Suicide Guide for Schools (3 CE)

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1162CE

Course Level: Intermediate

This course is for: Social Workers, Psychologists, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists

Course Format: This is a self-paced (non-interactive), online course. Participants are required to read the course materials and complete a post-test with a score of 75% or higher.

Course By: Helen Hinton, LPCC

Content By: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, & Suicide Prevention Resource Center. (2018). After a suicide: A toolkit for schools (2nd ed.). Waltham, MA: Education Development Center.

Course Description:  Suicide is the second leading cause of death among pre-teens and adolescents. Student suicide can have an enormous impact on schools and surrounding communities. A coordinated response effort is essential for decreasing suicide contagion and assisting with grief processing. After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools (Suicide Prevention Resource Center and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention) serves as a resource for assisting school staff with coordinated response implementation pertaining to student deaths by suicide. Postvention strategies and recommendations for students, families, communities, and staff are presented with concomitant tools and templates designed to assist education professionals. Practical guidelines pertaining to media communication, community interaction, memorial assistance, and social media management are also included. Additional discussion surrounding essential coping skills for suicide-risk reduction among vulnerable students in the immediate aftermath, and in the following weeks and months thereafter, are also discussed.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe the immediate steps a crisis response team coordinator should take when learning about a student’s suicide
  2. Define postvention and understand effective postvention tasks and strategies
  3. Describe effective strategies and related implementation for mitigating suicide contagion
  4. Understand communication approaches pertaining to media interactions, community interactions, memorial service assistance, and social media management
  5. Describe how the tools, templates, and included resources can help with suicide prevention plan implementation

Course Outline:

  • Read and understand After a suicide: A toolkit for schools (2nd ed.).
  • Read and review the Course Description and Learning Objectives
  • Describe how postvention strategy implementation can mitigate suicide contagion
  • Identify and describe practical coping strategies for vulnerable individuals
  • Understand effective guidelines for external communication
  • Access resources, tools, and templates that may be useful for implementing a comprehensive suicide prevention plan
  • Work through the post-test questions; bear in mind that answer selections should be derived from the respective journal article
  • Return to the referenced article for any missed questions and/or to review the identified resources that are necessary for providing suicide postvention

Course Completion Requirements: All course materials are included in your AATBS student account. Attendees must read the course material and complete the accompanying test with a score of 75% or higher. Customers may retest if they score below 75%.

Evaluation: The course evaluation is also accessible in your student account. After completing the course, you will need to complete the course evaluation.

How certificate is issued: When all requirements for the course have been successfully completed, customers will be able to access and print a personal CE certificate in their student account.

Approvals:

Association for Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Association for Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.

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Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits.

Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling - #50-11015

Florida Board of Psychology #50-5452

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More Information
Board Approvals American Psychological Association (APA), Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), NBCC, Florida Board - Social Work, MFT, Counseling, and Psychology, NYSED - Social Work, MFT and Counseling Only, American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders
CE Format Online, Text-Based