Take the First Step Toward Suicide Prevention
Join us for a free, full-day training on Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) and Conversations on Access to Lethal Means (CALM Conversations)—two nationally recognized, evidence-based trainings that equip you to support someone in crisis with knowledge, confidence, and compassion.
Through interactive instruction and hands-on safety planning exercises, you’ll learn to navigate difficult conversations, reduce risk, and offer meaningful support. The training covers common mental health and substance use challenges in adults—such as depression, anxiety, psychosis, and substance use disorders—and introduces a practical 5-step action plan to guide your response in both crisis and non-crisis situations.
About Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid is a skills-based training that teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health or substance use challenges using a 5-step action plan (ALGEE) to guide you through how to assess risk, listen without judgment, and connect someone to professional help. MHFA helps you build the confidence to step in when someone may be struggling. Scenarios and exercises make the learning practical, so you leave ready to help in real-life situations.
About Conversations on Access to Lethal Means (CALM Conversations)
CALM Conversations offers practical tools for discussing safe storage of lethal means, like firearms or medications, during a suicidal crisis. This course empowers everyday people to have respectful, life-saving conversations that can reduce the risk of suicide by putting time and space between a person in crisis and lethal means.
What You’ll Gain
Practical skills to recognize and respond to mental health or substance use challenges in adults
Tools for tough conversations around suicide risk and lethal means
Strategies that save lives by reducing access to lethal means during times of crisis