Duration: 10 Weeks (Live Online Lecturer Led Learning 3 hours per week lectures + workshops + assessment)
Level: Professional CPD Accredited
Prerequisites: Background in health, social care, education, psychology, or community support
Award: Professional Diploma in Suicide Intervention & Prevention

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Week 1 – Foundations of Suicide Prevention

• Lecture: History, epidemiology, global and local data

• Workshop: Challenging myths and stigma

• Readings: WHO Live Life Strategy, SAMHSA Suicide Prevention Toolkit

• Assessment: Reflective journal on language and stigma (500 words)

Week 2 – The Psychology of Suicide

• Lecture: Theoretical frameworks (Interpesonal Theory, IMV Model, Psychache)

• Case study: Analyzing pathways from ideation to action

• Workshop: Understanding lived experience narratives

• Assessment: Short essay (1000 words) applying theory to case

Week 3 – Risk and Protective Factors

• Lecture: Epidemiological risk profiling

• Workshop: Creating biopsychosocial formulations

• Assessment: Risk formulation exercise (graded practical)

Week 4 – Assessment and Crisis Recognition

• Lecture: Tools and structured professional judgment

• Practical Workshop: Conducting simulated suicide assessments

• Guest Speaker: Clinical psychologist or crisis service professional

• Assessment: Recorded role-play (pass/fail competency)

Week 5 – Intervention & Safety Planning

• Lecture: Overview of intervention models

• Workshop: Safety plan development in triads

• Reading: Stanley & Brown (2012) Safety Planning Intervention

• Assessment: Safety plan submission & rationale (750 words)

Week 6 – Working with Special Populations

• Lecture: Culturally safe and inclusive approaches

• Panel Discussion: Voices from diverse communities

• Assessment: Group presentation – targeted prevention strategy

Week 7 – Ethics, Law, and Professional Practice

• Lecture: Legal duties, documentation, and ethical dilemmas

• Workshop: Scenario-based decision making

• Assessment: Case-based legal/ethical analysis (1000 words)

Week 8 – Postvention and Recovery

• Lecture: Bereavement care, trauma responses, organizational postvention

• Workshop: Designing a postvention protocol

• Assessment: Draft organizational postvention plan (graded)

Week 9 – Community & Systems Prevention

• Lecture: Population-level approaches, national strategies

• Workshop: Policy analysis and prevention campaign design

• Assessment: Capstone project proposal

Week 10 – Integration, Reflection & Capstone

• Lecture: Integration of learning and professional identity

• Workshop: Supervision, resilience, and self-care strategies

• Assessment​

Professiojal Diploma in Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention (Live Online)- (LIVE ONLINE) 30 CPD POINTS