Sessions
Session 2 - Breakout 4: QPR: Suicide Prevention (Heather Pelser)
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Sat
Heather Pelser is the Suicide Prevention Coordinator for Pueblo County. Heather worked for ten years in the child welfare system in El Paso County where she lost a teenage client to suicide. Heather was hired as the Youth Suicide Prevention Coordinator for El Paso and Pueblo Counties in June 2018 and now oversees all suicide prevention efforts in Pueblo County. She is involved in many state and local suicide prevention initiatives and has provided QPR training to over 800 professionals and community members. She is a parent to two teenagers, one of which lost his best friend to suicide.