County suicide awareness training to be held in Desert Hot Springs
A free suicide awareness and prevention training session will be held in Desert Hot Springs today, offering tools for preventing suicide to teachers, community members and others who serve those at risk.
The event will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Desert Hot Springs Clinic, 14320 Palm Drive, and is being organized by the Riverside University Health System’s public health and behavioral health departments.
A similar training session was held in the city last month, and due to “overwhelming public interest,” county health officials are hosting a second Desert Hot Springs session Thursday.
The program’s coordinator, Rebecca Antillon, worked this summer with parents, staff and students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where a former student killed 17 students and staff earlier this year.
Training in Florida, as well as during this year’s suicide awareness training sessions in Riverside and Desert Hot Springs, focused on recognizing the warning signs and risk factors associated with suicide.
While today’s session is free and open to the public, seating is limited, so attendees were asked to pre-register by calling (951) 358-7171 or emailing Kimberly Jow, health services assistant at KJow@rivcocha.org.
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