2021 ALASKA SYNOD ASSEMBLY
Registration for
QPR Gatekeeper Training
Friday, April 23, 2021
1:30 to 4:30 PM
God will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
Behold, I make all things new!
Revelation 21:4-5
The Alaska Gatekeeper Training uses the QPR method as its core training. QPR stands for Question, Persuade and Refer, an emergency mental health intervention for suicidal persons created by Dr. Paul Quinnett. QPR is a basic education program that teaches everyday community members to recognize a suicide risk and how to get a person at risk the help they need. It is also an action plan that can result in lives saved.
A Gatekeeper is anyone within a community who is in a position to recognize the warning signs that someone may be thinking about suicide. Gatekeepers include parents, friends, relatives, neighbors, teachers, clergy, health providers, co-workers, job site administrators, store clerks, law enforcement, advisors, case managers, firefighters and many others who are well positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide. A Gatekeeper is not expected to do treatment or long-term counseling.
The objectives of this training are to:
Special instructions: Must be present for duration of class for contact hours.
Certificate will be emailed within two weeks of course completion.
Location: via Zoom platform, with link distributed in advance of the course. Please do
not share the Zoom link with anyone else.
Cost: $0
Contact: For more information, contact Wendi Shackelford at 907-264-6224
or wendis@alaskachd.org.
A Gatekeeper is anyone within a community who is in a position to recognize the warning signs that someone may be thinking about suicide. Gatekeepers include parents, friends, relatives, neighbors, teachers, clergy, health providers, co-workers, job site administrators, store clerks, law enforcement, advisors, case managers, firefighters and many others who are well positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide. A Gatekeeper is not expected to do treatment or long-term counseling.
The objectives of this training are to:
- Learn how suicide affects the State of Alaska.
- Learn myths and facts surrounding suicide.
- Recognize warning signs of suicide.
- Know how to offer hope.
- Know how to get help and save a life.
- Know what resources are available for help and support.
Special instructions: Must be present for duration of class for contact hours.
Certificate will be emailed within two weeks of course completion.
Location: via Zoom platform, with link distributed in advance of the course. Please do
not share the Zoom link with anyone else.
Cost: $0
Contact: For more information, contact Wendi Shackelford at 907-264-6224
or wendis@alaskachd.org.
