Suicide Prevention Training
NOW AVAILABLE!!
Question, Persuade, and Refer
(QPR) Gatekeeper Trainings for Suicide Prevention are now
available in San Diego County.
QPR is designed to give members of the
general public the basic skills necessary to recognize a crisis and
the warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide.
QPR is like CPR - an emergency mental health intervention for
suicidal persons. In September and November of last year, 732
individuals participated in QPR Gatekeeper Trainings, offered in
partnership by OptumHealth and the County of San Diego Health and
Human Services Agency (HHSA). Due to the overwhelmingly
positive response, we were very excited and proud to train 40
instructors locally who can continue to offer this valuable suicide
prevention training to members of our San Diego community.
The QPR Gatekeeper Trainings are funded by the County of San
Diego HHSA, and offered at no cost to attendees on behalf of the
San Diego County Suicide Prevention Council.
It is our goal that by June 30, 2012, at least 2,250 community
members are trained in QPR.
Details:
As a QPR-trained Gatekeeper, you will
learn to:
- Recognize warning signs of suicide
- Know how to offer hope
- Know how to get help and save a life
Audience: Anyone in a position to recognize a
crisis and the warning signs that someone may be contemplating
suicide: parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, ministers,
doctors, nurses, office supervisors, caseworkers, firefighters, and
many others.
Training Length: One hour
Cost: FREE
To Schedule a
Training, contact Beth Ruland at 858-609-7967 or bruland@sdchip.org.
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Resources for QPR
Certified Instructors (For more information, contact Holly
Salazar at hsalazar@sdchip.org)
Instructions - To prepare for and report the results of each
training
Local Resources Handout (English) - REQUIRED HANDOUT -
Distribute at every QPR Gatekeeper Training
Local Resources Handout (Spanish) - OPTIONAL - Distribute at
every QPR Gatekeeper Training
QPR
Gatekeeper Training Evaluation - REQUIRED HANDOUT - Distribute
and collect at every QPR Gatekeeper Training; Return to CHIP
QPR Evaluation
Template - Enter evaluations and return compiled results to
CHIP (optional)
Myths and
Facts About Suicide (Quiz) - For use in QPR Gatekeeper
Trainings (optional)
Generic QPR
Gatekeeper Flyer - To advertise QPR Gatekeeper Trainings
QPR
Gatekeeper Flyer with Blanks - To advertise a scheduled QPR
Gatekeeper Training (for location, date, time, and speaker)
San Diego County QPR Gatekeeper Standard Presentation (English)
- Feel free to customize the presentation, as long as the QPR
slides/information remain the same
QPR Gatekeeper
Presentation (Spanish) - Feel free to customize the
presentation, as long as the QPR slides/information remain the
same
San
Diego County - Local Data Slides - Alan Smith's (County
of San Diego EMS) suicide data presentation slides
QPR Institute -
Additional Slide Sets
QPR for Law Enforcement and Emergency Service
Professionals
Click here for Powerpoint download.
Click
here for this project and how the new video is to be used
Facts About Manic-Depression, Depression and
Suicide
PowerPoint file for presenting facts about depression and suicide
(updated 4/29/04)
Click here to download
National Suicide Statistics for QPR
Instructors:
PowerPoint file of basic suicide statistics for QPR presentations
(updated frequently) (195 K)
Click
here to download.
QPR Gatekeeper module:
PowerPoint file for the standard QPR Gatekeeper presentation (595
K)
Click
here to download.
QPR Gatekeeper - Youth version (revised
Fall 2007):
PowerPoint file for the youth version of the QPR Gatekeeper
presentation. (256K)
Click
here to download.
QPR Gatekeeper - Residential version:
PowerPoint file for the residential setting of the QPR Gatekeeper
presentation. (603K)
Click here to download.
QPR Gatekeeper - Spanish version:
PowerPoint file for the youth version in SPANISH of the QPR
Gatekeeper presentation. (56K)
Click
here to download.
QPR Gatekeeper in School Settings:
PowerPoint file for presenting QPR to school faculty and support
staff (256K)
Click
here to download.
QPR Gatekeeper - Native American
PowerPoint file for presenting QPR Gatekeeper training for Native
American audiences
Click
here to download (This is a very large file, it is best to
download and save it to your computer. Attempting to open it on
your browser can be difficult!)
QPR Gatekeeper - Late Life
Suicide
PowerPoint file concerning issues of late life
suicide.
Click here to download.
QPR for Primary Care
PowerPoint file concering primary care physicians
Click here to download.