Free Suicide Prevention Training for Illinois School Support Personnel

Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR): Core Competencies for Health and Behavioral Health Professionals Working in Outpatient Settings evidence-based training

REGISTER FOR SELF-PACED ONLINE COURSE

Register for live sessions (CURRENTLY CLOSED)

Audience

This training is open to any K-12 Illinois School Support Personnel including:

• School social workers
• School counselors
• School psychologists
• School psychiatrists
• School nurses
• Other clinicians providing service to students in Illinois Schools

Training Overview

This training is available as live online sessions as well as through a self-paced online course.

The live online sessions are taking place from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm on these dates (all live sessions are currently full):

• Wednesday, February 21^st
• Friday, February 23^rd
• Tuesday, February 27^th
• Thursday, February 29^th

The self-paced online course provides 6.5 hours of training that is available on demand for a period of 5 months once started.

By the conclusion of the training, participants will be able to:

• Reconcile the potential conflict between their goal to prevent suicide and the patient’s desire to eliminate psychological pain via suicidal behavior.
• Manage their own emotional reactions with the aim of establishing a shared perspective and maintaining and non-adversarial stance.
• Use skilled questions to elicit each patient’s unique suicidal ideation, behavior, and plans in order to offer patients realistic hope for recovery.
• Develop a collaborative safety plan that is tailored to a patient’s needs and conveys the message that their safety is the highest priority.
• Discuss means safety with the patient.
• Demonstrate knowledge in the following core competencies: maintain an effective attitude and approach; collect accurate assessment information; formulate risk; develop a treatment and services plan; and managing care.
• Identify changes to make in their own practice, specific to the assessment and management of individuals at risk for suicide.

For additional information about Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR): Core Competencies for Health and Behavioral Health Professionals Working in Outpatient Settings training, click here. Make sure to register through the links on this page in order to access the training at no cost and receive continuing education credits or professional development units.

With funding from the Illinois State Board of Education, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is offering the above course to train clinicians on the core competencies to provide safer care. IDPH is pleased to partner with the ECHO-Chicago program at the University of Chicago to host the trainings.

Registration

Use the buttons at the top of this page to register for the live training sessions or the self-paced online course.  Registration for live sessions is limited and will close approximately two weeks prior to the session date.  All registrations (for the live training or self-paced online course) must be received by March 22, 2024.

Cost

Training is offered at no cost to participants.

Professional Development Hours for Illinois licensed school support personnel (school social workers, counselors, psychologists, nurses, etc.) are available at no cost.

Continuing Education Units are available at no cost for the following professions: Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors, Licensed Clinical Psychologists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Social Workers, Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, & Advanced Practice Nurses.

This training meets the requirements related to training for school personnel about suicide prevention listed in 105 ILCS 5/10-22.39.

Contact

For questions related to registration, contact Karen Lee at klee64@bsd.uchicago.edu.

For other questions, contact DPH.Safety@illinois.gov

Resources

NATIONAL RESOURCES

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline – Youth
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention – Pediatric and Suicide Prevention Experts Partner to Create Blueprint for Preventing Youth Suicide
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Suicide Prevention
• National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention – National Strategy, Juvenile Justice, Sports
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)National Helpline 1-800-662-HELP (4357), TTY: 1-800-487-4889 – Suicide Prevention
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center – Adolescents, Schools, National Organizations and Federal Agencies
• GOV

STATE RESOURCES

• Illinois State Board of Education – Suicide Prevention Guidance and Resources, Illinois Youth Suicide Prevention Toolkit (A Reference for Administrators, Counselors, Teachers, and Staff)
• Crisis and Referral Entry Services (CARES) and Screening, Assessment and Support Services (SASS) – 1-800-345-9049 (Voice), 1-773-523-4504 (TTY) –IDHS, IHFS
• Illinois Warm Line (not a crisis hotline, but is a source of support)
• Safe2Help Illinois – Call 844-4-SAFEIL, Text SAFE2 (72332), email HELP@Safe2HelpIL.com
• Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS)  Customer Help Line: 1-800-843-6154 (Voice) 1-866-324-5553 (TTY) Help is Here: Talk to Someone, School Based Mental Health Database
• Illinois Department of Public Health – Suicide Prevention