Title: Understanding suicide and suicide prevention in school. Set up for intervention. 

Description: 
Helping Students at Risk for Suicide (HSAR) is a six-hour professional development workshop, adapted for virtual delivery to run as three 2-hour sessions. HSAR is designed to improve skills, processes, and protocol for helping students at risk for suicide through:

1. Equipping educators with tools, knowledge, and skills to assist students having thoughts of suicide or engaging in suicidal behavior.
2. Understanding the necessity of pre-planning and standardized procedures for safety planning.
3. Identifying the importance of collaboration and shared decision making between school mental health professionals, administrators, community providers, and the student and his or her family in managing students at risk for suicide.
4. Viewing an example of documenting risk of suicide and safety planning.
5. Being prepared to develop and implement standardized procedures in their schools/district that reflect best practice for helping students at risk.

Who should attend? 
School professionals including, psychologists, school counselors, social workers, school administrators who are involved in the helping process when a student may be at risk for suicide, and community mental health providers who work with and in schools. Video and audio capable computer or tablet are required for participation
in this interactive workshop.

Presenter:
Amanda Nickerson, PhD. - Director of Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention, Professor of Counseling at the School and Educational Psychology University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education.

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Title: Intervention with safety planning and safe return to school. Documentation. Safety for caregivers. 

Description: 
Helping Students at Risk for Suicide (HSAR) is a six-hour professional development workshop, adapted for virtual delivery to run as three 2-hour sessions. HSAR is designed to improve skills, processes, and protocol for helping students at risk for suicide through:

1. Equipping educators with tools, knowledge, and skills to assist students having thoughts of suicide or engaging in suicidal behavior.
2. Understanding the necessity of pre-planning and standardized procedures for safety planning.
3. Identifying the importance of collaboration and shared decision making between school mental health professionals, administrators, community providers, and the student and his or her family in managing students at risk for suicide.
4. Viewing an example of documenting risk of suicide and safety planning.
5. Being prepared to develop and implement standardized procedures in their schools/district that reflect best practice for helping students at risk.

Who should attend? 
School professionals including, psychologists, school counselors, social workers, school administrators who are involved in the helping process when a student may be at risk for suicide, and community mental health providers who work with and in schools. Video and audio capable computer or tablet are required for participation
in this interactive workshop.

Presenter:
Amanda Nickerson, PhD. - Director of Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention, Professor of Counseling at the School and Educational Psychology University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education.

Click here to register.

Title: Assessment and Triage in school with the CSSRS. Collaborative intervention and referral.

Description: 
Helping Students at Risk for Suicide (HSAR) is a six-hour professional development workshop, adapted for virtual delivery to run as three 2-hour sessions. HSAR is designed to improve skills, processes, and protocol for helping students at risk for suicide through:

1. Equipping educators with tools, knowledge, and skills to assist students having thoughts of suicide or engaging in suicidal behavior.
2. Understanding the necessity of pre-planning and standardized procedures for safety planning.
3. Identifying the importance of collaboration and shared decision making between school mental health professionals, administrators, community providers, and the student and his or her family in managing students at risk for suicide.
4. Viewing an example of documenting risk of suicide and safety planning.
5. Being prepared to develop and implement standardized procedures in their schools/district that reflect best practice for helping students at risk.

Who should attend? 
School professionals including, psychologists, school counselors, social workers, school administrators who are involved in the helping process when a student may be at risk for suicide, and community mental health providers who work with and in schools. Video and audio capable computer or tablet are required for participation
in this interactive workshop.

Presenter:
Amanda Nickerson, PhD. - Director of Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention, Professor of Counseling at the School and Educational Psychology University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education.

Click here to register.

LGBTQ+ Youth Webinar Series: Creating Safety Plans with LGBTQ+ Youth

LGBTQ+ youth seriously contemplate suicide at almost three times the rate of their heterosexual peers and almost five times as likely to have attempted suicide. We can each play an important role in preventing suicide among LGBTQ+ youth by better understanding root causes of this significant health disparity. LGBTQ+ cultural competence and sensitivity are crucial for professionals working with young people and their families.

Learning Objectives:

1.) Understand when a safety plan is needed.

2.) Learn how to assess a young person's concerns for a variety of situations.

3.) Explore the young person's network of support.

4.) Develop a strong safety plan.

Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-safety-plans-with-lgbtq-youth-tickets-186960633287?keep_tld=1


Presenter:

Dr. Angela Weeks is the Project Director for the National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored Services, Placement Stability, and Permanency for LGBTQ2S Children and Youth in Foster Care. As part of this work, she has helped design, implement, and evaluate 15 different programs and initiatives for LGBTQ+ children, youth, and their families experiencing foster care. She also leads the Center of Excellence for LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity for the Institute for Innovation and Implementation at University of Maryland, School of Social Work.

Title: Understanding suicide and how we frame prevention

Description: 
This six-hour workshop provides exposure to best practices in suicide prevention and assists schools with developing building - and district-wide policies, procedures, and implementation plans for suicide prevention. The workshop provides a planning team – which may include administrators, school health and mental health professionals, school counselors, nurses, and community providers – with an opportunity to develop an action plan via small and large group discussions. Participants receive valuable templates and resources for implementation of their customized action plan. The workshop has been adapted to be offered via Zoom in three two-hour sections.

Who should attend: 
School administrators, school psychologists, social workers, and school counselors
and others involved in prevention initiatives.

Presenter:
Jeanne Randazzo Elmer, MSW, is an independent mental health counselor/consultant who currently provides consultation and trainings to meet the needs of agencies, school districts, and communities in the areas of emotional health, suicide prevention/intervention/ postvention. Jeanne is a Region Leader in school-based professional development for the Suicide Prevention Center of New York.

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Title: Model for school suicide - assessing your school’s strengths and needs 

Description: 
This six-hour workshop provides exposure to best practices in suicide prevention and assists schools with developing building - and district-wide policies, procedures, and implementation plans for suicide prevention. The workshop provides a planning team – which may include administrators, school health and mental health professionals, school counselors, nurses, and community providers – with an opportunity to develop an action plan via small and large group discussions. Participants receive valuable templates and resources for implementation of their customized action plan. The workshop has been adapted to be offered via Zoom in three two-hour sections.

Who should attend: 
School administrators, school psychologists, social workers, and school counselors
and others involved in prevention initiatives.

Presenter:
Jeanne Randazzo Elmer, MSW, is an independent mental health counselor/consultant who currently provides consultation and trainings to meet the needs of agencies, school districts, and communities in the areas of emotional health, suicide prevention/intervention/ postvention. Jeanne is a Region Leader in school-based professional development for the Suicide Prevention Center of New York.

Click here to register. 

Title: Creating An Implementation Plan 

Description: 
This six-hour workshop provides exposure to best practices in suicide prevention and assists schools with developing building - and district-wide policies, procedures, and implementation plans for suicide prevention. The workshop provides a planning team – which may include administrators, school health and mental health professionals, school counselors, nurses, and community providers – with an opportunity to develop an action plan via small and large group discussions. Participants receive valuable templates and resources for implementation of their customized action plan. The workshop has been adapted to be offered via Zoom in three two-hour sections.

Who should attend: 
School administrators, school psychologists, social workers, and school counselors
and others involved in prevention initiatives.

Presenter:
Jeanne Randazzo Elmer, MSW, is an independent mental health counselor/consultant who currently provides consultation and trainings to meet the needs of agencies, school districts, and communities in the areas of emotional health, suicide prevention/intervention/ postvention. Jeanne is a Region Leader in school-based professional development for the Suicide Prevention Center of New York.

Click here to register. 

Drew Anderson, Ph.D., FF/EMT, Associate Professor of Psychology at SUNY Albany will provide reasons why we see more behavioral/mental health issues in first responders, describe protective factors that boost behavioral/mental health wellness, and describe possible ways to help first responders struggling with behavioral/mental health issues.

The intended audience for this webinar are law enforcement and corrections officers.

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Drew Anderson, Ph.D., FF/EMT, Associate Professor of Psychology at SUNY Albany will provide reasons why we see more behavioral/mental health issues in first responders, describe protective factors that boost behavioral/mental health wellness, and describe possible ways to help first responders struggling with behavioral/mental health issues. 

The intended audience for this webinar are law enforcement and corrections officers.

Click here to register.