Training Summary:

During this training, participants will review their roles in assessing and intervening to prevent suicide as defined by professional organizational ethics and legal statutes.  Participants will deepen their knowledge and understanding about the drivers to suicidal ideation and what they can do when they are working with a client with suicide risk. 

Class Objectives:

1.        Discuss how to apply Joiner’s theory to a current youth in the participant’s case load

2.       Describe two drivers to suicide ideation that can be addressed through specific support stratgies

3.       List two evidence-based practices known to address suicide behavior

How can participants utilize their new skills and knowledge after the training to reinforce their learning?

1.       Apply theories on why people have suicidal thoughts to youth in care in order to identify support strategies around these drivers

2.       Increase attention around clients’ cultural factors, and how they are impacting their suicide ideation expression and desire