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2024 QPR Training - October 25


Total Credits: 1.6 MCLE, 1.6 Ethics, 1.5 Kansas Ethics

Practice Area:
Lawyer Well-being |  Ethics

Dates


Description

Attorneys often encounter people in emotional pain, and the profession itself has elevated rates of depression, substance use and suicide. QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer. QPR training teaches simple, practical and proven steps anyone can take to respond to someone in crisis, and can save lives. QPR is the most widely taught suicide prevention gatekeeper training in the world. Participants will become more comfortable and confident in broaching the sensitive subject of suicide, receive support resources and have the opportunity to practice and discuss skills learned. Session size is limited to 25 participants.  The session will conclude with recent research regarding lawyer and judicial well-being.  Attendees will receive access to online support materials to reinforce your learning, complete a pre and post-test about your confidence in discussing the topic of suicide, and can print a certificate of completion at the end of the course.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  1. Identify the 3 steps of QPR.
  2. Identify basic myths and facts about suicide.
  3. Recognize warning signs.
  4. Ask the question.
  5. Offer hope.
  6. Practice asking someone about this topic, using examples that could take place in a legal session. 

Agenda:

QPR. Question, Persuade, Refer.

Suicide myths vs. facts

Asking the question

Persuading

Referring

Related resources

Role plays 

Discussion of recent research on lawyer and judicial well-being

            The Prevalence of Substance and Mental Health Concerns among American Attorneys, 2016

            Stress and Resiliency in the US Judiciary, 2020

            Stress, Drink, Leave, 2021

Speaker: Stacy Parmer, The Missouri Bar, Jefferson City

Note: Registration for this program is limited to 25. Please let us know if you are unable to attend, so we can allow someone else to participate. If you would like to be placed on a waiting list, please email mobarcle@mobar.org.

Opinions and positions stated by presenters of MoBarCLE programs are those of the presenters and not necessarily those of The Missouri Bar. This program is intended as information for lawyers in Missouri, in conjunction with other research they deem necessary, in the exercise of their independent judgment.

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Speaker

Stacy Parmer's Profile

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The Missouri Bar


Stacy Parmer is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marital and Family Therapist and Registered Alcohol Drug Counselor. She received her master’s degree in education from Stephen’s College. She has more than 16 years of supervisory, counseling, and administrative experience working within the mental health and substance use field. Her career history includes delivering and managing staff assigned to provide individual and group therapy, developing and implementing a comprehensive dialectical behavioral therapy program, streamlining admission assessments and enrollment processes, and directing case management operations. She is the Director of the Missouri Lawyers’ Assistance Program.