Q.P.R. Suicide Prevention Training for Faculty & Staff Working With Students: Question, Persuade, Refer

Facilitated by:

Anne Eipe, University Counseling Services

Description:

Join University Counseling Services for Q.P.R., a 2 hour training designed to help you help someone who may be considering suicide. This training is facilitated by University Counseling Services.  QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer.

Faculty and staff are interacting with more students expressing symptoms of mental health concerns (e.g., anxiety, stress, depression, self-harm, and even suicidal thoughts, etc.).  This training helps prepare someone who is in the position to recognize someone who may be in crisis.  The training is focused on signs of distress and crises, and "provides innovative, practical and proven suicide prevention training" and includes:

• Raising awareness about suicide
• Background information about suicide, with a focus on the college student population
• Dispelling myths and misconceptions
• Teaching 3 skills that can help save a life: Question, Persuade, Refer

University Counseling Services has received extremely positive feedback from the faculty and staff on campus who have participated in this training.  They report feeling more knowledgeable and better equipped to serve in a gatekeeping role -- how to recognize a student in distress, how to talk with them about their concerns, how to offer hope, and how to refer that student to get the help they may need.

Faculty & Staff – To register for this Workshop/Session:

1. When ready, select the CSU Learn button below.
2. Log into with your myNorthridge Portal credentials.
3. Select the “Register” button.
4. Click on the bullet next to the CSUN HR icon, and select “Submit” to enroll in this session.

CSU Learn

If you require an accommodation to attend this program, please contact Human Resources at x5168 at least seven business days in advance of the program.

Withdraw from Session: If you need to cancel your registration, select the “Self” icon in CSU Learn.  Select “Learning,” then “Registrations.”  Select the box next to the session you need to cancel, and select “Cancel Registration.”  In the next window, select “Confirm Cancellation.”

Return to CSUN's Professional & Personal Development Training Calendar at: http://www.csun.edu/development/training.