Suicide Prevention
Make a Difference with QPR Suicide Prevention Training
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer -- 3 simple steps that 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 fellow student, friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor.
Become a QPR Gatekeeper
Suicide can be seen as a journey of increasing hopelessness that starts with an idea and ends with an act. Anybody with the right skills can disrupt this journey. QPR Gatekeeper training will teach you how to recognize warning signs for suicide, how to approach someone who feels suicidal, and how (and where) to refer that person for help.
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.
How to become a Gatekeeper
QPR Gatekeeper training is open to all faculty, staff, and students at TTUHSC. Training is held multiple times during the month, to provide everyone the chance to take this important program.
Upcoming QPR Gatekeeper Training Classes:
January 17, 2013 from 12 - 1 p.m. in ACB 250.
January 23, 2013 from 12 - 1 p.m. in ACB 240.
January 29, 2013 from 5 - 6 p.m. in ACB 250.
To sign up for the class please email us at Student.Services@ttuhsc.edu.
In just one hour,you can become a Gatekeeper!
Suicide Prevention & Awareness is Everyone's Buisness!
TTUHSC's Commitment to Students, Faculty and Staff
TTUHSC is committed to training as many QPR gatekeepers a possible among students, faculty, and staff. Because suicide is the second leading death among college students, it is critically important that we all become more aware of students and colleagues who find themselves in crisis.