Presenter
Dave Eckert, MDiv, CPRP, is the Director of Intersect, an initiative of Access Services that supports those at the intersection of faith and mental health.

This Central East MHTTC-supported training will teach participants skills for supporting people considering suicide. Specific attention will be given to the methods of question asking, persuasion and referring people to community resources.

Learning Objectives

• Increase participants’ awareness of the suicide epidemic in our society
• Gain an understanding of the various approaches to asking people about suicide
• Learn approaches to helping persuade people thinking about suicide to choose life
• Gain knowledge around how to refer people thinking about suicide to community resources