  The Center for Health and Learning’s Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness and Skills Training offers stand-alone 2 hour virtual live sessions to enhance knowledge, comfort, and skills to identify those at risk for suicide in your organization or community. Including resources to get help, Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness and Skills Training provides the fundamental knowledge […]

$10

Introduction to Zero Suicide in Vermont: November

Online/Virtual

Zero Suicide is a set of evidence-based principles and practices for preventing suicide within health and mental health systems. The foundational belief of Zero Suicide is that suicide deaths for individuals under care are preventable. Zero Suicide requires a system-wide approach to improve outcomes and close gaps. This webinar described how systematic suicide care closes […]

Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM)

Online/Virtual

CALM Clinical Workshops are designed to introduce those providing counseling services to the rationale of means safety and teach them how to plan for, initiate and carry out effective conversations with clients and their families about reducing access to lethal means – especially firearms and medications – in times of suicide risk. Who Should Attend? […]

QPR

Online/Virtual

Would you give 90 minutes to learn the steps to save a life? Learn the 3-step method during a suicide prevention awareness virtual QPR training. Anyone can make a difference. QPR is an emergency response to someone in a suicide crisis just as CPR is an emergency response to a physical health crisis. See the […]

Free

Adult Mental Health First Aid

Online/Virtual

Sunshine Silver Lining and Vermont Care Partners invite you to sign up for a virtual Adult Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course in the Fall of 2024. These trainings are open to Vermonters and those that serve and support Vermonters. There are 30 spots in each class, which are generously grant-funded by Vermont Care Partners. […]

Free

Umatter® for Schools – Fall 2024

Online/Virtual

Umatter® for Schools aims to help teams build comprehensive suicide prevention awareness, strong and thoughtful conversation facilitation, understanding of roles and responsibilities, protocols for prevention and postvention situations, and be positioned to teach and train other school employees awareness basics in the effort to fortify a solid suicide prevention foundation and culture. Participant teams will […]

Youth Mental Health First Aid

Online/Virtual

Sunshine Silver Lining and Vermont Care Partners invite you to sign up for a virtual Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course in the Fall of 2024. These trainings are open to Vermonters and those that serve and support Vermonters. There are 30 spots in each class, which are generously grant-funded by Vermont Care Partners. Please […]

Free

Suicide Awareness for the Agricultural Community

Online/Virtual

Despite farmers’ foundational role in the food system, agriculture consistently ranks among occupations with very high suicide rates. Farming can be isolating, physically and mentally demanding, and full of potentially devastating uncertainty. Farms are often in rural areas where healthcare access is limited and mental health support nearly nonexistent. It is vital that farmers, community […]

Helping Save Lives Using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scales

Online/Virtual

The Columbia Protocol, also known as the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), supports suicide risk assessment through a series of simple, plain-language questions that anyone can ask. The answers help users identify whether someone is at risk for suicide, assess the severity and immediacy of that risk, and gauge the level of support that the […]

Umatter® for Schools – Fall 2024

Online/Virtual

Umatter® for Schools aims to help teams build comprehensive suicide prevention awareness, strong and thoughtful conversation facilitation, understanding of roles and responsibilities, protocols for prevention and postvention situations, and be positioned to teach and train other school employees awareness basics in the effort to fortify a solid suicide prevention foundation and culture. Participant teams will […]

Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness and Skills Training – Oct

Online/Virtual

The Center for Health and Learning’s Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness and Skills Training offers stand-alone 2 hour virtual live session to enhance knowledge, comfort, and skills to identify those at risk for suicide in your organization or community. Including resources to get help, Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness and Skills Training provides the fundamental knowledge to […]

$10

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