This is a two-day training: Saturday, November 8 (9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. CT) and Sunday, November 9 (9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. CT). One registration covers both days.
To receive your certificate of completion and be eligible to pursue RFA certification, you must attend both full days of training.
Learn the full RFA protocol and how to apply it to understand the circumstances surrounding suicide and other preventable deaths. This evidence-informed, meaning-centered training emphasizes how to work compassionately and ethically with suicide loss survivors while gathering and interpreting information. Participants build skills in interviewing, document review, and narrative analysis using a biopsychosocial framework. You will learn to synthesize findings, write the RFA report, and apply results to strengthen prevention, postvention, and system improvements across public health, fatality review, and coroner or medical examiner settings.
A bachelor’s degree is required, along with relevant experience in social sciences, public health, healthcare, death investigation, or in roles supporting grieving or bereaved individuals, especially suicide loss survivors. Strong interviewing skills are essential. We welcome professionals from diverse backgrounds, including clinicians, public health workers, fatality review members, and survivor advocates.
