Connect Suicide Prevention Training for Social Services Professionals

This LIVE interactive training equips social service professionals with the skills to recognize suicide warning signs, engage in effective interventions, and connect individuals to appropriate support. Grounded in a public health approach, the training examines suicide as a complex issue through the lens of the social-ecological model and emphasizes coordination across systems in a community. By building a shared understanding across roles, collaboration among providers is enhanced and coordinated prevention efforts are strengthened. Ideal for case managers, outreach workers, social workers, supervisors, and direct service staff.
This is a live training. You must attend on the scheduled date to complete the training.
  • November 5, 2025 - 10:30am-4:30pm EST
Audience

Social Service Organization Professionals

Format

Live Online Training

Duration

4 Hours

4 CEs available upon completion
Price

$ 65

The Connect Suicide Prevention & Intervention Training increases the capacity of professionals and communities to prevent suicide across the lifespan.

Learn How YOU Can Prevent Suicide.

  • Nationally recognized - The Connect Program is recognized as a comprehensive model for planning and implementing suicide prevention and postvention practices, as described in the Action Alliance Paper:  Key Elements for the Implementation of Comprehensive Community-Based Suicide Prevention
  • Public Health Approach - A public health, socio-ecological approach that looks at the individual, family, community and society. While a suicide is the act of an individual, it occurs in the context of and impacts that person’s relationships, community, and the larger society and culture.
  • More than "just training" - Connect helps you understand how systems work and how to collaborate across systems to create an integrated community response.

Learning Objectives

  • List key risk factors, protective factors, and warning signs associated with suicide.

  • Explain strategies for strengthening the community safety net to reduce suicide risk among diverse populations.

  • Describe the roles of lethal means reduction, safe messaging, effective communication, and crisis intervention as components of a comprehensive suicide prevention approach.

  • Identify local and national resources available for individuals at risk of suicide and demonstrate how to appropriately refer clients to these services.

  • Demonstrate increased confidence in responding to suicide-related disclosures and crises through case-based group exercises.

Actionable Training

Connect provides trainings that address YOUR role in suicide prevention, and how to work with individuals in other disciplines to help save lives.

Continuing Education

Upon successfully completing the training, you may be eligible to receive continuing education credits. Credit types offered vary by training and may not be available in all areas.

Resource Information

Learn how to help prevent suicide in YOUR community and get resources that can be shared with others.