Pathways for Prevention: Suicide Prevention and Intervention Webinar-2025

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Description

Students experience a myriad of emotions as they progress through school. While most cope successfully with these feelings, many will harbor emotional pain so great that they have thoughts of suicide. In fact, approximately 50% of lifetime mental health conditions emerge by age 14, and 90% of deaths by suicide had an underlying mental illness. As mental health concerns increase, schools must be ready to address suicide prevention and intervention needs for all students.    

Through scenario-based examples and activities, participants will learn how to identify risk and protective factors and warning signs of suicide. They will also learn how schools can support students at-risk for suicide through implementation of MTSS such as, conducting suicide risk assessments, safety planning, and reintegrating students back into school after hospitalization. Additionally, best practices in suicide postvention will be defined and reviewed.    

Objectives:  

• Identify indicators/risk factors of youth suicide.  
• Identify protective factors against youth suicide.  
• Identify tiered interventions for students who may be at risk for suicide.  
• Identify specific strategies for safety planning in cases of youth suicide risk.  

Intended Audience

This training is intended for K-12 and IHE educators, school mental health personnel, school and campus security personnel, prevention providers, law enforcement, probation officers, school and campus administration, treatment professionals, counselors, student conduct professionals, prosecutors, residence life staff, and other interested school, campus or community personnel.

Partial In-service Credit

Partial In-service Credit (PIC) for law enforcement and certificates for participants will not be awarded for each topic individually.  

Cost

There is no fee to attend this training.

Location

This is a virtual program. You will join the webinar by logging in to your Benchmark account up to 15 minutes prior to the start time.

Registration

Pre-registration is required.

Please note that the DCJS registration system does not have the capacity to sort eligible from ineligible registrants. Therefore, anyone who registers will receive a confirmation. It is the responsibility of the DCJS assigned course director to review the roster and make a final determination on acceptance into the course. Registrants not accepted will be notified via the email address provided during registration.