Courses Offered
NUHOPE is proud to partner with other local organizations to offer a number of suicide prevention classes and trainings for free or at low cost. These classes range from 1.5 hours to 2 days and are available for many audiences.
Each class is taught by certified instructors through NUHOPE, Weber-Morgan Health Department, Weber Human Services, Davis Behavioral Health, or other community partners. You can learn about each of the suicide prevention classes offered in more detail below:
Duration: 1.5 Hours
Audience: Anyone, ages 13+
QPR: Question, Persuade, Refer
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide.
Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Each year thousands of Americans, like you, are saying “Yes” to saving the life of a friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor.
QPR can be learned in our course in as little as one hour, and NUHOPE offers this course free of charge for your group or organization. All presentations will be tailored to your needs and can be taught to youth as young as 8th grade and adults alike.
Our instructors have taught the course hundreds of times, and we would love for your group to be next. Contact us if you would like more information on hosting a QPR class.
safeTALK
safeTALK is a three hour training that focuses on being alert to the warning signs of a person at risk of suicide. Through words and actions, safeTALK-trained helpers can invite help to stay alive. During your training, you will:
Notice and respond to situations where someone is experiencing suicidal thoughts or ideation
Recognize invitations for help
Move beyond the tendency to miss, dismiss, and avoid the subject of suicide
Apply the TALK steps: Tell, Ask, Listen, and Keep Safe
Learn about community resources available to those with thoughts of suicide and how to connect them to these resources.
If you are interested in safeTALK for Weber or Morgan Counties contact Lindsey Pulver
More Information on safeTALK
Duration: 3 Hours
Audience: Anyone, ages 18+
Duration: 8 Hours
Audience: Adults who work with children
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is an all-day training for adults who work with and/or assist young people. In YMFHA, adults learn the signs of mental health challenges in young people and how to respond effectively. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders.
This training is excellent for parents, educators, youth group leaders, clergy, and anyone else who interacts with young people on a regular basis.
Click HERE for information on YMHFA classes in Weber and Morgan Counties.
Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) teaches participants skills to help a person with a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis.
The adult Mental Health First Aid course is appropriate for anyone 18 years and older who wants to learn how to help a person who may be experiencing a mental health related crisis or problem. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, psychosis, and addictions.
The adult course is available in both English and Spanish. Course participants come from a variety of backgrounds and play various roles in a community.
Click HERE for information on MHFA classes in Weber and Morgan Counties.
Duration: 8 Hours
Audience: Everyone, 18+
Duration: 2 Days
Audience: Everyone, Ages 18+
ASIST
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety.
Over the course of their two-day workshop, ASIST participants learn to:
Understand the ways that personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide and interventions
Provide guidance and suicide first aid to a person at risk in ways that meet their individual safety needs
Identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it
Appreciate the value of improving and integrating suicide prevention resources in the community at large
Recognize other important aspects of suicide prevention including life-promotion and self-care
To learn about upcoming ASIST classes contact Lindsey Pulver
CONNECT (After Suicide)
A suicide death or attempt can have devastating impacts on a community. Connect’s “Suicide Postvention” training helps service providers and community members respond in a coordinated and comprehensive way in the aftermath of a suicide or any sudden death.
Connect has developed postvention protocols for educators, emergency medical services, faith leaders, funeral directors, law enforcement, mental health/substance abuse providers, medical examiners, coroners, military, and social service providers. Highlights of Connect training include:
Best practices on how to coordinate a comprehensive and safe response to a suicide
Strategies for reducing the risk of contagion
Review of the complexity of suicide-related grief, especially for different age groups
Recommendations for funerals and memorial activities
Suggestions of how to talk to survivors of suicide loss to promote their healing
Best practices for safe messaging about suicide and responding to the media
Identification of community resources to promote healing
Duration: 6 Hours
Audience: Everyone, Ages 18+
Vital Cog: Suicide Prevention in the Workplace
Vital Cog helps workplaces appreciate the critical need for suicide prevention while creating a forum for dialogue and critical thinking about workplace mental health challenges. The program builds a business case for suicide prevention while promoting help-seeking and help-giving. Several interactive exercises and case studies help employers and their staff apply and customize the content to their specific work culture. The training is delivered in a 2 hour version or 4 hour Pro version.
At the end of training, Vital Cog participants will have:
Increased awareness of suicide prevention.
Increased capacity for dialogue and critical thinking about workplace mental health challenges.
Increased ability to promote help-seeking and help-giving in the workplace.
Duration: 2 or 4 Hours
Audience: Ages 18+, at work sites
To Schedule: In Weber, Davis, or Morgan counties email Lindsey Pulver or call 801-626-7951.