2025 Suicide Prevention Training for Staff, Providers & Community

Together we can make Kalamazoo a suicide safer community.

ABOUT OUR TRAINING

ISK suicide prevention trainings are evidence-based trainings for participants age 18 and over. The following trainings are available to the public: safeTALK, ASIST, MHFA, Youth MHFA.

All ISK staff and DCO (direct care outpatient) provider staff are required to take one of the listed suicide prevention trainings annually, attending a different training each year. Trainings can be repeated after three years. All trainings are available for registration within the Brainier system for the 2025 calendar year. 

Training is approved via the training department and updated in Relias. Please send training reports (indicating suicide prevention) with certificate of course completion to training@iskzoo.org.

FOR CRISIS SITUATIONS:

If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts and would like support, know that you are not alone. You can contact ISK via phone at 269-373-6000. Our Behavioral Health Urgent Care & Access Center is open 24/7 with emergency mental health support at 440 W. Kalamazoo Avenue. You can also call 988, the National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at any time. If there is a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

ONLINE CLASSES

(Can be taken any time; click buttons for class descriptions)

IN-PERSON CLASSES

(Click buttons for class descriptions; click Class Dates for schedule)

Full-day training for staff who hold a Master’s, PhD or MD

CLASS DATES

Per AMSR: Full-day training for staff who hold a Master’s, PhD or MD. CEU’s available. Sign up with Brainier: Look for AMSR Outpatient. If you don’t have a Brainier account (non-ISK staff) and need help registering, or if you have other training questions, please email Danielle Sackrider at dsackrider@iskzoo.org or Bethany Donohue at bdonohue@iskzoo.org and we will help you register.

  • January 17, 2025- 8:30-5PM  @ ISK 418 Building- Conf Room A
  • April 22, 2025- 8:30- 5PM @ ISK 418 Building- Conf Room A
  • July 24, 2025- 8:30-5PM @ ISK 418 Building- Conf Room A
  • October 29, 2025- 8:30-5PM @ ISK 418 Building-Conf Room A

4-hour training for staff with a high school diploma, associate degree or bachelor’s degree

CLASS DATES

Per AMSR: 4-hour training specific for staff who hold a high school diploma, an associates degree or bachelor’s degree. Sign up with Brainier: Look for the AMSR-DC training. If you don’t have a Brainier account (non-ISK staff) and need help registering, or if you have other training questions, please email Danielle Sackrider at dsackrider@iskzoo.org or Bethany Donohue at bdonohue@iskzoo.org and we will help you register.

  • December 12, 2024- 8:30-12:30PM @ KRESA
  • February 4, 2025- 8:30-12:30PM @ ISK 418 Building- Conf Room A
  • May 15, 2025- 1-5PM @ ISK 418 Building- Conf Room A
  • August 20, 2025- 1-5PM @ ISK 418 Building- Conf Room A
  • November 14, 2025- 8:30-12:30PM @ ISK 418 Building- Conf Room A

CLASS DATES (open to public)

ASIST: This training is for 2 full days. Schedule via Brainier (note: it only allows for you to schedule the first date). If you don’t have a Brainier account (non-ISK staff) and need help registering, or if you have other training questions, please email Danielle Sackrider at dsackrider@iskzoo.org or Bethany Donohue at bdonohue@iskzoo.org and we will help you register.

February 12 & 13, 2025 @ Gryphon (3245 S 8th St, Kalamazoo, MI 49009)

April 28 & 29, 2025 @ Gryphon (3245 S 8th St, Kalamazoo, MI 49009)

July 21 & 22, 2025 @ ISK 418 Building, Conf Room A

September 25 & 26, 2025 @ ISK 418  Building, Conf Room A

CLASS DATES (open to public)

MHFA classes are listed here.

CLASS DATES (open to public)

safeTALK: Schedule via Brainier. If you don’t have a Brainier account (non-ISK staff) and need help registering, or if you have other training questions, please email Danielle Sackrider at dsackrider@iskzoo.org or Bethany Donohue at bdonohue@iskzoo.org and we will help you register.

January 10, 2025- 9-12:30PM @ ISK 418 Building- Conf Room A

March 20, 2025- 9-12:30PM @ ISK 418 Building- Conf Room A

May 21, 2025- 1-4:30PM @  Family & Children Services Board Room- Lake Street

July 16, 2025- 9-12:30PM @ ISK 418 Building- Conf Room A

September 11, 2025-1-4:30PM @ ISK 418 Building- Conf Room A

December 9, 2025- 1-4:30PM @ ISK 418 Building- Conf Room A

GENERAL INFORMATION

  • ISK Staff: Please always review the most current Suicide Prevention Training Requirements policy via the portal for details about the trainings.
  • Register for trainings via Brainier or as noted on instructions. Exception: Mental Health First Aid trainings are registered via this website: Go to the MHFA page or EVENTS page.
  • If you don’t have a Brainier account (non-ISK staff) and need help registering, or if you have other training questions, please email Danielle Sackrider at dsackrider@iskzoo.org or Bethany Donohue at bdonohue@iskzoo.org and we will help you register.

Reminders for In-Person Training

  • Trainings start promptly at the time listed. Please arrive prior to the listed start time to register, gather materials, and to find a spot.
  • If you arrive to a training after the first 15 minutes, you will not be able to complete the training that day and will have to reschedule to another training date.
  • If you leave a training early, you will not be able to complete the training that day and will have to reschedule to another training date.
  • If you are not able to attend a training, please let us know, as there may be individuals on a waitlist for that training.

RESOURCES

Survivors of Suicide Loss

Survivors of Suicide Attempt

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