WHAT WE DO
Together we can create a world with fewer suicides
At PROSPER, we believe in a future where every individual has the strength, support and resources to overcome life’s darkest moments.
United in our mission to prevent suicide globally, we collaborate with communities, governments, leaders, law enforcement, and healthcare organizations to reduce systemic risk.
CHANGING LIVES
How We Help You PROSPER
Our mission
To reduce suicide risk in communities through strength-based, culturally consistent education, empowerment, and community engagement.
Our approach
While implementing prevention, intervention, and postvention, we unite communities by focusing on their shared culture and values. Effective suicide prevention is not a one-size-fits-all process; we must build trust and empower people, meeting them where they are—not where we want them to be.
Our communities
PROSPER is a global coalition spanning cultures and nations, dedicated to suicide risk reduction through strength-based, culturally responsive education. We are committed to long-term community engagement and empowerment, fostering a world where life is valued and community bonds are strong.
About Dr. Kent Corso
With Kent's leadership, we're putting these principles into action, empowering communities to foster connectedness and proactive change. Our methods are tailored to meet the unique needs of each community, implementing our goal to make life worth living for everyone.
Who we partner with
Non-profit organizations and foundations
Many of our partners are non-profit organizations who have secured government grants to improve rural mental health, including suicide prevention, care coordination, opioid use disorders or youth mental health. We provide them technical assistance and workforce development in various formats including podcast series, pre-recorded webinars, live webinars and training.
Health and mental health organizations
We partner with various health organizations to enhance clinician competence, confidence, and comfort across disciplines, such as medicine, nursine, mental health, occupational therapy and applied behavior analysis. Our support includes revising policies to better the care quality for distressed patients and their families, leading to more patient-centered care, an empowered workforce, and reduced patient risk.
Governmental organizations and partners
In North America, we assist U.S. and Canadian governments in adopting risk reduction strategies with effective resource allocation, policies and metrics. Focused on populations such as those with intellectual disabilities, First Nations, veterans, and law enforcement, our methods have reduced suicides by 47% in two years within military and law enforcement, and 50% in rural communities.
What folks are saying about us
Enhanced competence
"I attended the PROSPER training led by Kent Corso and it's the best I've experienced. As a licensed mental health provider, I now confidently use current best practices in suicide risk assessment. It’s empowered me to provide person-centered care effectively, and I've recommended it to all my colleagues."
Licensed Clinical Therapist
Empowered care
"The PROSPER seminar was invaluable for my role as a primary care provider. I immediately applied the skills with noticeable ease. This training should be mandatory for all in primary care, truly enhancing our competence in suicide intervention."
General Practitioner
Turning point
"PROSPER's training has been pivotal for my work as a first responder. The content and delivery were exceptional, equipping me with crucial skills for handling critical situations in the field with confidence and care."
Emergency responder
FAQ.
Our programs apply the contemporary suicidology research to deliver practical solutions for professionals, patients, community members, and policy-makers who wish to reduce suicide risk proactively. Because suicide is influenced by culture, these solutions must fit the culture of the patient and community. No other suicide prevention, intervention and postvention program leverage culture and values to motivate system change. The technology of applied behavior analysis and methods of organizational behavior management are instrumental in helping communities engage and evolve. Our solutions are engineered for easy implementation, helping us accelerate the translation of science to practice.
Our programs serve the diversity of community members including policy and decision makers, elected officials, business owners, clinicians, educators, and community members. This includes youths ages 12 and older, as PROSPER delivers upstream prevention information, as well as intervention and postvention training.
The programs above are long-standing and essential for helpers and others and serves as a critical foundation for those seeking to engage in gatekeeper programs and behavior. PROSPER is the next step forward once an organization or community has mastered the basics of gatekeeper strategies.
Our methods employ the last forty years of suicidology research using a population health approach. But one size does not fit all. We integrate the results of multiple scientific approaches producing a robust and multi-faceted approach to community suicide prevention. We have empowered patients, fostered connectedness in communities, and spurred community engagement according to the community’s values across North America, Asia, New Zealand and Europe yielding as high as 50% reductions in suicides in some communities
Anyone can take the learning modules listed on this learning platform. In person training is also offered for communities and organizations seeking the most contemporary suicide management strategies. Please contact us at [email protected] to arrange a training
Our methods employ the last forty years of suicidology research using a population health approach. But one size does not fit all. We integrate the results of multiple scientific approaches producing a robust and multi-faceted approach to community suicide prevention. We have empowered patients, fostered connectedness in communities, and spurred community engagement according to the community’s values across North America, Asia, New Zealand and Europe yielding as high as 50% reductions in suicides in some communities.
Yes, we provide workshops, keynote addresses, presentations and talks at a variety of professional events and meetings. These include association meetings, government meetings and sessions, and conferences. Please contact us at [email protected] to discuss further
If your culture or community is not listed on this site, we suggest you review the resources under “United Kingdom” or “North America” as many of the needs are across these cultures. If these cultures are not similar to yours, we would love to work with you. We enjoy serving diverse communities and expect our list of additional communities to grow overtime. If we are not familiar with your community, we will develop curriculum tailored to your needs, guided by the suicidology research. Please contact us at [email protected] to discuss further
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