The National Centre for Suicide Prevention Education & Training UK CIC Reviews

Good training and very useful, but for me who is a kinaesthetic learner, it was to tutor led. To get the best out of me and keep me fully engaged, I need to be involved and engaged. For me that part of it was lacking

This did equip me with further ideas of how to approach the subject. However I was uncomfortable about approaching a young person or child with the question 'are you thinking about suicide'. On speaking to a colleague who is a secondary teacher, they said that they are taught never to ask a question like this so directly to a child. As a paramedic I can sometimes ask the question to a young person who has attempted it and its obvious but I probably wouldn't to one who had just say got drunk or feels depressed.

I feel I can understand better the signs of suicidal thoughts and how to use correct terminology when speaking about Suicide.

I thought the content could have been covered in a morning or an afternoon, not enough useful content for a whole day.

What I was expecting from this course is to figure out the WHY. But it was more or less the same old stuff we have been doing for years in the Air Force. Maybe bring someone in who has thought about suicide. Let them tell their story and help us understand what they would like to see from the support side.

I enjoyed the course although I think we may need to follow up by reviewing our own internal processes to make it clearer for front line staff

More practical techniques to be addressed will be more helpful

good course

The course needed to be more geared up for young people rather than adults.

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