Free Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation Agency Trainings Available

Through a SAMHSA Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention Grant, The Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation (OSPF) has the ability to provide free suicide prevention, screening, risk assessment, and treatment  training at your facility, for your staff. Normally, these trainings can cost upwards of $100-$350+ per person.

OSPF has various training opportunities for both clinical staff (counselors, psychologists, social workers, physicians, etc.) and non-clinical staff (clerical staff, care coordinators, scheduling department, etc.). CEUs are provided for licensed social workers, counselors, and psychologists. Please see below for the types of trainings can potentially provide at your facility, for your staff, free of charge.

Suicide Prevention Training at YOUR facility

• Training for clinical staff:
  • Suicide Risk Assessment Training
    • Assessing & Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR)
  • Suicide treatment modality training
    • The Collaborative Assessment & Management of Suicidality (CAMS)
    • CBT for Suicide Prevention Training
  • Safety Plan Training
  • Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM
• Training for non-clinical staff:
  • Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Training
  • Counseling on Access to Lethal Means Conversations (Convo CALM)

If you are interested in discussing opportunities for free onsite training for your staff, please reach out to Austin Lucas at [email protected] with any questions.