This training will provide an overview of suicide prevention. The presenter will discuss the nature of suicide, suicide-related statistics, risk factors, and warning signs. The presenter will also discuss how to assess for lethality, how to manage a client/patient who is suicidal, and how to resource referrals. Participants will gain an understanding of warning signs and risk factors for suicide, learn how to perform a suicide risk assessment, and build a safety plan with a suicidal client. The training will be accomplished with Video and PowerPoint and will be interactive. Begun in 1958, the Suicide Prevention Center was the first in the country with a 24-hour suicide prevention crisis line using community volunteers. The primary crisis line of the SPC provides telephone counseling to individuals contemplating, threatening or attempting suicide, and is part of a national crisis intervention network.

3.0 Continuing Education (CE) Credits will be available for those who attend the training in its entirety.