Webinar: Collaborative Safety Planning

Training in Collaborative Safety Planning

This training workshop supports social workers, nurses, peers, counselors, and other healthcare, education, and community staff in collaborative safety planning for suicide prevention, no license required. EDC's Collaborative Safety Planning equips staff with practical, evidence-informed strategies to support individuals of all ages who may be experiencing suicidal ideation, emotional distress, or a mental health crisis.  

Objectives

The goal of this training is to increase confidence and competence in developing and implementing collaborative safety plans with individuals at risk of suicide. The training will strengthen participants’ ability to engage individuals in structured problem-solving and apply protective interventions that prioritize safety. In addition, it will equip participants to effectively counsel on lethal means safety, including firearms and medications, using developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive approaches.  

Practical skill-building will be emphasized throughout the session, with structured role-plays, peer feedback, and guided debriefing to ensure participants leave with usable, real-world strategies. At the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Describe what a collaborative safety plan is, how and when to use it with a person at risk of suicide
• Understand the components and how to complete the steps of a collaborative safety plan 
• Explain the association between access to lethal means and suicide, and the role of counseling on access to lethal means in collaborative safety planning  
• Increase their skills and confidence to work with people and their families to complete a collaborative safety plan and reduce their access to lethal means

Questions? Please contact us at solutions@edc.org.