Prevention Consultants of Missouri can provide a variety of trainings and workshops by a professional staff. These sessions can be tailored to different audiences, needs, and time frames. If you are interested in any of the trainings listed below or curious about one of a similar topic please contact us
Suicide Prevention
Signs of Suicide
Certified staff provide this evidence-based training. Participants learn the acronym ACT. Acknowledge. Care. Tell. They also learn the different myths and facts that surround suicide, as well as risk factors. The training is appropriate for those working or volunteering with adults, teens, or children.
Question, Persuade, Refer
Certified staff provide the research-based and nationally recognized Question, Persuade, and Refer prevention training. Participants learn skills in recognizing suicidal risk, structured techniques of safe intervention, and methods of effective referral. The training is appropriate for those working or volunteering with adults, teens, or children.
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Certified staff present the research-based curriculum in an 8 hour course. Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people.
Adult Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use-related crisis. In the Mental Health First Aid course, you learn risk factors and warning signs for mental health and addiction concerns, strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations, and where to turn for help. Certified staff present this research-based curriculum in an 8 hour course.
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Youth
Bully Prevention Training of Peer Trainers
The program trains selected high school students in providing effective bully prevention presentations. After being trained, they present in classrooms of younger students to teach prevention and successful intervention with bullying in their school and community.
Child Abuse Prevention
Child Safety Matters and Teen Safety Matters are classes taught to youth to help prevent child abuse. Includes internet safety.
Peer Conflict Mediation Training
Student teams are trained to mediate conflict between their peers to prevent discipline referrals and violence at school.
Teens Against Tobacco Use
The peer education program teaches older kids how to use fun, interactive tobacco prevention activities to teach younger students refusal skills and facts about the dangers of tobacco use.
Adults
Bully Prevention Education
Presentations are provided for students, faculty, staff, and parents to teach effective skills and methods to reduce the consequences of bully behavior.
Child Abuse and Child Sexual Abuse Awareness and Prevention
Circles of Safety and Stewards of Children are evidence-based programs in increase the awareness of child abuse and prevent child abuse in our communities.
Drug Use, Misuse, and Trends
This workshop provides current, county-specific, substance use data and practical information about addiction, prevention, and descriptions of common drugs of abuse.
The mission of Generation Rx is to educate people of all ages about the potential dangers of misusing prescription medications. In doing so, we strive to enhance medication safety among our youth, college students, other adults in our communities, and older adults. Prescription medications can help us live longer and healthier lives, but any medication has the potential to do harm – especially when misused. Click the link above to see how Generation Rx can impact your community!
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