*FREE* QPR Gatekeeper Training

What does QPR mean?

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide.

Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Each year thousands of Americans, like you, are saying "Yes" to saving the life of a friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor.

QPR can be learned in our Gatekeeper course in as little as one hour.

What is a Gatekeeper?

According to the Surgeon General’s National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (2001), a gatekeeper is someone in a position to recognize a crisis and the warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide.

Gatekeepers can be anyone, but include parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, ministers, doctors, nurses, office supervisors, squad leaders, foremen, police officers, advisors, caseworkers, firefighters, and many others who are strategically positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide.

As a QPR-trained Gatekeeper you will learn to:

• Recognize the warning signs of suicide
• Know how to offer hope
• Know how to get help and save a life

Presented by: Liz Courtney and Jennifer Jentzsch.

Liz Courtney is currently a Mental Health Specialist with Community Counseling Services, serving the employees at Good Shepherd Health Care System through the Resilience, Education, Peer Support program and a clinician with the Umatilla County Treatment Court. She has worked for over 15 years in the field of mental health and human services. Liz is passionate about supporting others in becoming more comfortable with difficult conversations in hopes that more deaths by suicide will be prevented.

Jennifer Jentzsch is currently a Peer Wellness Specialist with Good Shepherd. Jennifer has gone through an intensive, state approved training program; utilizing a combination of the skills learned in this training and personal lived experience, she is able to provide advocacy and support for others with similar challenges. Jennifer also has experience as a certified Peer Support Worker, Qualified Mental Health Associate and Community Health Worker.

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