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Raleigh, NC
June 8, 2020
9:00 am - 3:30 pm N.C. Rural Economic Development Center
4021 Carya Dr.
Raleigh, North Carolina 27610
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Atlanta, GA
July 29, 2020
9:00 am - 3:30 pm CHRIS 180
1030 Fayetteville Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30316
Registration 8:30 – 9:00 am for all events
5 CE hours NASW NC endorsed
Course Designed For:
- Licensed Clinical Social Workers
- Licensed Professional Counselors
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
- Psychologists
- Other mental health professionals interested in the topic
All attendees are encouraged to review continuing education requirements with their regulatory board.
Course Description
Effectively responding to suicide risk supports patients in maintaining safety and can build trust in the therapeutic relationship. Join us and connect with current trends, assessment tools, safety planning and practice protocols that will build your knowledge, comfort and confidence in responding to suicide risk. Register today and come learn with us!
Outline:
- What is suicidal behavior?
- Special population considerations: veterans, LGBTQIA, indigenous peoples, teenagers, older adults
- Cultural stigma
- Language matters, understand current terminology
- Facts versus myths
- Risk factors
- Protective factors
- Self harm behavior
- Responding to suicidal risk
- Assessment tools
- Patient management
- Collaborative safety planning
- Lethal means reduction/sanitizing the environment
- Documentation
- Evidence-based interventions
- Responding to the needs of the suicide bereaved
- Supporting survivors of suicide
- Community initiatives
- Social media safety
- Gatekeeper trainings
- State and national resources
Skill Development
- Utilization of assessment tools
- Facilitation of collaborative safety planning
- Case reviews