988 Suicide Crisis and Lifeline

988 SUICIDE & CRISIS LIFELINE

988 is the new three-digit dialing code that routes callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The ACA has produced a series of relevant educational videos available to the public for free. Counselors wanting to obtain continuing education (CE) credits from these videos are advised to visit CE Product Catalog.

 

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Careers for Counselors - This CE provides professional counselors with a video on the overview of education, credentials, and skills needed to gain employment in crisis intervention and to best serve the clients in need of crisis intervention services. Danielle Irving from the Center for Counseling Practice, Policy, and Research at the American Counseling Association, interviews Kristen Gidel Kelly, LPCC-S, LICDC, CTTS, Senior Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, Suicide Prevention Team from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The article, ´Counseling Military Populations: A Content Analysis of Counseling Journals from 1998 to 2018’, by Prosek and Burgin (2020) is included to provide counselors with a rationale to know military population research trends within the counseling literature and understand suggestions for incorporating the philosophical principles of counseling into future research.

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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: An Introduction – outlines the services and resources available, the collaborative efforts of federal, state and local involvement, and the roles of professional counselors in responding to the need for suicide prevention.

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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Cultural Considerations for LGBTQ+ Youths – factors contributing to an increased risk of suicide for LGBTQ+ youths, key considerations to counselor’s work with this community, and affirmative practices counselors can use when working with LGBTQ+ youths.

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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Counselor Educators and Counseling Students (Elliott & Henninger, 2022) addresses counselor educators in training student counselors for effective suicide interventions. This Continuing Professional Development resource provides counselors with a rationale to recognize and understand the pedagogical challenges, opportunities, and practices on educating student counselors for working with clients at risk of suicide, explain the multicultural, ethical, and legal issues and implications to teaching about and working with clients at risk of suicide, and describe the roles of counselor practitioners and educators in training and educating student counselors and the community at large.

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Upcoming 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline videos will address counselor educators and students, career paths for counselors, and multicultural populations. 

If you’re not in the U.S., click here for a link to crisis centers around the world.