Creating and Implementing Effective Suicide Prevention Practices: Advanced Workshop for Clinicians

Friday June 17th, 2022

8:30am – 12:00pm

Tickets (includes access to 3.5 continuing education credits)

WCPA Members - $35     Non-members- $72.50

This 3.5 hour workshop is designed as a supplement/extension to the full day “Helping Students At Risk for Suicide” training developed in 2018-19 by the workshop leaders. It is intended for school-based and community mental health practitioners, such as school psychologists, social workers, school counselors, clinical psychologists and mental health counselors who have some familiarity with suicide prevention and intervention tools. The workshop will feature updated statistics and recent trends, and will examine suicide prevention and intervention through a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) lens. Specifically, the workshop will focus on universal, targeted and individual interventions, and will touch on such topics as gatekeeper training, creating an inclusive school climate, suicide policy and practice documents, considerations for at-risk groups, individual interventions, and safety planning. The workshop leaders will provide extensive tools and hands-on resources available to NY state practitioners.

Learning Objectives
1. Workshop participants will demonstrate an understanding of statistics and recent trends as it relates to suicide risk for children, adolescents and young adults.

2. Workshop participants will demonstrate an understanding of how effective school climate, inclusiveness and a positive school culture may act an effective deterrent to youth suicide risk.

3. Workshop participants will demonstrate an understanding of possible individual and group factors which may contribute to suicide risk.

4. Workshop participants will demonstrate an understanding of effective assessment tools which may be used to assess potential risk.

Brief Bio:
Pat Breux, RN BSN, is Director of School and Youth Initiatives at the Suicide Prevention Center of New York.  In her role she provides training, and consultation in best practices in suicide prevention, intervention and after suicide death to schools, youth serving organizations and communities across New York State.  Additionally, she works on statewide children’s mental health policy initiatives through partnerships with key education and mental health stakeholders.  She is a Livingworks Education certified ASIST and SafeTALK trainer. She is the developer of Creating Suicide Safety in School Workshop listed on the SPRC/AFSP Best Practices Registry and is co-writer of “A Guide to Suicide Prevention in New York Schools”.   

Mitchell J. Samet, Ph.D. is a NY licensed Psychologist, a former School Psychologist, Adjunct Graduate Professor and a NYASP Board Member. Dr. Samet currently chairs the School and Youth Workgroup for the NYS OMH Suicide Prevention Council, trains extensively in suicide prevention and intervention, and consults with numerous school districts and organizations on this topic. Dr. Samet co-authored A Guide for Suicide Prevention in NY Schools and is a developer and trainer of Helping Students At-Risk for Suicide, an evidenced-based intervention and prevention program which was recently published in NASP’s School Psychology Review.

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Zoom links will be sent to registrants the day before the presentation, the morning of the presentation, 2 hours before the presentation starts, and again 10 minutes before the presentation begins.

Cancellation policy: A full refund will be given if cancellation is made 3 business days before the presentation.

The Westchester Center for Psychological Education is approved by the American Psychological Association and New York State Education Department to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Westchester Center for Psychological Education maintains responsibility for this program and its content.