Suicide Prevention Strategies for Underserved Youth (2 credit hours)

Program Summary:  This course examines suicide prevention strategies for underserved youth with a focus on American Indian/ Alaska Native; Black/ African American; Hispanic or Latino; and LGBTQI+ youth.  The course explores risk and protective factors and identifies barriers to care for underserved youth.  Current research and interventions are discussed.

This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.  

Reading:  Suicide Prevention Strategies for Underserved Youth/ Chapters 1-3 Publisher: SAMHSA

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Course Objectives:  To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by examining suicide prevention strategies for underserved youth.

Learning Objectives:  Identify risk and protective factors for suicide among underserved youth.  Describe barriers to care for underserved youth.  Identify prevention strategies and evidence-based practices.

Course Available Until: December 31, 2029.

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1: Chapter 1//  Risk and protective factors are
 
 
2: In adolescents, a lack of authoritative parenting (nurturing, supportive parenting that includes firmly setting limits and consequences that are well explained to children) significantly ___________ risk of suicidal ideation, making a suicide plan, and suicide attempt.
 
 
3: Suicide attempts with firearms are much more lethal than those using other means, with mortality rates as high as _______.
 
 
 
 
4: Suicide attempts can often occur impulsively during moments of crisis.
 
 
5: _________ residence increases the risk for firearm-related suicide among youth, especially young men.
 
 
6: Which of the following has the highest suicide rate among all racial and ethnic groups?
 
 
 
 
7: AI/AN youth are at elevated risk for suicide _______ which are suicide or suicide attempts that occur close together in time and/or place and are beyond what would be expected to occur by chance alone.
 
 
 
 
8: _________ youth in early and late adolescence are at greater risk of attempting suicide without thoughts or plans.
 
 
9: Compared with nonimmigrant peers, Latino immigrant youth with a family member detained or deported in the prior year had higher risks of
 
 
 
 
 
10: According to CDC, high school students in 2021 who identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual attempted suicide at a rate of __________ times higher than heterosexual students.
 
 
 
 
11: Chapter 2//  The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry noted that _________ of US counties do not have practicing psychiatrists for children and adolescents.
 
 
 
 
12: Which of the following can lead to mistrust of the healthcare system?
 
 
 
 
 
 
13: Which of the following describes feelings of shame, embarrassment, and fear of judgment, ultimately deterring youth from seeking help when they need it most?
 
 
 
 
14: Chapter 3//   This is a crucial developmental stage to implement upstream interventions and create an environment where students feel safe discussing frightening feelings.
 
 
15: The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline transitioned to the ___________ Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for the public to call, chat, or text during an emotional crisis.
 
 
 
 
16: Earlier suicide attempt is a major risk factor for subsequent suicide attempts.
 
 

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G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course.  She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience.  She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City.  She has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work.  The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.

Course Available Until: December 31, 2029.
Filed under: Children, Suicide Prevention