Foundations of Suicide Intervention
Learn how to support people experiencing thoughts of suicide.
Length of Session: Half day (3 hours) or Full Day (6 hours)
Available as an online, self-paced course found here.
Introduction
- Statistics on suicide in Canada
- Myths and misconceptions around suicide
- Risk factors
- Warning signs
- CPR Support Acronym
Clarify
- How to cleary ask about suicide
- Examples of unhelpful ways of asking
- What if scenarios
- Statements to avoid saying
Plans
- Asking about plans to die by suicide
- Risk assessment questions
- The risk staircase
Remove the means
- Collaborative safety planning
- How to “remove” different kinds of means
Supports
- Tiered responses
- Supports for each level of risk
- Helpful resources
Integrating the Content
- Conversations maps
- Suicide intervention flowchart
- Practice scenarios
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