Be Sensitive, Be Brave: Suicide Prevention

Suicide prevention training to teach the community how to identify suicide risk and to approach with cultural responsiveness.

At Project Safety Net's February community meeting, Santa Clara County Suicide Prevention Program and Palo Alto University will provide a culturally-tailored training on suicide prevention. After this 2-hour training, you are also invited to debrief and dine with PSN for an hour.

Note: This training is called Be Sensitive, Be Brave: Suicide Prevention

3:30pm - 5:30pm training

5:30pm - 6:30pm debrief

From the course: learn to identify signs of suicide, practice sensitively and confidently asking individuals if they're considering suicide, and learn how to connect individuals to resources and community supports. This workshop will address navigating suicide across diverse populations and how to be culturally responsive in approaching suicide.

Training Goals

• Learn culturally responsive techniques for identifying suicide risk among community members
• Learn to identify the appropriate resources to connect individuals at risk of suicide
• Learn to approach suicide prevention in a culturally sensitive manner

After the training, Project Safety Net will facilitate a debrief and conversation on the role of culture in suicide prevention from 5:30pm - 6:30pm. We encourage training participants to join us - dinner will be provided.

Please note:

- space available for 35 participants; RSVP required

- when you get tickets, you RSVP for the training and debrief separately

-18+ years old

Stay tuned for more details!