Event Description

Empower yourself to champion student mental health awareness with evidence-informed, age-appropriate suicide prevention training. American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Area Directors Grace Manley (Nebraska) and Joani Wolfe (Iowa) will review the organization's mission and give insights into the tailored “It's Real: Teens & Mental Health” trainings for Middle School, High School, and College students. Attendees will learn how to forge partnerships with AFSP for access to these crucial programs in their schools and communities, always free of charge. Participants will leave the session equipped to bring “It's Real” directly to students. 

Objectives: 

•       Attendees will understand how to engage with the mission and work of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
•       Attendees will experience the "It's Real: Teens & Mental Health" presentations for middle school, high school, and college students, and identify the differences in the presentations while determining which would be most beneficial for their audiences.
•       Attendees will understand how to bring "It's Real: Teens & Mental Health" to their schools and communities by becoming a presenter in partnership with their local AFSP Chapter.

Specific Skills/Strategies/Tools: Participants will learn the steps necessary to become an AFSP presenter and partner with the organizations to bring It's Real (and other AFSP presentations) directly to their communities. 

Organization: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming Chapter 

Trainers

Tracy Rassley  

Micheal Barber