Trainings
Equip yourself to respond to a person considering suicide. Upcoming sessions will be listed below the descriptions. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to drop us a note on our contact page.
QPR
QPR is a suicide prevention training for participants to be able to recognize the warning signs of suicide and question, persuade, and refer people at risk for suicide for help.
Request a QPR classfor your organization
CALM
Counseling on Access to Lethal Means is a 6-hour training to assist health care and direct service providers in using Lethal Means Counseling with an informed, collaborative, and respectful approach. Neither anti-gun nor anti-medication, Oregon CALM seeks to build confidence in addressing these highly lethal means with clients at risk of suicide.
ASIST
Each ASIST workshop shares many core features that make up the LivingWorks international standard. Some parts of ASIST take place with all participants together, and others take place in a smaller work group. This helps create a balance between safety and challenge.
Upcoming Training Opportunities
It’s Real: Teens and Mental Health– Contact Macie to schedule a presentation @ mreynolds@co.marion.or.us
Sources of Strength– Sources is A best practice suicide prevention project that moves beyond singular risk factors to focus on multiple sources of supports (strengths). Increasing help seeking behaviors and promoting connection to peers and caring, safe adults. Training and possible funding for school/community organizations, please click the link to fill out an interest form.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention– Several Classes available around Suicide Prevention and Mental health
Be SMART: Secure Gun Storage education – April 18th @ 5:30 at Salem Health CHEC Center
QPR: Question, Persuade, Refer– May 9th @ 5:00 pm at the Salem Health CHEC Center
Community Events
Coalition Meetings
Coalition meeting
Coalition Meeting
Coalition meeting
July 16, 2024 from 3:00 – 4:30pm. The meeting will be held in the Rockaway Beach Conference room, Marion County HHS building- 3160 Center St. Salem, Or.
Coalition meeting
October 15, 2024 from 3:00 – 4:30pm. The April Meeting will be held in Polk County- 1407 Monmouth Independance HWY, Monmouth, Or.