Session 1: Initial Workshop: Think 3-2-1 Crisis Intervention Strategy and the BE KIND Model

  • Date: Saturday, | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM

  • Session Objectives:

    • Know Crisis Intervention is kindness God’s Way.

    • Learn the Think 3-2-1 Crisis Intervention Strategy and the BE KIND Model.

    • Engage in a hands-on problem-based activity for practice.

    • Synthesize in scenario-based learning, with observer responses.

    • Key Topics:

      • Crisis intervention as kindness

      • Think 3-2-1 strategy: Key components and applications

      • The BE KIND model overview

      • Scenario-based application and feedback

Session 2: The Spectrum of Resilience

  • Date: Saturday, | 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM

  • Session Objectives:

    • Know the Spectrum of Resilience—a healthy response to prevention, intervention, and postvention.

    • Identify the characteristics of spiritual, personal, and professional resiliency in crisis management.

    • Learn crisis prompters, signs, guardrails, and curative factors.

    • Stimulate cultural change to promote connectedness and safety.

    • Key Topics:

      • Biblical principles of resilience

      • Prevention, intervention, and postvention strategies

      • Characteristics of spiritual, personal, and professional resiliency

      • Crisis prompters, signs, guardrails, and curative factors

Session 3: The Church: A Curative Cause

  • Date: Saturday, | 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM

  • Session Objectives:

    • Gain a deeper insight of how suicide impacts the church.

    • Learn how the church (Body of Christ) fits in a curative cause.

    • Learn how the curative cause refreshes the soul and renews the mind.

    • Practice spiritual discernment to intervene and intercede in someone’s life who is going through crisis.

    • Key Topics:

      • Suicide vs. suicide ideation: Definitions and key distinctions

      • The church’s role in intervention and support

      • Identifying crisis triggers and unhealthy stress responses

      • Spiritual discernment in recognizing suicide ideation and planning

Session 4: The Safety Peace Plan

  • Date: Saturday, | 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM

  • Session Objectives:

    • Overcome obstacles and the fear of uncertainty when dealing with a person in crisis.

    • Recognize the critical role of follow up and the importance of a comprehensive safety plan for crisis intervention.

    • Evaluate the effectiveness of the Safety Peace plan through personal reflection and group discussion.  

    • Apply the Safety Peace Plan: Practice the five steps of the BE KIND Safety (Peace) Plan through an interactive session.

    • Key Topics:

      • Components of the Safety Peace Plan

      • The role of the crisis intervener in providing peace and safety

      • Practicing the five steps of the Safety Peace Plan through role-playing scenarios

      • Follow-up strategies to ensure ongoing care and support

Session 5: Breaking the Stigma

  • Date: Saturday, | 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM

  • Session Objectives:

    • Recall the applications to the Think 3-2-1 and The BE KIND Model.

    • Recognize crisis prompters that can lead to risk.

    • Recognize observable signs (caution, immediate, and imminent).

    • Summarize the guard rails that decreases the likelihood of suicide ideation and curative factors that promote healing.

    • Key Topics:

      • Reviewing the key components of the Think 3-2-1 and BE KIND models

      • Stigma and its effects on seeking help

      • Recognizing observable signs of suicide risk

      • Guardrails and curative factors that promote healing and safety