Enhancing Preservice Educators' Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training With Culturally Responsive Motivational Interviewing Foundational Skills

• In Event: 33.080 - Poster Session 6
  In Poster Session: 33.080-7 - Innovative Counseling Approaches and Techniques

Abstract

Past research suggests that suicide prevention gatekeeper training may increase participant knowledge but may not increase the likelihood of suicide-related communications or referrals. The present study investigates whether pairing culturally responsive Motivational Interviewing (MI) communication and listening skills training with gatekeeper training improves pre-service teachers’ prevention self-efficacy, multicultural self-efficacy and suicide knowledge beyond standard gatekeeper training coupled with role-play. Satisfaction with training is assessed for both conditions. In post-testing, both training modes led to improvements in knowledge, prevention self-efficacy, and multicultural self-efficacy. The MI-trained group saw a greater improvement in multicultural self-efficacy and communication ability/knowledge scores than did the Non-MI group. Both groups felt that the training was valuable, would prove helpful in the future, and would recommend it

Authors

• Maria E. Hernandez Finch, Ball State University

• Christopher W. Drapeau, Ball State University

• William Holmes Finch, Ball State University

• Jared Bishop, Ball State University