{"id":452413,"date":"2025-05-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=452413"},"modified":"2025-05-20T09:59:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:59:52","slug":"suicide-prevention-training-serves-as-a-force-multiplier-towards-army-reserve-readiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=452413","title":{"rendered":"Suicide prevention training serves as a force multiplier towards Army Reserve readiness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Two Soldiers work together to complete a training exercise during the three-day Tier 2 Ask Care Escort Suicide Prevention liaison training at Paul G. Schulstad Army Reserve Center in Arlington Heights, Illinois. More than 30 Soldiers, from different commands across the country, participated in the training event, May 13-15, 2025.<\/p>\n

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\n Tifini Steif, Suicide Prevention Program Manager, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, teaches a class during the Tier 2 Ask Care Escort Suicide Prevention liaison training at the Paul G. Schulstad Army Reserve Center in Arlington Heights, Illinois, May 13-15, 205. Steif also serves as a warrant officer in the U.S. Army Reserve.<\/p>\n

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\n Soldiers from across the country traveled to the Paul G. Schulstad Army Reserve Center in Arlington Heights, Illinois to participate in Tier 2 Ask Care Escort Suicide Prevention liaison training, May 13-15, 2025. The three-day training event provided an opportunity for Soldiers to learn course material that allows them to teach an eight-hour course in ACE-SI to Soldiers when they return to their home units.<\/p>\n

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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – \u201cOne thing we work on in terms of force readiness is teaching the suicide prevention liaisons how to support the Soldiers in a way that addresses their needs,\u201d said Tifini Steif, Suicide Prevention Program Manager, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to encourage and educate our SPLs to be our first line of defense at the unit level in support of their commander.\u201d<\/p>\n

31 Soldiers and five trainers from across the country, including U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command, 316th Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC), 200th Military Police Command, 416th Theater Engineer Command and the 85th U.S Army Reserve Support Command participated in the three-day Tier 2 Ask Care Escort Suicide Prevention liaison training at the Paul G. Schulstad Army Reserve Center, May 13 -15, 2025, at the 85th USARSC headquarters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese Soldiers are from all over the country from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Arizona and Chicago,\u201d said Amanda Pederson, 316th ESC SPPM. \u201cThis training brings awareness to our leadership on, not only suicide prevention, but holistic wellness. By taking care of our Soldiers first, it allows us to continue with a mission focused mindset as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The training is showing positive results across the Army Reserve.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been a suicide prevention program manager for three years as of June (2025),\u201d said Pederson. \u201cPrior to that I was a suicide prevention liaison. I have absolutely seen positive change within our command.\u201d<\/p>\n

A point Steif agreed with as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuicides have gone down in the Army Reserve. We want Soldiers to come forward when they need to. We want to normalize seeking help. We want to show (Soldiers) that the Army and its leaders are here to support them in all areas of their life,\u201d said Stief.<\/p>\n

The course of instruction continues to evolve with new course material added to the curriculum.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe spent an hour on resources which continues to grow. We do (Commander\u2019s Critical Information Requirements) process now and we have discussions about how to remove a behavioral health profile and security clearances,\u201d said Steif.<\/p>\n

The course instructors use a variety of teaching models with the students, including think-pair-share, asking quality questions and role playing to teach the course.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe purpose is to get the Soldiers to think of different strategies they can use when they teach this class at their home unit. There are many different strategies to teach,\u201d said Sgt. 1st Class Jessie Treseler, a suicide prevention instructor and information technology specialist at the 88th Readiness Division. \u201cOne of the strategies I like is role playing because it utilizes a common conversation between two people. Role playing shows how it would happen in real life and how two people react in a conversation. You\u2019re putting two people in an uncomfortable situation. You will remember that feeling a lot stronger and commit it to memory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soldiers, like 1st Lt. Ryan Kang, 327th Military Police Battalion, Arlington Heights, Illinois, will use the training to teach Soldiers the eight-hour course of instruction when they return to their unit.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrowing up, I\u2019ve always been around the team concept. Looking out for others has always been very important for me. Being here, taking care of Soldiers is one reason I became a 42 Bravo (Human Resources Officer),\u201d said Kang. \u201cIt only takes a little bit out of your day to ask about a Soldier. Once you understand a Soldier at a more personal level, you can pick up on the small things that are out of the ordinary for that individual. We\u2019re all here for a greater purpose than ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 \/ 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption \u2013 Two Soldiers work together to complete a training exercise during the three-day Tier 2 Ask Care Escort Suicide Prevention liaison training at Paul G. Schulstad Army Reserve Center in Arlington Heights, Illinois. More than 30 Soldiers, from different commands across the country, participated in the training […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-452413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=452413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":452414,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452413\/revisions\/452414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=452413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=452413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=452413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}