Learn foundational knowledge and approaches to supporting someone who is having thoughts of suicide. This course takes approximately 2 hours to complete and you will receive a certificate upon completion.

Learning Objectives:

- Greater confidence in having conversations about suicide.

- The ability to recognize signs that someone may be having thoughts of suicide.

- Knowledge and application of  the CPR Support acronym to clearly ask about suicide, assess risk, and create an effective safety plan.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome to Foundations of Suicide Intervention

    • Content Warning

    • Terms of Use

    • Facilitator Intro

  • 2

    Facts + Myths

    • Statistics

    • What do you think?

    • Myths

    • True or False?
  • 3

    Warning Signs

    • Hints, Implications, Invitations

    • Emotional and Behavioural Signs

    • Worrisome Statements

    • Risk Factors Check List
  • 4

    CPR Support

    • Learning the Steps

    • Put the Steps in Order
  • 5

    C: Clarify

    • Make Clear + Clearly Ask

    • Asking the Question

    • Reflection

    • What if #1

    • What if #2

    • Don't Say

    • A Conversation with Liza

    • Conversation Map 1.1
  • 6

    P: Plans

    • Asking About a Plan

    • Examples of Risk Assessment Questions

    • Disclaimer

    • The Risk Staircase

    • Put it in Order

    • Risk Assessment

    • Conversation Map 1.2

    • The Second Plan
  • 7

    R: Remove the Means

    • Collaborative Safety Planning

    • How to Remove Different Kinds of Means

    • A Conversation with Phil

    • Conversation Map 1.3
  • 8

    Support

    • Tiered Support

    • Supports for Each Level of Risk

    • A Conversation with Amir

    • Helpful Resources

    • Conversation Map 1.4
  • 9

    Putting it All Together

    • Suicide Intervention Flowchart
  • 10

    Feedback

    • How was the course?

Your Instructor

Cara Taylor, MSW, RSW.

Cara Taylor is the founder of Oaks Mental Health, a therapist, and a mental health educator based out of Saskatoon. Through Oaks Mental Health, she has facilitated over 250 public speaking events, workshops, and trainings focused on mental health. Previously, she has worked in diverse mental health contexts as a social worker including mobile crisis response and inpatient psychiatry. Beyond professional credentials, Cara has lived experience of mental illness and suicide loss. Both her personal and professional experiences have profoundly shaped her knowledge of mental health. For her, education is a powerful way of encouraging compassion and kindness in response to mental health struggles in ourselves and others.

Reviews

“I really appreciated the format and the information presented. The biggest take away for me is the conversational examples, it can be hard to know what/how to questions something like this in a way that is supportive and productive in ensuring safety. Even though I think the information was more specific to being a friend and sitting in the same room as the person I think much of the information can be transferred to my line of work in which most of my conversations are via telephone.”

★★★★ - D'Arcy

“The layout of the course was excellent. The variety of ways to interact with the course and styles of questions helped solidify my knowledge. The graphics that accompanied the facilitator's verbal explanations had a huge impact in keeping me engaged and on my ability to internalize and organize the information in my mind. I never felt overwhelmed by the amount of reading or listening as it was dispersed throughout in small chunks. It is very clear that effort was put in to appeal to different learning styles.”

★★★★★ - Madison

“I really like how this course is well put together. Fantastic job. The options to download templates were awesome. ”

★★★★★ - Erin

“Excellent course overall, the flowchart and other downloadable content are SO amazing and a very great resource to use. I can't emphasize this enough.”

★★★★★ - Mark

“I was so impressed with the quality of this training. It helped me better understand how to support someone at each risk level. I feel more confident in talking to people about suicide. I also greatly appreciate the downloadable resources! Great work - thank you!”

★★★★★ - Tessa

“Excellent length - not too much (which could be overwhelming) or too little (not helpful). There was some repetition, however this felt helpful to reinforce key concepts. The flow made sense and was easy to follow. I love how everything was pulled together at the end of each step with a very concrete graph, flow-chart, or simple lists. It makes the information accessible and the resources are concise enough to reference if needed.”

★★★★★ - Anon.

“Best online training course I've ever taken! Loved the variety, the interaction, the personal stories, and the variety of examples.”

★★★★★ - Anon.

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