C.A.R.E. Training (Compassionate Assessment and Response in Education) is youth suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention training for school staff. This course has been designed specifically to meet the needs and requirements of school psychologists, counselors, nurses, and social workers in Washington state. 

This is a four-hour course that focuses on recognition of suicide risk in students, how to screen for suicide, and how to support a student and family through referral processes. This training will emphasize finding appropriate referrals in resource-limited areas, how to keep students safe while awaiting pending referrals.

The CARE curriculum is approved by Washington State PESB (Professional Educators Standard Board) to meet the training requirement for all ESA certificate holders. OESD 114 has been approved by PESB to provide this training.