The California School-Based Health Alliance and is proud to announce the fourth session in our School-Based Mental Health Best Practices Training Series for educators, clinicians, school-based health providers, and other professionals working with young people in the Central Valley.
Please join us for the workshop, Suicide Assessment & Intervention in School Settings.
When
Wednesday, December 4, 1-4 PM.
Where
Henry Madden Library, Room 2206
California State University, Fresno
5200 N Barton Ave
Fresno, CA 93740
Training and parking are FREE; CEUs available for $25 (3 hours).
Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Workshop Description:
Cristina Rita, MA, Crisis Support Services of Alameda County
This workshop is geared towards those working in an education environment that would be responsible for working with an adolescent/child at risk for suicide.
The workshop uses a combination of teaching methods including didactic work, lecture, and discussion. The workshop will encourage participates to explore their own feelings towards suicide and suicidal adolescents and children. It will address common myths and perceptions about suicide and suicidal behavior in children and adolescents.
The workshop will cover suicide statistics, trauma, and suicide theory with an emphasis on Thomas Joiners model: The Interpersonal Theory of Suicide. Risk factors, warning signs and protective factors will be discussed. Participants will learn how to understand the combination of risk factors, warning signs and protective factors that can increase suicide risk. Participants will learn methods of suicide risk assessment and will be introduced to screening tools that aid in determining suicide risk. Emphasis will be placed on how to ask about suicidal thoughts and behaviors, how to talk about suicide and how to conduct a risk assessment. Questions for risk assessment will be handed out during the workshop for participants to take home.
Safety planning will be introduced using Stanley & Browns Safety Planning Template. Safety planning is a Best Practice tool that should be used with all suicidal children and adolescents. Safety Planning with young children should include the family or caregivers. Safety Planning Apps will be introduced and discussed.
Participants will work through a case study and use role-play and video clips to gain further understanding and application of new skills. The goals of this workshop are to increase therapist comfort in discussing suicide with children, adolescents and their parents or other caregivers and to increase their capacity to better assess the suicide risk that a child or adolescent may have.
Please contact Heather Berg at heberg@mail.fresnostate.edu if you have questions.