Umatter Suicide Prevention for Public Health Professionals
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Course Information
- Audience: Public health and community-based professionals; Professionals interested in preventing suicide in community, school and health care settings (In the language of this webinar, these roles are known as "gatekeepers.")
- Format: Online Webinar
- Date/Time:January 31, 2019
12-1:00 PM ET - Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Certificate of completion
- Competencies: Communication Skills
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Companion Trainings:
- Umatter Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper training
- Umatter for Professionals Gatekeeper and Protocol Training
- Umatter for Schools- Gatekeeper, Protocols, Curriculum
- Supplemental materials: Presentation will be available after the webinar.
- Pre-requisites: None
About this Webinar
When a suicide occurs it affects an entire community. Umatter Suicide Prevention educates professionals that work within communities about effective suicide prevention. With the goal of averting crisis, the webinar provides an introduction to Suicide Gatekeeper training which includes: (1) basic information about suicide, (2) language to be used when discussing suicide, (3) protective factors, risk factors, and warning signs, and (4) the Umatter three-step process for responding to suicidal behavior. Resources, additional training, and next steps for building a suicide prevention-prepared community will be identified.
What you'll learn
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Provide basic information about suicide
- Describe language to be used when discussing suicide
- Identify protective, risk factors and warning signs
- State the Umatter three-step process for responding to suicidal behavior
- Refer others to resources, additional training, and next steps for building a suicide prevention-prepared community
Subject Matter Experts
Debby Haskins
JoEllen Tarallo
Registration and Contact Hours
Select the Enroll button below to register for this webinar. If you have any trouble accessing the webinar, contact trainingmanager@nephtc.org.
The Certificate of Completion will include the length of the webinar. Generally 50 – 60 minutes is equivalent to 1 contact hour. Contact hours may be applicable towards continuing education requirements for certain credentials. Check with your credentialing body to verify if the topic meets its continuing education requirements.