Youth in the U.S. are experiencing a mental health crisis. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among our young people. We believe those working with our youth need to know as much about mental health and suicidal behaviors, and how to intervene to reduce risk and enhance safety, as is reasonably possible. This course is designed to provide knowledge and skills you can use to protect young people from suicidal self-directed violence.
QPR for Youth Serving Professionals is an adaptation of our original, evidence-based, and widely utilized QPR Gatekeeper Training course. This version of our QPR Gatekeeper Training focuses specifically on youth risk factors, how young people may communicate their thoughts of suicide, and how to question, persuade, and refer a youth to the help they need. This course is intended for those who teach, counsel, coach, or spend time with our young people, including parents. This training program is designed to help create a safer world not only in our schools, workplace, or community, but also in our personal lives.Taught to well over ten million people, QPR training works as a universal intervention for all people in distress. Not everyone you may ask about suicidal thoughts will have them, but many people are still in crisis and will need help and behavioral health evaluation, perhaps even treatment.
