Foster Care Training

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows a steady increase in suicide mortality between 1999 and 2018, with a 1% increase per year from 1999 to 2006, and 2% per year from 2006 through 2018. A recent study showed that the percentage of the likelihood of young adults, ages 18 to 24, seriously considering suicide went up from 10.7% to 25.5% since the pandemic began. Learn how to identify signs of suicide risk, assess for suicide risk, intervene when there is suicide risk, and prevent suicide in system involved families and foster youth. In this class, participants working in child welfare will have the opportunity to practice performing a suicide assessment and intervening with a suicidal client through role play and case vignettes. They will also have the opportunity to review their case load for signs and symptoms of suicide risk and will discuss intervention and prevention strategies for their cases.