by Nick Hanzel-Snyder
Until recently, Kognito taught mental health, wellness and suicide prevention to 1.5 million people in more than 50,000 institutions. Cognito uses simulations to bring experiential learning to K-12 schools, colleges and universities. However, as of August 2, 2023, the Kognito brand began to sunset, meaning the company stopped selling or marketing its training.
If you’re a former Cognito customer wondering how to continue providing quality mental health and suicide prevention education to your students, faculty, and staff, SOS signs of suicide A set of products may be exactly what you need.
Through your signature In danger trainings, Kognito reached several important audiences:
- Secondary and higher school students,
- K-12 teachers and school staff,
- Students and postgraduates, and
- College/university faculty and staff.
Below we explain how SOS signs of suicide It offers a great alternative to Kognito for any of these audiences.
Suicide prevention for middle and high school students
SOS signs of suicide is our prevention program for middle and high schools. Listed Directory of Best Practices for Suicide Prevention Resource Centers and supported by randomized controlled trials—the “gold standard” of research studies— SOS has been shown to reduce suicide attempts by 64%. The program teaches students how to recognize signs of depression and suicide in themselves and their peers, along with materials that help school professionals, parents, and communities identify at-risk students and take appropriate action.
Like Kognito Friend 2 Friend program, SOS signs of suicide helps 6th-12th classes:
- Learn about mental health;
- Identify warning signs of depression and suicide risk; and
- Develop help-seeking skills for yourself and your peers.
Based on the facts SOS signs of suicidee can be administered by any trusted adult, such as teachers, counselors, or community partners in one class period, and includes professional development content so the program can be used year after year with students.
Suicide Prevention for K-12 School Employees
SOS for school staff is an interactive self-study that uses the ACT (Acknowledge, Care, Tell) framework to provide practical case scenarios and a variety of stories from real staff who share their experiences of helping students with anxiety.
Like Cognito In danger trainings, SOS for school staff helps teachers, counselors, administrators, and other faculty and staff:
- Be prepared to recognize signs of suicide risk in a student;
- Be sure to have a caring conversation with the student in need;
- Know how to hold the student securely while attaching them to appropriate restraints; and
- Embrace their role in helping students make connections in schools.
In addition, SOS for school staff It goes beyond conversational experience to include learning the warning signs directly from young people with life experiences who tell their stories in their own words. SOS for school staff based on our evidence SOS signs of suicide program for middle and high school students (which suicide attempts decreased by 64% in randomized controlled trials).
Suicide prevention for college/university students
Cognito Mental health at risk for students is used to equip college and university students with the skills necessary to recognize suicidal warning signs in themselves and their peers, understand support options, and effectively refer a fellow student for additional help. SOS for Higher Ed: Suicide Prevention for Students meets all of these learning objectives while featuring real-life stories of college students who were in trouble and the perspectives of friends who tried to help. These lessons provide valuable insight into how to apply these learnings to students’ everyday lives.
Like Cognito, SOS signs of suicide also provides support resources to help the market in teaching students. Buy SOS for the excellent publication access to:
- Our best practices guide for integrating the course into existing initiatives and promoting suicide education in campuses;
- Group Facilitation Guidelines for conducting online learning in a personal group or classroom setting; and
- Messaging templates to deliver program value to your campus via website, email, social media, and more.
Suicide prevention for faculty and staff
More than 350 higher schools and technical schools Kognito is used Mental health at risk for teachers and staff training to prepare professors, administrators, and other senior staff to support mental health on campus. Like other Cognito In danger The goal of this program is to promote awareness of suicide risk, teach faculty and staff about the warning signs, prepare them to speak up when they see these signs in a student, and guide them in connecting students in need with campus support. Once again, SOS for Higher Ed: Suicide Prevention for Faculty and Staff meets these learning objectives while also adding hand-me-downs from actual college/university staff.
Like your fellow students, faculty/staff SOS for the excellent publication has additional resources to help spread the word about the importance of suicide prevention education throughout your campus community.
Suicide prevention for everyone
With our suite of suicide prevention training for middle and high school students, K-12 school staff, college/university students, and faculty and staff, SOS every year it provides life-giving knowledge and skills to thousands of people. With the sunset Cognito, SOS is a perfect substitute.
