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The Connect Suicide Prevention Program

NAMI NH

Website: https://theconnectprogram.org/

Program Type

Education or Training Program, Environment or Systems Program

Cost

$1,001 to $2,500

Evidence Type

Community-Defined Evidence, Empirically-Defined Evidence

SPRC Comprehensive Approach

Identify and Assist, Increase Help-Seeking, Effective Care/Treatment, Care Transition/Linkages, Respond to Crisis, Postvention, Reduce Access to Means, Life Skills and Resilience, Connectedness

Program or Intervention Summary

Developed and copyrighted by NAMI New Hampshire (National Alliance on Mental Illness), the Connect Suicide Prevention program is a comprehensive public health program based on a social-ecological model to build a safety net in communities around suicide prevention and postvention. This application focuses on Connect Suicide Prevention for adults in community settings across sectors. A separate application will be submitted for the Connect Suicide Postvention program, Connect Youth Leader programs, SurvivorVoices and programs for specific settings.

Connect Suicide Prevention/Intervention Training increases the capacity of professionals and communities to prevent suicide across the lifespan. Connect uses a public health approach and incorporates evidence based practices and key elements of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy. Connect applies a unique holistic model and offers a community planning component, two core components that help it stand apart from other training programs.

Connect’s curriculum includes how to identify suicide warning signs and intervene with a person at risk. Building on that foundation, Connect focuses on the community as a whole and how to work across systems to build a safety net for people at risk. The training can be optimized by including a second day focused on facilitating the development of a strategic suicide prevention plan. The plan is developed in the context of the community’s resources and culture to ensure implementation of evidence based practices. There is also an option to implement a Connect Suicide Prevention training of trainers to build capacity and breadth of knowledge about evidence based practices, leading to sustainability of suicide prevention efforts in communities.

More than “just training,” Connect fosters relationship building and the exchange of resources among participants. Prior to the training, Connect staff work with the host agency to identify local cultural norms or other issues unique to the community.nnConnect has developed protocols for educators, community members, faith leaders, health care and hospital emergency departments, law enforcement, mental health and substance use disorder providers, military, primary care providers, and social service agencies.

Connect training includes activities, interactive case scenarios, facilitated discussion, PowerPoint, protocols for different disciplines, and written materials.

Type Education or Training Program, Environment or Systems Program
Setting Online, Community, Correctional Facility, Healthcare Facility, Inpatient mental health facility, Residential facility, PK-12 School, Social Services or Public Health, Transition Between Settings, Tribal communities, United States Territory, Other
People People in Particular Occupations
Languages English, Spanish, American Indian/Alaska Native Language, Other Languages
Study Method Quantitative Design
Implementer Requirement Adults, Teens, Peer Consultants, Traditional/Natural helper, Community Laypeople, Cultural Consultants, Family Mentors, K-12 school faculty and staff, Professional Educators, Higher Ed or Post-Secondary Programs, Faith and spiritual community leaders, Veterans and those who work with veterans, Juvenile justice professionals, Law Enforcement and First Responders, Medical Providers, Other Specific Group, No Specific Individual or Group
Training Requirement Yes
Delivery Options In-Person, Virtual self-paced, Hybrid, Other
Risk and Protective Factors Previous suicide attempt, History of depression and other mental illnesses, Current or prior history of adverse childhood experiences, Historical trauma, Easy access to lethal means of suicide among people at risk, Effective coping and problem-solving skills, Strong sense of cultural identity

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