QPR Gatekeeper Training

Interested in becoming a QPR Gatekeeper? This training will provide you with the skills to help someone in crisis.

QPR is an emergency mental health intervention for suicidal persons created in 1995. An abbreviation for “Question, Persuade, and Refer,” the intent is to identify and interrupt a current mental health crisis and direct the person to the proper care.

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

Instructor: Samantha Kennedy, M.S. - Family & Consumer Sciences Agent

Host or Publisher UF/IFAS Extension Wakulla County