LORAIN, Ohio — Lorain City Schools recently took a different approach to the standard professional development day: teaching educators in the district how to save a life.

District staff participated in QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) suicide prevention training – which provides educators with new skills to keep students safe and supported when they are struggling – during a day-long program at Lorain High School.

The training, previously offered to bus drivers last year, has now been extended to reach the adults who spend their days in classrooms, hallways and cafeterias with students.

The QPR framework teaches provides practical tools to recognize warning signs of a mental health crisis, ask direct questions, listen without judgment, stay with the student and then connect them with t

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