Professional Training

The QPR Triage Training is for those on the "front lines" of suicide prevention. This interactive course teaches you how to interview potentially suicidal persons, determine immediate risk of suicide, and help reduce the risk of a suicide attempt or completion through a safety planning and referral process.

Note: This course includes QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention.

Meets requirements for Washington State Law

This interactive course is for professionals responsible the care and safety of consumers at elevated risk for suicidal behaviors in all settings and across the age span. This course meets Washington State legal requirements for training in suicide prevention.

The training program includes the risk assessment and risk management of adult and/or youth suicide risk. An inpatient/residential assessment manual and risk monitoring protocols are available on request.

Meets requirements for Washington State Law

This 6+ hour training program is designed by veterans for veterans, and for those who know, love, and counsel them. Its single purpose is to prevent suicide among veterans, soldiers in our National Guard or military reserves, and active military warriors. Learn what you can do to prevent a veteran suicide.

Law enforcement professionals are key gatekeepers in the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. Learn what you need to know to protect your co-workers, friends, family, and community. The online course includes QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention and the QPR Suicide Triage Training and takes approximately six hours to complete, but up to 10 hours of continuing education credit are offered depending on how much post-online training is completed.

Includes QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention

This course is offered only online. Students who wish to teach the basic QPR course should seek more information on this website for how to become a
Certified QPR Instructor.

Includes QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention

One in five of those die by suicide saw their PCP within 24 hours of their death. "Last medical contact" before suicide is even higher among the elderly, with almost 50% of suicide victims having seen their doctor within the past week. Learn to routinely screen for suicide risk and how to conduct a brief best practice assessment. Learner may spend up to 6 hours in course depending on personal selection. CME must be qualified by a third party.

Includes QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention

Meets requirements for Washington State Law

This training program is for School Health Professionals and other counselors who identify, screen and refer at-risk persons for further assessment and care. This course is not a suicide risk assessment training program, but an extended version of the NREPP-listed QPR Gatekeeper Trained for Suicide Prevention best practice program.

This course should be useful to all social workers, psychologists, nurses, and counselors, and teachers who may find themselves in the role of identifying and assisting troubled youth, but not tasked with conducting a full suicide risk assessment intervention.

Includes QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention

Meets requirements for Washington State Law

Features:

• Interactive Practice Challenges
• Videos
• Audio
• Thought challenges
• Interactive Quizzes
• Surveys
• Rich Content
• Zero suicide training

This 2-hour training program addresses suicide screening of adults and children in all mental health, educational, correctional, oral health, and medical settings. The learner may skip irrelevant modules. As an approved adaptation of the NREPP-listed QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention training program, this course does not address suicide risk assessment, risk formulation, or clinical decision making based upon a risk stratification determination.

This two-certificate training program targets patient safety, teaches a suicide screening tool, a best practice rapid assessment protocol, and updates emerging practice standards.

The QPR for Nurses course includes the QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention and the QPR Suicide Triage Training courses.

Meets requirements for Washington State Law

This 3-hour NREPP-listed certificate training program is designed to meet emerging state laws governing the licensing and practice of Occupational Therapists. Other professions, for example, Physical Therapists, will also find the course useful.

The course targets identification, screening, referral to enhance patient safety, and teaches a best practice suicide screening tool and referral methodology.

Includes QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention

While our research team is still exploring actual pharmacist encounters with suicidal patients, we know that suicidal people often telegraph their suicidal intent or desire to professionals during conversations in the professional's workplace.

The QPR for Sports Coaches and staff is intended to help you prevent suicide not just among athletes, but among employees, colleagues, co-workers, friends and family members.

This training program addresses suicide prevention among older adults and elders. After presenting expert foundation brief lectures on older adult suicide risk, the QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention is presented, together with best-practice screening questions that those providing care to older adults may use to detect what potentially unknown risk for suicidal behaviors.

This online instructor training program is available only to purchasers living outside of the United States and Canada. Pricing is adjusted by World Bank Zones, costing much less in some countries.

The training fee includes a prepaid royalty for an unlimited license to print QPR booklets and cards for those you will train.

To learn the cost of the training and printing license,click on your country.

You must be able to read and understand spoken English to complete this training program.

This 4-hour NREPP-listed certificate training program is designed for anyone working with persons with substance abuse issues and especially those working with veterans. This training also meets emerging state laws governing the licensing and practice of Chemical Dependency Professionals and includes approximately 2 hours of content (video lecture, case scenarios, practice exercises) that address how to reduce suicide risk in our veterans.

The training program targets identification, screening, referral to enhance patient safety - both outpatient and inpatient/residential - and teaches a best practice suicide screening tool and referral methodology. The course includes Level 1 QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention and an approved, brief edition of the Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) best practice registered training program. Both program descriptions can be found at: http://www.sprc.org/bpr.

First Episode Psychosis (FEP) is associated with increased risk of suicidal behaviors in youth. Sponsored by the Washington State Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery, and led by child psychiatrist Dr. Jon McClellan, this 2-hour training program is designed to help people identify and intervene with youth who may be experiencing the onset of a serious and possibly life-threatening mental illness.

The world has moved online, and so have suicidal people. People in crisis are reaching into cyberspace for help. You can be there for them. With more text messages sent than phone calls made, and online counseling shown to be safe and effective, learn how to become an Online Counseling and Suicide Intervention Specialist.

Work with suicidal clients? This book-based, interactive online course is designed for clinicians who need practical, evidence-based, best practice interventions for helping the suicidal patients they treat. 10 hours of continuing education credit.

Please note that this online training program has not been submitted for external review by state departments of health or other authorities for approval to meet emerging state laws requiring training in this area of practice. Therefore, the certificate earned may not meet these requirements.

Use the skills from the OCSIS course for interactive role-play with other learners, prepare a portfolio of “best practice” interventions, assessments and collaborative crisis plans. 10 hours of continuing education credit.

Course qualifies for required ethics training. Every clinician rightly fears being sued for malpractice. Practice in an ethical fashion and learn to do a few things right, and you will never be sued for suicide malpractice. This engaging, three mini-lecture series (40 minutes, and two 20 minute lectures), interactive course is taught by a psychologist and a lawyer.

The world has moved online, and so have suicidal people. People in crisis are reaching into cyberspace for help. You can be there for them. With more text messages sent than phone calls made, and online counseling shown to be safe and effective, learn how to detect, assess and immediately intervene to reduce the risk of a suicide attempt or completion.

Two certificates are earned in this training program. This course qualifies for 20 NBCC clock hours or 2 CEUs and is designed to be part of your crisis volunteer training program or part a college or university crisis intervention course. Some crisis lines may wish you to take this training as part of your application process.

Includes QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention

Correctional professionals have a high degree of contact with those at elevated risk of suicide, especially mentally ill offenders, those arrested for the first time, and those facing sentencing whether in jail or on probation. This interactive, multimedia, two-certificate course teaches both students and working professionals how to mitigate the risk of suicide attempts and completions both in and out of correctional facilities. 8 hours of continuing education recommended.

Includes QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention

Spiritual leader are defined as key gatekeepers in the U.S. National Strategy for Suicide Prevention and by suicide prevention leadership around the world. Learn what you need to know to prevent suicide among those you know, love, and serve. This registered best practice training program has been peer reviewed by clergy from several faiths.