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Schools, Mental Health, and Suicide Prevention Highlights

As part of a comprehensive community approach to suicide prevention, every school is encouraged to become “prevention prepared.” This requires attention to multiple dimensions of the school program: the climate around mental health, the preparedness of adults in the school community to respond to mental health concerns, effective protocols for identification and referral, and engagement of students in prevention through curriculum and social supports, etc. This webinar series adapts and applies elements of a Zero Suicide approach and applies it to school settings. This includes supportive culture, training, identification, treatment, transition, and follow-up. Each webinar will provide content knowledge, resources,

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Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness

This module helps users understand the importance of an individual’s impact on someone considering suicide while increasing awareness and understanding of suicidal behavior.  Participants will learn basic knowledge and skills of suicide prevention, including societal myths and attitudes, the use of sensitive language, risk factors and warning signs, protective factors, and examples of what to say and do. Participants will learn to apply a three-step process for talking with someone with a suicide risk.

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Suicide Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies For Men in Middle Years and Older Adults

The two modules in this package provide current knowledge about effective strategies for working with men in their middle years (men aged 35-64) and older adults (55 and older) to reduce the risk of suicide.  Each module provides current knowledge about effective strategies for working with men in their middle years and older adults and explains why these populations are at risk by providing current data and background and concrete action items through a set of recommendations to help reduce the risk of suicide. Learn More and Register

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Suicide Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies For Youth and Young Adults Identifying as LGBTQ+

This course provides current knowledge about effective strategies for working with youth and young adults identifying as LGBTQ+ (LGBTQ+ YYAs), to reduce the risk of suicide. The training is aimed at health care providers, mental health providers, and those working in social services and schools.  Before users start the module they are required to take the Introduction to Suicide Prevention module. This module covers suicide as a public health problem, preferred language, common terms, high-risk groups, social determinants of health, and health disparities.  The Suicide Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies for LGBTQ+ YYAs training consists of three learning segments:  Context

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Preventing Substance Misuse in the School Community

Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Education (K-12) Two Hour Online Short Course It is widely recognized that problems related to drug use, misuse, and abuse pervade our society at all levels.  While use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) can have a profound effect on many important aspects of an individual’s life, including mental, emotional, social, physical, and spiritual health and success in school and/or work, very few people have had any direct education about factors related to drug use. Education at the school and community level is critical to reducing problems that arise from ATOD use.  This self-directed two-hour online

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Schools, Mental Health, and Suicide Prevention Highlights

As part of a comprehensive community approach to suicide prevention, every school is encouraged to become “prevention prepared.” This requires attention to multiple dimensions of the school program: the climate around mental health, the preparedness of adults in the school community to respond to mental health concerns, effective protocols for identification and referral, and engagement of students in prevention through curriculum and social supports, etc. This webinar series adapts and applies elements of a Zero Suicide approach and applies it to school settings. This includes supportive culture, training, identification, treatment, transition, and follow-up. Each webinar will provide content knowledge, resources,

Read More »

Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness

This module helps users understand the importance of an individual’s impact on someone considering suicide while increasing awareness and understanding of suicidal behavior.  Participants will learn basic knowledge and skills of suicide prevention, including societal myths and attitudes, the use of sensitive language, risk factors and warning signs, protective factors, and examples of what to say and do. Participants will learn to apply a three-step process for talking with someone with a suicide risk.

Read More »

Suicide Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies For Men in Middle Years and Older Adults

The two modules in this package provide current knowledge about effective strategies for working with men in their middle years (men aged 35-64) and older adults (55 and older) to reduce the risk of suicide.  Each module provides current knowledge about effective strategies for working with men in their middle years and older adults and explains why these populations are at risk by providing current data and background and concrete action items through a set of recommendations to help reduce the risk of suicide. Learn More and Register

Read More »

Suicide Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies For Youth and Young Adults Identifying as LGBTQ+

This course provides current knowledge about effective strategies for working with youth and young adults identifying as LGBTQ+ (LGBTQ+ YYAs), to reduce the risk of suicide. The training is aimed at health care providers, mental health providers, and those working in social services and schools.  Before users start the module they are required to take the Introduction to Suicide Prevention module. This module covers suicide as a public health problem, preferred language, common terms, high-risk groups, social determinants of health, and health disparities.  The Suicide Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies for LGBTQ+ YYAs training consists of three learning segments:  Context

Read More »

Preventing Substance Misuse in the School Community

Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Education (K-12) Two Hour Online Short Course It is widely recognized that problems related to drug use, misuse, and abuse pervade our society at all levels.  While use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) can have a profound effect on many important aspects of an individual’s life, including mental, emotional, social, physical, and spiritual health and success in school and/or work, very few people have had any direct education about factors related to drug use. Education at the school and community level is critical to reducing problems that arise from ATOD use.  This self-directed two-hour online

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