Model List

Suicide Prevention Training for Health Professionals Model List

Updated: October 1, 2024

Beginning July 1, 2017, healthcare professionals required to complete a suicide prevention training must select a course from the Washington Model List. See the training requirements for health professional time and content requirements. We'll continue to add approved programs to thislist. Trainings must be reapproved every two years.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the reapproval of trainings has been delayed. Please continue to select trainings listed in the drop down menus at the bottom of this page. The updated list will be posted at the end of September, 2022.

The Department of Health is accepting applications for trainings to review for inclusion on the Model List of suicide training for health professionals. Only trainings that meet the minimum standards (PDF) will be included. See the program approval process for more information. The Department of Health will also be accepting applications for trainings seeking to fulfill the advanced standards requirements at the end of 2022. We will update this webpage with more information when it is available.

Starting July 2021, the following healthcare professions must take an advanced six-hour training for their second six-year continuing education requirement:

psychologists
marriage and family therapists
mental health counselors
advanced social workers
independent clinical social workers
social worker associates-advanced
social worker associates-independent

Please continue to take trainings off the regular Model List until advanced standards six-hour trainings are available.

Model List Courses

Six-hour training for suicide assessment, treatment and management

Please note: The following professions are required to take a six-hour course: social workers, licensed mental health professionals, nurses, marriage and family therapists, naturopaths, osteopathic physicians/surgeons/physician assistants, physicians and physician assistants, psychologists, and retired active licensees of the above professions.

Training Program	Provided by	Setting	Offered For	Cost
Training Program 6-hour Washington State Mandatory Suicide Prevention	Provided by CNO Healthcare	Setting Online	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals Occupational Therapists Chiropractors Osteopathic Physicians Nurses Physical Therapists Physicians Physicians Assistants	Cost $7.99
Training Program Helping Your Client Through a Suicide Emergency	Provided by Failsafe For Life	Setting Online and In person	Offered For Behavioral Health Professions, Chiropractors Nurses Physicians/Physician Assistants Occupational Therapists Pharmacists Physical Therapists/Physical Therapist Assistants Naturopaths Dentists Dental Hygienists Athletic Trainers Optometrists Acupuncturists and Eastern Medicine Practitioners Veterinarians/Veterinary Technicians	Cost $100
Training Program 1st Line of Defense: Suicide Prevention Training	Provided by Education Workers Group	Setting Online	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $25
Training Program 1st Steps in Suicide Prevention – Assessment, Treatment, and Management	Provided by #1 Premiere Continuing Education	Setting Online	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $25
Training Program About Suicide in Washington State	Provided by ATrain Education, Inc.	Setting Online	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $49
Training Program Addressing Suicide Risk (Includes specific content for chemical dependency treatment providers)	Provided by NAR Associates	Setting In Person Online	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $45
Training Program ASIST 11.1 (applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)	Provided by Living Works	Setting In Person	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals	Cost $150 (varies)
Training Program Assessment, Clinical Management, and Treatment of Suicidality: Integrating Recent Advances into Clinical Treatment	Provided by J&K Seminars	Setting Online Home Study	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals	Cost $90
Training Program Brief Screening for Suicide and Evidence-Based Approaches to Safety Planning for Crisis Responders	Provided by Behavior Health Crisis Outreach Response and Education (BHCore)	Setting In person Online	Offered For Behavior Health Professionals (this program is specifically designed for First Responders)	Cost Free within WA/ $400 outside of WA
Training Program Competency Based Training in Suicide Assessment and Management	Provided by Barbara J. Limandri, PhD, PMHNP	Setting In Person	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals Nurses Physicians	Cost $100
Training Program Everyone Can Save a Life: Suicide Prevention Training for Indian Health (includes culturally-informed practices)	Provided by Puyallup Tribal Health Authority	Setting In Person Online	Offered For	Cost
Training Program Identifying, Assessing, and Responding to Suicide Risk	Provided by Northwest Family Life Learning and Counseling Center	Setting In Person Online	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost Online: $150 In-Person: $100 per person
Training Program Prevention Assessment and Understanding of Suicide (PAUSE)	Provided by DCYF Juvenile Rehabilitation	Setting In Person Online	Offered For DCYF Juvenile Rehabilitation Employees Only	Cost
Training Program Recognizing and Responding to Suicide Risk: Essential Skills for Clinicians	Provided by American Association of Suicidology	Setting	Offered For	Cost
Training Program Relational, Trauma-Informed Care for Assessing Chronic Suicidal Ideation and Behavior	Provided by TBD Training Services	Setting In Person	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals	Cost $150
Training Program Suicide and Self-Directed Violence, Risk Assessment, and Management	Provided by Luxton Labs, LLC	Setting	Offered For	Cost Free for State Employees
Training Program Suicide Assessment and Prevention	Provided by NetCE	Setting	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals Occupational Therapists Naturopaths Pharmacists Dentists Osteopathic Physicians/Physician Assistants Physicians/Physician Assistants	Cost $36
Training Program Suicide Assessment, Intervention, and Treatment	Provided by Crisis Connections	Setting In Person Online	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $130
Training Program Suicide Assessment, Prevention, and Management	Provided by VA Puget Sound Healthcare System	Setting	Offered For VA Employees Only: Behavioral Healthcare Professionals Nurses Physicians/Physician Assistants	Cost
Training Program Suicide Assessment, Referral, Treatment, & Management	Provided by Healthcare Training Institute	Setting Online	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals	Cost $48.95 / $65
Training Program Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Collaborative Management for Health Professionals	Provided by Institute for Natural Resources (INR)	Setting	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $89
Training Program Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management	Provided by At Health, Inc	Setting Online	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals, Nurses	Cost $85
Training Program Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management	Provided by Eastern Washington University	Setting	Offered For	Cost
Training Program Suicide Assessment, Management, and Treatment	Provided by InforMed	Setting	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost
Training Program Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management	Provided by National Association of Social Workers	Setting Online	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals	Cost $175 (Members), $225 (Non-Members)
Training Program Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management	Provided by Washington Mental Health Counselors	Setting In Person Online	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals	Cost $125 Members $175 Non-Members
Training Program Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management for Washington Healthcare Professionals	Provided by Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc.	Setting	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $60
Training Program Suicide Prevention and Intervention for Washington State Healthcare Professionals (6-hours)	Provided by Biologix Solutions, LLC	Setting	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $35
Training Program Suicide Prevention Assessment, Treatment, and Risk Management of At-Risk Populations	Provided by Relias Learning, LLC	Setting	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $80
Training Program Suicide Prevention Plan and Columbia Suicide Severity Risk Assessment	Provided by Frontier Behavioral Health	Setting	Offered For Frontier Behavioral Health Employees Only: Behavioral Health Professionals Nurses	Cost
Training Program Suicide Prevention Training	Provided by Continuing Nursing Education (UWCNE), University of Washington School of Nursing	Setting	Offered For	Cost
Training Program Suicide Prevention Training	Provided by Evidence Based Treatment Centers of Seattle, 206-374-0109	Setting In Person	Offered For	Cost
Training Program Suicide Prevention Training for Healthcare Professionals (6 hours)	Provided by CEUFast, Inc	Setting Online	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $30
Training Program Suicide Prevention Training for Washington State	Provided by Relias Learning, LLC	Setting Online	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $80
Training Program Suicide Prevention, Assessment, and Management in Corrections	Provided by Department of Corrections	Setting In Person	Offered For Department of Corrections Employees Only	Cost
Training Program Suicide Prevention Training	Provided by Nursing Central	Setting Online	Offered For Nurses	Cost $39.99
Training Program Suicide Prevention: New Interventions That Work	Provided by Professional Psych Seminars, Inc.	Setting Online	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals Nurses	Cost $119
Training Program Suicide Risk, Assessment, and Management (2024 Update)	Provided by Behavioral Health CE	Setting Online	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $99
Training Program The Power of Connection: Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management	Provided by Staci Cornwell	Setting In Person Online	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals Naturopaths Athletic Trainers Nurses Physical Therapists/Physical Therapist Assistants Acupuncturists & Eastern Medicine Practitioners Physicians/ Physician Assistants	Cost $150 - $200
Training Program Training in Suicide Care for Physicians (Primarily for Physicians, Physician Assistants, and Nurses)	Provided by Jeffery Sung, M.D.	Setting In Person	Offered For Physicians/ Physician Assistants Osteopathic Physician/ Osteopathic Physician Assistants Naturopaths Nurses	Cost $125 WSPA Members $185 Non-Members
Training Program University of Washington Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) Training (Introduction to CAMS with Focus on Initial Assessments and Single Session Intervention; for Mental Health Professionals)	Provided by Center for Suicide Prevention and Recovery (CSPaR)	Setting In Person	Offered For	Cost
Training Program Washington State Healthcare Professionals Assessment and Prevention of Suicide	Provided by Elite Learning	Setting Online	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals Nurses	Cost $35.95
Training Program Working Well with the Suicidal Patient	Provided by Portland DBT Institute	Setting Online- via Zoom	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals	Cost $249 per person See website for group information
Training Program Youth and Adult Suicide: Recognition, Assessment, and Treatment (Youth Specific Content)	Provided by Cascadia Training, LLC	Setting In Person	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals Chiropractors Nurses Physicians	Cost $180

Three-hour training for suicide screening and referral

Training Program	Provided By	Setting	Offered For	Cost
Training Program Suicide Prevention	Provided By EdCompass, LLC	Setting Online	Offered For Physical Therapists	Cost $27
Training Program 1^st Line of Defense: Suicide Prevention	Provided By Education Workers Group	Setting	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $15
Training Program 1^st Steps in Suicide Prevention: Screening and Referrals	Provided By #1 Premiere Continuing Education	Setting	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals Occupational Therapists Chiropractors Pharmacists Dentists Optometrists Physical Therapists/Physical Therapist Assistants Dental Hygienists	Cost $15
Training Program 1st Aid For the Soul	Provided By CE Group	Setting	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals Occupational Therapists Chiropractors Pharmacists Dentists Optometrists Physical Therapists/ Physical Therapist Assistants Dental Hygienists	Cost $14.99
Training Program +LGBTQIA Suicide Prevention Training	Provided By Pacific Northwest Social Scientists	Setting	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $29.99
Training Program About Suicide Screening, Referral, and Imminent Harm in Washington State	Provided By ATrain Education, Inc.	Setting	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $39
Training Program Changing Minds: Suicide Prevention for Healthcare Professionals	Provided By Changing Minds	Setting In Person Online	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost Varies Sliding scale; per person model or per org. model
Training Program Connecting Midstream: Suicide Assessment, Intervention, and Referral	Provided By Connect Consulting and Development	Setting In Person	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $65 - $85
Training Program LEARN SAVES LIVES: Advanced Training for Educational Staff Associates	Provided By Forefront Suicide Prevention at the University of Washington (School of Social Work)	Setting In Person Online	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals Nurses Occupational Therapists	Cost Upon Request
Training Program Recognition and Referral Training	Provided By FailSafe for Life	Setting Online and In Person	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals Chiropractors Dentists Dental Hygienists Athletic Trainers Nurses Physical Therapists/Physical Therapist Assistants Occupational therapists Optometrists Pharmacists Acupuncturists & Eastern Medicine Practitioners Naturopaths Physicians/ Physician Assistants Veterinarians/Veterinary Technicians	Cost $40
Training Program safeTALK	Provided By Living Works	Setting In Person	Offered For	Cost See website
Training Program Suicide Assessment, Screening, and Referral	Provided By Crisis Connections	Setting In Person Online	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals Chiropractors Occupational Therapists/ Occupational Therapists Assistants Physical Therapists	Cost See website
Training Program Suicide Awareness & Referral Training for Pharmacy Professionals	Provided By Washington State Pharmacy Association	Setting In Person Online	Offered For Pharmacists	Cost $45 Members / $90 Non-members
Training Program Suicide Awareness, Assessment, and Intervention for Allied Health Professionals	Provided By Continued	Setting Online	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $99 Annual membership
Training Program Suicide Care for Chiropractors: Creating Connection and Hope	Provided By Jeffrey Sung, M.D.	Setting In Person	Offered For	Cost
Training Program Suicide Care for Physical and Occupational Therapists	Provided By MedBridge	Setting Online	Offered For Occupational Therapists Physical Therapists	Cost $300 Yearly subscription
Training Program Suicide Intervention and Prevention Training for Washington State Healthcare Professionals (3 hours)	Provided By Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc.	Setting Online	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $30
Training Program Suicide Prevention and Intervention for Washington State Healthcare Professionals (3 hours)	Provided By Biologix Solutions LLC	Setting Online	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $20
Training Program Suicide Prevention Screening & Referral with Special Emphasis on Imminent Harm via Lethal Means	Provided By Jensen Suicide Prevention	Setting In Person	Offered For Behavioral Health Professionals Naturopaths Chiropractors Osteopathic Physicians/ Osteopathic Physician Assistants Nurses Physicians/ Physician Assistants	Cost $180
Training Program Suicide Screening and Referral Training	Provided By CEUFast	Setting Online	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $30
Training Program Washington State Suicide Assessment and Referral	Provided By OnlineCE.com and ChiroCredit.com	Setting Online	Offered For All Healthcare Professionals	Cost $60
Training Program All Patients Safe: Suicide Prevention for Medical Providers	Provided By University of Washington Department of Psychiatry	Setting	Offered For Employees only: All Healthcare Professionals	Cost Free for employees only

Three-hour training for pharmacists and dentists (suicide screening, referral and imminent harm via lethal means)

Please note: Pharmacists and dentists can choose from the three-hour trainings in this section or any of the six-hour trainings.

The following courses are not pharmacist or dentist-specific trainings but meet the minimum requirements for pharmacists and dentists.

Training Program	Provided by	Setting
Training Program 1st Steps in Suicide Prevention Screening and Referrals	Provided by Premiere Continuing Education	Setting Online
Training Program About Suicide Screening, Referral, and Imminent Harm in Washington State, 3 units	Provided by ATrain Education, Inc.	Setting Online
Training Program All Patients Safe: Suicide Prevention for Medical Providers	Provided by University of Washington, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Services	Setting In Person Online
Training Program Changing Minds: Suicide Prevention for Healthcare Professionals	Provided by Changing Minds	Setting In Person Online
Training Program Connect: Suicide Prevention (*located in Spokane, WA) (This site can only be viewed outside of our state governmental network)	Provided by Connect Consulting and Development, connect2staci@gmail.com	Setting In Person
Training Program LEARN SAVES LIVES: Advanced Training for Educational Staff Associates	Provided by Forefront Suicide Prevention at the University of Washington	Setting In Person
Training Program QPR for Occupational and Physical Therapists	Provided by QPR Institute	Setting Online
Training Program QPR for Pharmacists	Provided by QPR Institute	Setting Online
Training Program Recognition and Referral Training	Provided by FailSafe for Life	Setting In Person
Training Program Suicide Assessment, Prevention, and Intervention	Provided by Therapeutic Research Center Healthcare	Setting Online
Training Program Suicide Assessment, Screening and Referral	Provided by Crisis Connections	Setting In Person
Training Program Suicide Awareness & Referral Training for Pharmacy Professionals	Provided by Washington State Pharmacy Association	Setting In Person Online
Training Program Suicide Care for Chiropractors: Creating Connection and Hope	Provided by Jeffrey Sung, M.D., drjcsung@yahoo.com	Setting In Person
Training Program Suicide Care for Physical and Occupational Therapists	Provided by MedBridge	Setting Online
Training Program Suicide Intervention and Prevention Training for Washington Healthcare Professionals (3 hours)	Provided by Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc.	Setting Online
Training Program Suicide Prevention and Intervention for Washington State Healthcare Professionals (3 hours)	Provided by Biologix Solutions LLC	Setting Online
Training Program Suicide Prevention Screening & Referral with Special Emphasis on Imminent Harm via Lethal Means	Provided by Jensen Suicide Prevention, Inc.	Setting In Person
Training Program Suicide Prevention Training for Professionals (*located in Everett, WA)	Provided by Citrine Health	Setting In Person
Training Program Suicide Screening and Referral Training	Provided by CEUFast	Setting Online