Connect Postvention Training

This in-person Connect Postvention training is offered through a partnership between School Safety and Prevention at Northwest Regional Education Service District and Tillamook School District.

Connect Postvention Training helps service providers and school officials respond in a coordinated and comprehensive way in the aftermath of a suicide or sudden death. Recommended participants include school and district administrators, law enforcement, EMS, mental health providers, school counselors, flight team/crisis response leads, members of the Tillamook County Suicide Prevention Coalition, clergy, and others who are involved in planning postvention response to a suicide death in the county.

Day 1: Connect Postvention Training

• Best practices on how to coordinate a comprehensive and safe response to a suicide
• Strategies for reducing the risk of contagion
• Review of the complexity of suicide-related grief, especially for different age groups
• Recommendations for funerals and memorial activities
• Best practices for safe messaging about suicide and responding to the media

Day 2: Tillamook County Postvention Planning (click here to register) Must have attended Day one, previous Connect training, or been invited to attend Day 2 only to register 

• Strengthen connections between people, schools, community organizations, and first responders in Tillamook County who should be a part of suicide postvention planning and response
• Develop a shared understanding how Tillamook County currently responds to suicide deaths, including what’s going well, gaps, and areas for improvement
• Collaborate on planning for future suicide postvention response in Tillamook County

This training is not appropriate for the general public. It is geared towards those who work or hold a role in services that are impacted by or involved with suicide postvention services. If a member of the general public would like more information about suicide prevention or postvention trainings, please contact Amanda Ferrat, Tillamook County Suicide Prevention Coalition lead, at tcspcinfo@gmail.com. Thank you.

Link to register: https://bit.ly/tillamookconnect