This week, we introduced our new training course, Fundamentals of Community-Based Suicide Prevention.
This series of seven videos is available to stream on demand via our website.
Federal agencies have recommended that communities take a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention, but some state and community partners have expressed uncertainty on how to implement this.
In response, we have developed a seven-part training course, which provides a roadmap and outlines strategies for implementing a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention, in alignment with the new 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. We hope it helps those who participate in community-based suicide prevention understand how to engage with this important work.
The seven sessions are a comprehensive curriculum, but can also work as stand-alone trainings, covering the following topics:
- Introduction: Characteristics of Suicide and Challenges in Prevention
- Overview of Suicide Prevention: The Public Health Approach and Comprehensive Programming
- Messaging and Communications: Framework for Successful Messaging
- Connectedness in Suicide Prevention
- Recognition and Referral: Gatekeeper Role in Suicide Prevention
- Lethal Means Safety: Firearms and Suicide Risk
- Health Care Settings: Suicide Care and the Zero Suicide Framework
Developed and presented for Forefront by Dr. Jeffrey C. Sung, in partnership with the Washington State Department of Health, the series is free to stream on demand, and open to anyone with an interest in suicide prevention. Up to seven Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be available for Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists, and Licensed Mental Health Counselors.