Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM)
Date/Time: June 12, 2-5pm
Prerequisite: Completion of QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) Class, offered from 12-2PM (can opt out if previously completed)
Target audience: designed for mental health professionals such as social service professionals and health care providers: case manager, nurse, ARHMS, social worker, CTSS, RN, LPN, MD, licensed therapist, and law enforcement officers.
Cost: Free
Class size max: 30
CEU: 3 clock hours (POST Board approved for 3 hours of general continuing education).
Reducing access to lethal means, such as firearms and medication, can determine whether a person at risk for suicide lives or dies. This course focuses on how to reduce access to the methods people use to kill themselves.
It covers how to:
- identify people who could benefit from lethal means counseling
- ask about their access to lethal methods
- work with them—and their families—to reduce access.
Participants will be expected to role-play coaching others on Reducing Access to Lethal Means.