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QPR - Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training (Virtual)
Now FREE for all Calhoun County community members!
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Date and time
December 16, 2021 · 9am - December 21 · 10am PST
Location
Online
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About this event
This Monthly Lunch & Learn QPR (3rd Thursday of the month at 12 pm) is FREE for Calhoun County, MI community members.
It takes a COMMUNITY to prevent suicide. Most people who die by suicide have indicated their desire to die before taking their life. However, most of us do not know what to say or do in those times.
Because of this, the warning signs, subtle hints, and even overt cries for help often go unacknowledged and are met with silence, but WE CAN CHANGE THIS.
QPR teaches lifesaving skills, and it is the most widely taught Gatekeeper training in the world. Just as CPR prepares you for stepping in to assist with a cardiac emergency, QPR teaches the skills and knowledge to intervene to prevent suicide.
Gatekeepers can include anyone positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide (e.g., parents, friends, neighbors, co-workers, teachers, clergy, coaches, caseworkers, healthcare providers, emergency responders, and YOU).
The process follows three steps:
- QUESTION the person about suicide
- PERSUADE the person to seek and accept help
- REFER the person to appropriate resources
Gatekeepers will receive QPR materials and resources, including:
- QPR Booklet and Card (Printable and Mobile-version)
- Personalized QPR Gatekeeper certificate
- Digital copy of Dr. Quinnett's book, Suicide: The Forever Decision
- Downloadable QPR role-play live practice package
- New interactive practice role-play for QPR over text message
- New interactive post-training self-assessment
- New interactive suicide warning signs recognition practice challenge
KEY COMPONENTS COVERED IN TRAINING:
- Learn the myths and facts about suicide
- Recognize the warning signs of suicide
- Know how to ask THE question
- Know how to offer hope
- Know how to get help and save a life
Sign up for a QPR class today; spread the word to your friends, family, and neighbors; and once you've taken QPR, share your knowledge with others, help plant the seeds of hope, and when you notice warning signs that someone might be thinking of suicide, use your skills to TAKE ACTION.
The SPCCC can also bring QPR to your workplace, organization, or community group for FREE, please contact Scott at steichmer@summitpointe.org for more info.
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About the organizer
The Suicide Prevention Coalition of Calhoun County (SPCCC) is a partnership of dedicated community members that includes medical and behavioral health professionals, educators, law enforcement, faith leaders, veterans services, mental health advocates, survivors of suicide loss, survivors of suicide attempt, and many other caring and compassionate members of your community.
We are asking YOU to join us.
Sign up for a QPR class today; spread the word to your friends, family, and neighbors; and once you've taken QPR, share your knowledge with others, help plant the seeds of hope, and when you notice warning signs that someone might be thinking of suicide, use your skills to TAKE ACTION.
Be the one to show up for that person, let them know you care, listen with empathy (and without judgement), and get others involved. We need our community now more than ever, and most importantly, WE NEED YOU.
If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, call our local Summit Pointe Crisis Line (1-800-632-5449) or call/text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Reach out TOGETHER; if you're struggling, ask someone to help you make that call, or be the one to help a friend make that call. You deserve support, you belong here, and YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Summit Pointe provides 24 hour a day emergency services and crisis response. Services are designed to meet the mental health crisis needs for all of Calhoun County.
If you are interested in bringing QPR to your workplace or organization, please contact Scott at steichmer@summitpointe.org