![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Since introducing QPR training at the leadership summit, Grenon has organized 11 training events that resulted in 518 individuals trained in QPR and more importantly, these individuals are trained to assist colleagues, family members and strangers in emergency mental health situations. “It’s so inspirational for people to hear his story and that there’s hope.” “The thing that I love about Scott as a master trainer is he can really connect with people and people can hear from him and his own personal struggles with his suicide attempt, what he went through, and how he came out the other side,” Grenon said. ![]() “QPR is considered a gatekeeper training, meaning individuals trained in QPR are better able to identify those who may be at risk but know that means ‘I have to do something.’ I would classify it as a bystander intervention.”Īfter working with Teichmer on the Suicide Prevention Coalition of Calhoun County, Grenon started planning a way to allow leaders and employees at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, to receive the training. “I’m grateful that I am able to do this training with you,” he said. With over a decade of experience in behavioral health, Teichmer, currently the Suicide Prevention Facilitator for Summit Pointe, led the QPR training where he shared his personal experience as a suicide attempt survivor. Individuals trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. QPR Institute defines Question, Persuade and Refer as three simple steps that can help save a life from suicide. To increase suicide prevention awareness, Battle Creek Morale, Welfare and Recreation Family Program Manager and Licensed Master Social Worker Lisa Grenon invited Scott Teichmer, a member of the Suicide Prevention Coalition of Calhoun County and Question, Persuade, Refer Institute master trainer, to the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services’ most recent Leadership Summit for a new type of training. ![]()
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