Course Content and Outcomes Guides (CCOG)

CCOG for CEU 4047 Fall 2025


Course Number:
CEU 4047
Course Title:
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training Plus
Credit Hours:
2.4
Lecture Hours:
0
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Provides key skills to recognize, intervene, and assist those at risk for suicide. Includes identifying appropriate strategies to keep an individual safe. Upon successful completion, students may earn a certificate in ASIST, as well as a certificate in CALM and Firearms Safety for patients at risk of suicide.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:
Articulate an understanding of the ways that personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide and interventions.
Apply skillful guidance and suicide first aid to a person at risk in ways that meet their individual safety needs.
Identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it.
Explain the value of improving and integrating suicide prevention resources in the community at large, including life-promotion and self-care.
Identify communication skills to use when speaking with patients at risk of suicide about firearm safety.
Create a suicide prevention safety plan specific to firearms.
Apply and plan for effective conversations with a person at risk, reducing access to lethal means - especially firearms and medications, in times of suicide risk.