PROSPER Faith-Based Trainings
6-Hour Virtual Training Series

August 11, 18, & 25, 2026
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT
Virtual
Earn 6 CE Credits
Open to Everyone

Price: $155 per person
Use code HOPE for 25% off.

Suicide is often as much a social issue as a clinical one, with many individuals experiencing suicidal thoughts without a mental health diagnosis. Faith leaders and faith communities are often among the first places people turn during times of crisis, grief, and distress.

This 6-hour PROSPER training equips faith-based leaders and community members with practical, evidence-based skills to recognize suicide risk, respond with compassion, and support safety while honoring faith, values, and dignity.

Learning Objectives:
• Assess suicide risk in 8–10 minutes.
• Collaboratively devise a crisis response plan that may reduce suicide attempts by 76%.
• Adopt language for suicidal people that is respectful and non-judgmental.
• Discuss ambivalence and reasons for living with individuals.
• Assist adults and youth with suicidal symptoms in a collaborative, empowering way, anchored in their values and priorities.
• Provide brief interventions to deactivate the suicidal mode.

Facilitated by Matt Ferguson, PROSPER Chaplain & Instructor.