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.       Describe 3 demographics of youth most at risk for completing suicide.

 

2.       Identify 2 methods commonly used in suicide attempts in order of most to least lethal.

 

3.       Identify 3 drivers for suicide as described in Thomas Joiner’s Interpersonal Theory of Suicide.

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

1.       Increase attention to clients who express “feeling like a burden” or who lack “a sense of belonging” to address drivers according to Joiner’s theory

2.       Work with supervisor to identify any youth in case load that may fit into the most at risk demographics