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Question, Persuade, and Refer QPR (Live via Zoom)

Free

with Maura Weir

Calendar Next available session starts Oct 10, 2024 at 9 am

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer. 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. 

Class Format
Offered live via Zoom. Zoom information will be emailed to registered participants prior to the start of the program. 

Schedule:  Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 from 9:00am -10am

The Cape and Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition has partnered with Cape Cod Community College to offer QPR, safeTALK, Mental Health First Aid, Sudden Death Postvention, and ASIST training programs that provide our communities with the necessary information and tools to raise awareness, educate, and increase action to reduce suicides.

Questions: Contact Val Duffy, Cape Cod Community College, at 508-375-5018 or email vduffy@capecod.edu  

Mental Health First Aid - Nantucket

Free

with Theresa Wilson

Calendar Next available session starts Nov 5, 2024 at 8 am

A skills-based training course that helps people identify, understand, and respond to mental health and substance use issues. This course is offered in different modules for various audiences including those who work with youth, Older Adults, Veterans, Corrections, Public Safety, Higher Education, First Responders, and other groups.

Class Format: Learners participate in a 8-hour, Instructor-led, in person training.

Schedule:  Tuesday, November 5, 2024 from 8:00-4:30pm

The Cape and Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition has partnered with Cape Cod Community College to offer Mental Health First Aid, as well as QPR, safeTALK, Sudden Death Postvention, and ASIST training programs that provide our communities with the necessary information and tools to raise awareness, educate, and increase action to reduce suicides.

Questions: Contact Val Duffy, Cape Cod Community College, at 508-375-5018 or email vduffy@capecod.edu.  

Mental Health First Aid - Youth

Free

with Maura Weir

Calendar Next available session starts Dec 10, 2024 at 9:15 am

Date: Tuesday December 10, 2024 from 9:15 am to 4:15 pm.

Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help youth who are experiencing mental health or addiction challenges or in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. 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, eating disorders, attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) and trauma, substance use, self-care and the impact of social media and bullying.

Class Format: This 6.5 hour, in person class will be held at 4C's campus: Wilkins Library, Board Room.

The Cape and Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition has partnered with Cape Cod Community College to offer QPR, safeTALK, Mental Health First Aid, Sudden Death Postvention, and ASIST training programs that provide our communities with information and tools to raise awareness, educate, and increase action to reduce suicides.

Questions: Contact Val Duffy, CCAPE Admin. Asst. at 508-375-5018 or vduffy@capecod.edu

safeTALK

Free

with Maura Weir

Calendar Next available session starts Dec 11, 2024 at 10 am

A training in suicide alertness skills to help people ask about suicide directly, connect others to life-saving resources and keep them safe until those resources take over. 

Class Format: 4 hours (in person) to be held at 4Cs Main Campus

Questions: Contact Val Duffy, Administrative Asst. at vduffy@capecod.edu or 508-375-5018





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