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Suicide Prevention Course

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What will I learn?

Improve your communication skills and truly make a difference with our Suicide Prevention Course, specifically designed for communication professionals in Ireland. You'll learn how to carry out mental health assessments, spot risk factors, and build trusting relationships. Develop crisis intervention plans with effective resource planning and proper safety precautions. Master empathy, active listening skills, and non-judgemental reactions. Understand the legal aspects and accurately document your findings. Equip yourself with all the necessary skills to support people and potentially save lives within your community here in Ireland.

Apoia's Advantages

Online and lifetime access to courses
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online support always available
Select and arrange the chapters you'd like to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet required

Develop skills

Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below

Conduct mental health assessments: Master effective questioning techniques and learn how to properly identify risks.

Develop crisis intervention plans: Create suitable safety measures and effective coping strategies.

Improve your communication skills: Practice empathy, active listening, and providing non-judgemental responses.

Evaluate suicide risk: Learn about the legal and ethical considerations, and proper documentation procedures.

Build resource networks: Identify and incorporate local community supports into intervention plans.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.