QPR Suicide Prevention Training Courses

Participants earning the certificate of completion should:

• Understand suicide as a major public health problem
• Understand the common myths and facts surrounding suicide
• Know that suicide is serious problem among law enforcement professionals
• Be able to identify unique verbal, behavioral, and situational suicide warning signs among police officers and others
• Recognize at least three suicide warning signs
• Show significant gains in skill and confidence in how to conduct a QPR intervention
• Understand means restriction and how to immediately reduce risk
• Recognize and identify at least three risk factors for suicide
• Recognize and identify at least three protective factors against suicide
• Know how to engage and assist a suicidal co-worker, colleague, friend or family member
• Demonstrate QPR intervention skills
• Understand the nature of suicide and describe at least one theory of suicidal behavior 
• Understand how to use basic helping skills to enhance protective factors and reduce risk factors when dealing with suicide events
• Engage in an interactive and helpful conversation with someone who has attempted suicide
• Engage in an interactive and helpful conversation with the loved ones or family members of someone who has died by suicide
• Understand the suicide-by-cop phenomenon
• Pass a nationally standardized quiz demonstrating fundamental knowledge about suicide.