CONNECT

The ripple effects of a death by suicide can impact family, friends, coworkers, as well as the broader community. The Connect Postvention Training teaches participants how to take steps to foster healing and safety in the event of a suicide or sudden death. This is helpful training for anyone involved in responding to a death by suicide, such as school counselors, faith leaders, law enforcement, and mental health/substance use providers.

Connect helps a community or organization develop practices and a coordinated response in the event of a suicide or sudden death. Connect identifies risk and protective factors and offers templates for key stakeholders to coordinate and improve their response to a death by suicide across multiple systems. The training also includes best practices for supporting survivors and their healing.

We are able to provide Connect training for specific organizations, schools or school districts.  We can expand the training to allow teams to develop more specific plans for their community or organization.  Please allow at least four to six weeks lead time to find a mutually agreeable date.   To schedule Connect training, please contact Kathy Turner - kturner@clackamas.us

Please Note: Participants are required to complete a suicide prevention training prior to taking Connect (e.g., QPR, ASIST, or SafeTALK).