Workshop Title: 

Assessment & Management of Suicide Risk for School-Based Professionals

Description: 

Helping Students at Risk for Suicide (HSAR) is a six-hour professional development workshop, adapted for virtual delivery in three 2-hour sessions. The workshop was developed through a collaboration of the NYSASP, SPCNY and Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention and is offered in partnership with the Catskill Regional Teacher Center.   HSAR is designed to improve skills, processes, and protocol for helping students at risk for suicide through:

-Equipping educators with tools, knowledge, and skills to assist students having thoughts of suicide or engaging in suicidal behavior

-Understanding the necessity of pre-planning and standardized procedures for safety planning

-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

-Viewing an example of documenting risk of suicide and safety planning

-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.

Click the link below to register:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/march-3-4-helping-students-at-risk-ocm-boces-tickets-140414530641  

About the Presenters:

Pat Breux, RN, BSN, is the Director of Youth and School Initiatives at the Suicide Prevention Center of New York.

Workshop Title: 

Assessment & Management of Suicide Risk for School-Based Professionals

Description: 

Helping Students at Risk for Suicide (HSAR) is a six-hour professional development workshop, adapted for virtual delivery in three 2-hour sessions. The workshop was developed through a collaboration of the NYSASP, SPCNY and Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention and is offered in partnership with the Catskill Regional Teacher Center.   HSAR is designed to improve skills, processes, and protocol for helping students at risk for suicide through:

-Equipping educators with tools, knowledge, and skills to assist students having thoughts of suicide or engaging in suicidal behavior

-Understanding the necessity of pre-planning and standardized procedures for safety planning

-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

-Viewing an example of documenting risk of suicide and safety planning

-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.

Click the link below to register (you do not have to reregister if you've registered for Part I):

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/march-3-4-helping-students-at-risk-ocm-boces-tickets-140414530641  

About the Presenters:

Pat Breux, RN, BSN, is the Director of Youth and School Initiatives at the Suicide Prevention Center of New York.

Workshop Title: 

Assessment & Management of Suicide Risk for School-Based Professionals

Description: 

Helping Students at Risk for Suicide (HSAR) is a six-hour professional development workshop, adapted for virtual delivery in three 2-hour sessions. The workshop was developed through a collaboration of the NYSASP, SPCNY and Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention and is offered in partnership with the Catskill Regional Teacher Center.   HSAR is designed to improve skills, processes, and protocol for helping students at risk for suicide through:

-Equipping educators with tools, knowledge, and skills to assist students having thoughts of suicide or engaging in suicidal behavior

-Understanding the necessity of pre-planning and standardized procedures for safety planning

-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

-Viewing an example of documenting risk of suicide and safety planning

-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.

Click the link below to register (you do not have to reregister if you've registered for Part I):

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/march-3-4-helping-students-at-risk-ocm-boces-tickets-140414530641  

About the Presenters:

Pat Breux, RN, BSN, is the Director of Youth and School Initiatives at the Suicide Prevention Center of New York.

Suicide Prevention and the Corrections Workforce

The NYS Office of Mental Health - Suicide Prevention Office, is hosting an upcoming webinar in an ongoing series of presentations being coordinated by the NYS Helping Those Who Help Others Steering Committee.

The panel will discuss the unique nature of stressors within the corrections workforce, similarities to other helping professionals, and the barriers/opportunities to prevention efforts.

 Guest Panelists:

- Maureen Morrison - CNYPC Director of Suicide Prevention, Office of Mental Health

- Tracie Strabel - CBO Acting Director of Social Work, Office of Mental Health / CNYPC

- Bryan Hilton - Associate Commissioner for New York State Department of Corrections  and   Community Supervision

- Timothy Whitcomb - Cattaraugus County Sheriff

Click here to register. If you're interested in learning more about this committee please contact Garra Lloyd-Lester (garra.lloyd-lester@omh.ny.gov).

This Train-the-Trainer workshop is designedto certify staff education professionals as a Suicide Safety for School Staff(SST) Trainer. SST is a program of the Suicide Prevention Center of New York(SPC-NY).  Upon successful completion of the workshop, the individual willbe certified to facilitate a 60 to 90 minute in-person or virtual training thatis designed to:

1.) Review the importance of suicideprevention in schools

2.) Describe the characteristics ofan “at risk” student

3.) Outline a school staff member’scritical but limited role and clarify a building level referral process

4.) Provide information aboutcommunity resources 

View the attached document for more information and click here to RSVP. 

See the attached document for more information about the workshop and to register. If you've already registered for Part I, you do not have to reregister.

See the attached document for more information about the workshop and to register. If you've already registered for Part I and Part II, you do not have to reregister.

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.

Click here to register.  

See the attached document for details. If you've already registered for Part I, you do not have to reregister.

See the attached document for details. If you've already registered for Part I and Part II, you do not have to reregister.

Suicide Prevention and Resilience Training Programs for Police

The NYS Office of Mental Health- Suicide Prevention Office is hosting an upcoming webinar in an ongoing series of presentations being coordinated by the NYS Helping Those Who Help Others Steering Committee.

The presentation will provide an overview of the SAFER suicide prevention program developed by Police Organization Providing Peer Assistance (POPPA) and the Helping Every Responder Overcome Resilience (HERO-R) Program developed by The Ulster County Sheriff’s Office and MCAT-MHACG Inc.

Presenters:

- Katie Oldakowski- Director Mobile Crisis Assessment Team Mental Health Association Columbia Greene Counties

- Officer George Hill- Ulster County Sheriff's Office

- John Petrullo- Executive Director at POPPA (Police Organization Providing Peer Assistance)

This meeting is closed to the public. If you're interested in learning more about this committee please contact Garra Lloyd-Lester (garra.lloyd-lester@omh.ny.gov).