Identifying Risk and Response to Suicidal Offenders: Refresher Course
Hours: 2.00
Suicide continues to be a large problem in U.S. jails and prisons. Correctional staff must be trained to spot risk factors and warning signs, understand how to implement suicide precautions when necessary, and know how to respond appropriately to suicide attempts and completions. Many national correctional associations and accrediting bodies recommend that staff receive at least 2 hours of annual refresher training on their responsibilities with implementing the suicide prevention program developed by their facility, even after receiving initial training on suicide risk and response during their first year of employment. This course is designed to provide correctional officers and other staff working directly with inmates in jails, prisons, and community confinement facilities with refresher training on identifying, monitoring, and responding to suicide attempts and completions in their facility.
Suicide continues to be a large problem in U.S. jails and prisons. Correctional staff must be trained to spot risk factors and warning signs, understand how to implement suicide precautions when necessary, and know how to respond appropriately to suicide attempts and completions. Many national correctional associations and accrediting bodies recommend that staff receive at least 2 hours of annual refresher training on their responsibilities with implementing the suicide prevention program developed by their facility, even after receiving initial training on suicide risk and response during their first year of employment. This course is designed to provide correctional officers and other staff working directly with inmates in jails, prisons, and community confinement facilities with refresher training on identifying, monitoring, and responding to suicide attempts and completions in their facility.
