Resource Tag: SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING PROGRAMS

The White Stone Project is a 4-year pilot project of 5-day workshops delivered to Aboriginal communities across Canada to assist them with suicide prevention. This evaluation assesses the effectiveness & impacts of the White Stone initiative on participants & their communities. It examines the extent to which the selection criteria for participants were met, the […]

This article describes a suicide prevention seminar entitled Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training. The seminar teaches participants to identify the warning signs of suicide, estimate the degree of risk, & prevent a tragedy from occurring. The taboo nature of suicide & several myths about suicide are discussed. (SC)

This manuscript examines the Suicide Prevention Training Program’s workshop on suicide bereavement. It describes the aims & methods employed in the workshop. The author notes that the suicide bereavement workshop is an important workshop for caregivers, addressing an identified need in society. (4 refs) (SC)

An impact evaluation was conducted of a primary prevention program, the Suicide Intervention Workshop. Immediate & long-term training effects studies were conducted. Participants were assigned to 1 of 4 research groups. Long-term training effects were evaluated through a posttest-only study with 15 participants who had completed the workshop in the preceding 2 years. Results from […]

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This orientation manual provides information for new coordinators of suicide prevention programs in Alberta. The Alberta Model of Suicide Prevention is outlined. The 3 goals of suicide prevention in Alberta & 6 strategies to obtain these goals are discussed. The 6 steps in developing effective community-based programs are described. Appendices describe the history of suicide […]

This article outlines the projects and goals of Alberta’s Suicide Prevention Training Programs (SPTP).

The Suicide Prevention Training Programs (SPTP) was developed in 1983. SPTP’s primary goal is to provide training to caregivers in suicide awareness, intervention, prevention & postvention. Each of the workshops offered by SPTP is briefly described as is the Youth Suicide Awareness Presenter’s Manual. A workshop for caregivers of the elderly is in development.

This article presents data on 1993 Alberta suicides & looks at differences by sex & by method; discusses the stigma that deters people & companies from supporting suicide intervention campaigns; & provides information on support services located in Calgary, namely, prevention, intervention & bereavement counselling from Suicide Services, the computerized information system at The Suicide […]

This newspaper article describes the “Alberta model” of suicide prevention. There are 4 components to the model: research, SIEC, coordination of suicide prevention agencies, & the establishment of suicide prevention training programs. This article mainly describes the training program, which includes sections on caregivers’ attitudes, risk assessment, & intervention techniques. (VM)

This article discusses Alberta’s suicide prevention program, including the resource library/database of the Suicide Information & Education Centre (SIEC). Unfortunately, the province is still encountering the problem of the reluctance of physicians to get involved with suicidal patients. Few physicians, for example, have attended Alberta’s 2-day Suicide Prevention Training Program. The program is briefly outlined. […]

This tape is comprised of 3 segments. The 1st discusses the development, curriculum & model behind the Suicide Prevention & Training Program’s (SPTP) Counselling the Bereaved Workshop. The 2nd speaker is a psychiatrist whose son committed suicide. She talks on “The Fine Art of Surviving” & gives useful suggestions on how to cope with the […]

A retrospective analysis of the Alberta training program to determine how well it followed the social research & development model created at the University of Michigan, as well as a more general analysis of the development of the program itself. The author felt that if the “trial & error” method of the Alberta program could […]

Three cassette tapes recorded at the November 1983 NASW symposium on Help for Helpers are used to showcase the Suicide Prevention Training Program (SPTP) implemented in Alberta. The training program is presented in detail including fundamentals of suicide prevention. Information regarding what should be included in programs and what is involved in training is included.

This article elaborates on methods employed by trainers which diminish the overall effect of the SPTP workshop. These debilitating methods include: 1) don’t team with others, 2) don’t check the facilities before the workshop, 3) don’t deal with feelings, 4) cut back on role plays, & 5) try to do a two-day foundation workshop in […]

This newspaper article discusses rates of suicide & provides information about local services such as the Suicide Information & Education Centre, Suicide Prevention Training Programs, telephone crisis lines, & the Suicide Intervention Program. (LH)