Monitor
Structured Follow-Up and Monitoring ©2015 – Module (45 min)
You will earn a certificate for viewing, and continuing education credits are available for social workers and credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselors (CASAC). In order to receive your certificate, you will need to pass a post-training knowledge check and complete a brief post-training survey.
This training module demonstrates how to provide structured follow-up and monitoring for individuals after a crisis and it will describe how to maintain telephone contact with suicidal individuals during the time of transition from an emergency visit, increased suicide ideation, or for a suicide attempt. After completing this module, you will have the information you need to describe what follow-up and monitoring is and how it can help suicidal individuals, determine when to use this intervention, describe the typical procedure, identify barriers to getting treatment and select appropriate solutions, and identify additional resources.