Counseling Center

Suicide Prevention Training

Suicide Prevention Training/How to Help a Student

The Counseling Center offers two versions of suicide prevention training developed by the JED foundation. We offer these versions on-demand through Canvas, which you can view at any time. We also offer live (virtual or in-person) trainings.

Option A- For Student Audience: You Can Help a Friend

This one-hour training covers how to help a friend/student peer with mental health concerns and/or thoughts of suicide.

Click here to complete the on-demand version of this course.

This training covers the following program objectives:

• How to identify signs of distress
• What students can do to help a friend/peer in distress
• How to take action
• Where to go for more support

Option B- For Faculty/Staff Audience: You Can Help a Student

This one-hour training shares information about recognizing and responding to students in distress, and how to help students with mental health concerns and/or thoughts of suicide.

Click here to complete the on-demand version of this course.

This training covers the following program objectives:

• Understanding current landscape of mental health in college students
• How to identify signs of distress
• What faculty/staff can do to help a student in distress & how to take action
• Where to go for more support

Training requests for either presentation can be sent to the counseling@uwosh.edu email.