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Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) - Live via Zoom
with Brianne Smith
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 from 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm.
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. Industry Certificate will be awarded upon completion of session.
Class Format: Live via Zoom. Session Zoom Link will be sent to participants prior to class.
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 - Youth (Martha's Vineyard)
with Theresa Wilson
Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The 6.5 hour 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.
Date: Thursday, December 4, 2025 from 9:30-4:30pm
Location: In person at Martha's Vineyard, TBD
The Cape and Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition has partnered with Cape Cod Community College and Cape & Island District Attorney's Office 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, CCAPE at 508-375-5018 or email vduffy@capecod.edu.
Mental Health First Aid
with Theresa Wilson
Date: Friday, December 5, 2025 from 10:30am-5:00pm
A skills-based training course that helps people identify, understand, and respond to mental health and substance use issues.
This training covers:
- Common signs and symptoms of mental health challenges.
- Common signs and symptoms of substance use challenges.
- How to interact with a person in crisis.
- How to connect a person with help.
- Expanded content on trauma, substance use and self-care.
Industry Certificate will be awarded upon completion of session.
Class Format: In person training.
Location: Cape Cod Community College, Main Campus
The Cape & Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition and the Cape & Islands District Attorney's Office, have 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.