Target Audience: MPS Staff
Duration: 1 hour
Overview
Welcome to the Minneapolis Public Schools’ Youth Suicide Awareness and Prevention Training! This course meets the one clock hour for MDE relicensure in the category for Suicide Prevention.
For more information about the course, click on the section titles below:
+ Learning Objectives
By completing this training, you will be able to:
- Recognize the importance of learning about youth suicide and how it relates to your role
- Summarize major facts and statistics as it relates to youth suicide
- Identify risk factors and warning signs of youth suicide
- Respond appropriately when a student at-risk of suicide exhibits warning signs
- Develop and implement protective factors
+ Resources
- Renewal Requirements for Tiered Licensure
- Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE)
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center
- National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
- MDE - Minnesota Student Survey
- CDC Risk Behavior Survey
- The Parent Resource Program
+ Contact Information
- If you have any questions about the content presented in this course, or if you need additional support, please contact:
- Cathy Dalnes, Manager of Social Work Services, at Catherine.Dalnes@mpls.k12.mn.us
- Matthew Lau, Manager of Psychological Services, at Matthew.Lau@mpls.k12.mn.us
Step 1: Sign in to Google Chrome
To receive credit for the course, you will need to first sign in to Google Chrome. Learn how to sign in to Google Chrome.
If you are not signed in to Google Chrome, you run the risk of your progress not being saved and the course not functioning as expected. Therefore, the course may not be marked as complete.
Step 2: Launch the Training Course
Troubleshooting
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