Course Code: REL-PS-0-JFSICP4
Hours: 2
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 5/31/2024
Learning Objectives:
Identify 8 types of equipment facilities should have to respond to suicides and protect you from harm.
Describe how to respond to hanging, drug overdose, and self-injury victims.
Explain 4 types of information to include in completed suicide reports.
Identify 2 ways to seek supportive services following a death by suicide in your facility.
Distinguish between the types of reviews that will be conducted following a completed suicide.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
A. About This Course
B. Learning Objectives
Section 2: Equipment and Care
A. Suicide Prevention Program
B. The Right Tools
C. Protecting Yourself from Contamination
D. Take Standard (Universal) Precautions
E. Avoiding Contamination
F. Review
G. Summary
Section 3: Responding to Suicide Situations
A. Basic Response Rules
B. Response to Suicide by Hanging
C. Do Not Presume a Victim is Dead When No Vital Signs Exist
D. Practice: Youth Workers Streeter and Dunn
E. Response to Drug Overdose
F. Practice: Youth Worker Couture
G. First Aid for Self-Injury
H. Practice: Youth Worker Hunter
I. Review
J. Summary
Section 4: Documenting a Completed Suicide
A. A Sensitive Task
B. Preserve the Scene
C. Roles in Documentation
D. Types of Information
E. Writing the Report
F. Review
G. Summary
Section 5: Supportive Services
A. Not Just Part of the Job
B. Grief
C. Trauma
D. Questioning Response
E. Impact on Residents
F. The Custodial Culture
G. Postvention
H. Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
I. Incident Assessment
J. Review
K. Summary
Section 6: Conclusion
A. Summary
B. Course Contributors
C. References
D. Congratulations!
E. Exam
F. BrainSparks
Writer: Kimberly Cobb, MS
Mrs. Cobb is a Lead SME Writer/Trainer at Relias. Her primary writing responsibilities are in the content areas of public safety and behavioral health. Mrs. Cobb is also the onboarding trainer for new staff joining the Relias Content Department. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Correctional and Juvenile Justice Studies and a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice. She has over 25 years of experience working in criminal and juvenile justice. Her work includes direct service, research, publication development, and training and technical assistance development and delivery.
Disclosure: Kimberly Cobb, MS has no Relevant Financial or Non-Financial Relationship with ineligible companies to disclose.
Subject Matter Expert: Dee K. Bell, PhD
Dr. Dee Bell is a clinical psychologist and consultant in the areas of Restorative Justice, Juvenile Justice and Correctional Assessments. She retired as the Deputy Commissioner of Juvenile Justice at the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice. Previously, she served for four years as the Administrator of the Community Justice Institute at Florida Atlantic University and the Director of the Balanced and Restorative Justice Project sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Prior to these positions, she has worked 30 + years in Community Corrections for Georgia and Florida State Government. Educated at Clemson University and Emory University, she has provided training in both state and national venues for many years and has authored and co-authored a number of articles on justice system issues and adult and juvenile justice curricula and restorative justice in communities and schools.
Disclosure: Dee K. Bell, PhD has no Relevant Financial or Non-Financial Relationship with ineligible companies to disclose.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Correctional Officers; in the following settings: Adult Corrections, Juvenile Corrections.
Relias Learning will be transparent in disclosing if any commercial support, sponsorship or co-providership is present prior to the learner completing the course.
Relias Learning has a grievance policy in place to facilitate reports of dissatisfaction. Relias Learning will make every effort to resolve each grievance in a mutually satisfactory manner. In order to report a complaint or grievance please contact Relias Learning at support@reliaslearning.com.
Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.