QPR Gatekeeper Trainer Certification Course

Becoming a certified trainer of QPR’s industry-leading approach to suicide prevention is an excellent way for individuals and organizations to help empower their communities to effectively intervene on behalf of suicidal and in-crisis people.

GATEKEEPER TRAINING CERTIFICATION

• 3-year Certification
• 12 Clock Hours/1 CEU
• 25 QPR classroom booklets and everything you’ll need to host your first training workshop

This certification course trains instructors to teach QPR for Suicide Prevention to their community. Participants first learn about the nature of suicidal communications, what forms these communications take and how they may be used as the stimulus for a QPR intervention. To gain perspective, participants are introduced to the history of suicide, suicide prevention, and the spectrum of modern-day public health suicide prevention education efforts. The history, background, and research support for QPR are reviewed.  Participants then learn to market QPR, target potential Gatekeepers, and how to teach the QPR curriculum. Participants also learn to deal with pent-up audience demand to talk about suicide, survivor issues, and how to make immediate interventions and referrals. Each participant has the opportunity for individual rehearsal and practice through role-plays.

Key Course Objectives & Content

Training participants to teach QPR Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention * Understanding the nature and range of suicidal communications * Knowing the groups at greatest risk of suicide and why QPR can work for them * Suicide and suicide prevention in history * Gatekeeper training; how, why, and the research * New and promising approaches to suicide prevention * How QPR fits into national efforts