Protocol Development Training – Suicide Prevention, Intervention, & Postvention

The Protocol Development Training will be held on Friday, February 7th from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Zoom.

Participants will receive access to the Zoom link along with training materials in a reminder email that will be sent closer to the training date.

If a school or other organization experiences a suicide or a significant suicide attempt, it is a time of crisis. The likelihood of an organization encountering a potential suicidal situation is real. Maine loses an average of 262 people to suicide every year, 26 of them youth under age 25. Protocols provide organization staff with direction, structure, and support to safely assist in a suicidal situation, including prevention, intervention, and postvention. This is why NAMI Maine is dedicated to ensuring employers and staff have every available resource to create the necessary protocols for dealing with a crisis. 

This training provides abundant background resources, model forms (clinical and administrative), and examples of protocols developed by other school districts.

*Every school district in Maine is required to develop and implement comprehensive protocols informing how they manage suicide prevention, intervention when there is a risk of suicidal behavior, and their response in the aftermath of a suicide attempt or loss. 

Because protocol development is a collaborative effort, an individual from an organization or school district should not attend this training alone. Please invite administrators and other staff members to register for this training and join you.

Questions: Contact Julianne McLaughlin, Manager of Suicide Prevention, at (800) 464-5767 x2318 or mspp@namimaine.org

Event Attendance: Open to Public