Kansas Suicide Prevention Resources
We offer the following trainings:
Adult Mental Health First Aid
This training is approximately 8 hours.
This training is for those individuals who work with fellow aged adults at work on a regular basis and would like to learn how to help support these individuals through a variety of early intervention, worsening situations, and crisis. MHFA does not cover how to diagnose or treat a mental health or substance use challenge.
Awareness, Interaction, Direction (A.I.D.)
This training is approximately 1 hour.
A.I.D. is a mental health awareness training that teaches individuals how to interact effectively with someone experiencing mental distress using three steps:
– Awareness: Recognizing signs and symptoms of distress
– Interaction: Effectively interacting with someone in distress
– Direction: Locating and providing resources to individuals in distress
Conversations on Access to Lethal Means (CALM)
This training is approximately 1-2 hours.
This training teaches why means matter and equips individuals with tools to intervene effectively with those at risk for suicide both upstream–before a crisis hits–as well as in times of crisis.
Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM)
This training is approximately 3-4 hours.
Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) is a training mental health professionals, healthcare providers, social service workers, and others who support individuals at risk of suicide. This training focuses on strategies to limit access to the means people may use to kill themselves, aiming to reduce the risk of suicide.
Garrett Lee Smith Training Opportunities
DCCCA has received funding from the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services through the Kansas Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) State/Tribal Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Program to provide evidence-based trainings to reduce suicide deaths, behaviors, and ideation in youth and young adults aged 10-24 in two regions of Kansas: Wyandotte County and Southeast Kansas. Priority counties for these offerings include Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson, Wyandotte, but trainings are available for community members statewide.
Awareness, Interaction, Direction (A.I.D.)
Grief Training for Clinicians
This training is designed specifically for mental health clinicians and provides evidence-based tools to support clients through loss.
Postvention: A Community Response After a Sudden Death or Suicide
Postvention is a 4-hour community training that DCCCA has been trained by NAMI New Hampshire to provide.
The aftermath of a suicide can deeply affect a community, rippling through families, friends, coworkers, schools, and faith communities. Connect Postvention Training equips service providers with the skills and knowledge needed to respond effectively to a suicide or sudden death, helping to support healing while reducing future risk of additional deaths by suicide. Postvention is not just a response, but an essential part of suicide prevention. Given that knowing someone who has died by suicide is a significant risk factor, postvention plays a critical role in reducing suicide rates and promoting long-term wellness.
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR)
QPR is a 1-hour gatekeeper training that covers:
- How to get help for someone in crisis
- How to Question, Persuade and Refer someone who may be suicidal
- How to get help for yourself or learn more about preventing suicide
- The common causes of suicidal behavior
- The warning signs of suicide
safeTALK
This training is approximately 4 hours.
LivingWorks safeTALK teaches participants to become suicide-alert helpers. Participants learn how to notice signs that someone may be thinking about suicide, have a direct conversation, and connect the person with a helper who can provide further support.
Screening for Suicide Risk Using C-SSRS
This training is approximately 1 hour.
During this training, participants will explore the importance of screening to identify individuals at risk for suicide, learning how to utilize the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) to detect the presence of suicide risk and inform next steps for safety, and deepen their understanding of general recommendations for appropriate intervention based on risk level identified by the C-SSRS.
Signs of Suicide
This training is approximately 50 minutes and designed for schools.
Signs of Suicide is a school-based suicide prevention and depression awareness program. Students learn how to recognize signs of depression and suicide risk and how to take action when they are concerned about themselves or someone else.
Suicide Intervention & Safety Planning
This training is approximately 1 hour.
This training that helps participants recognize suicide warning signs, engage in compassionate and direct conversations, and collaboratively develop safety plans to support individuals in crisis. The training helps participants respond effectively when someone discloses suicidal thoughts and be a connector to ongoing help and resources.
Suicide Loss Support Groups
This support group provides a safe, compassionate space for individuals who have lost someone to suicide. Participants can share their experiences, connect with others who understand the unique challenges of suicide loss, and find comfort, support, and hope in the healing process.
Talk Saves Lives
This training is approximately 1 hour.
Talk Saves Lives is an introductory suicide prevention presentation from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). It gives community members a basic understanding of suicide, warning signs and risk factors, prevention strategies, and ways to connect someone to help.
Youth Mental Health First Aid
This training is approximately 8 hours.
This training is for those individuals who work with youth/teens on a regular basis and would like to learn how to help support these individuals through a variety of early intervention, worsening situations, and crisis scenarios. MHFA does not cover how to diagnose or treat a mental health or substance use challenge.
Register or Request Training
Register for upcoming general audience trainings or use the form below to request a training for your agency or organizations.