Let’s Talk About Suicide
Subtitle: Raising Awareness and Supporting Students
Edition: Facilitator’s Guide for Use with Faculty and Staff
Publisher: BCcampus Open Publishing; Pressbooks
Published: 2022-03-09
Language: eng
Format: Ebook
Subjects: Mental health services; Adult education, continuous learning; Curriculum planning and development; Educational strategies and policy; Educational strategies and policy: inclusion; Ethnic groups and multicultural studies; Lgbtq+ / gay and lesbian studies; Gender studies, gender groups; Indigenous peoples; Social attitudes; Social discrimination and equal treatment; Social groups and identities; Sociology; Social theory; Psychology; Teaching of students with different educational needs; Teacher training; Care of people with mental health issues; Coping with mental health issues
Description: <p><em>Let’s Talk About Suicide: Raising Awareness and Supporting Students</em> includes a facilitator’s guide with handouts and a PowerPoint presentation. This adaptable resource offers a sensitive, respectful, and detailed training on suicide awareness and response. It can be used for two-hour synchronous training or for self-study. It was developed to reduce the stigma around suicide and to help faculty and staff acquire the skills and confidence to ask if a student is considering suicide, listen to that student in a non-judgmental way, and refer the student to appropriate resources. This resource was created to be accessible, adaptable, culturally located, evidence-informed, inclusive, and trauma-informed.</p>

"Let’s Talk About Suicide: Raising Awareness and Supporting Students" includes a facilitator’s guide with handouts and a PowerPoint presentation. This adaptable resource offers a sensitive, respectful, and detailed training on suicide awareness and response. It can be used for two-hour synchronous training or for self-study.