Theme: “Linking Together a Chain of Care: The Pennsylvania Model of Youth Suicide Prevention”
Watch the morning session, featuring an update on the status of the National Suicide Prevention Plan, ten years later, and a report on the completion of the three-year Garrett Lee Smith grant project in Lackawanna, Luzerne and Schuylkill Counties and the beginning of a new grant project in eight additional counties in the Southeast and Southwest.
Handouts from morning sessions:
Update on Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention in Primary Care Grant
Update from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
VIDEO: Ethical and Legal Issues in the Treatment of Suicidal Youth, by Lanny Berman, Ph.D.
Part 1
Part 2
Slideshow from symposium
Handouts from two afternoon sessions:
Ethical and Legal Issues in the Treatment of Suicidal Youth, by Lanny Berman, Ph.D.
Attachment-based Therapy for Youth Who Are Suicidal, by Guy Diamond, Ph.D.
Training Resources from the Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention in Primary Care Grant Project
Assessment and Clinical Management of Suicidal Youth, by David A. Brent, M.D., STAR-Center, Pittsburgh; Garrett Lee Smith Webinar, October 6, 2011. (Warning: the webinar may take awhile to load). Through the University of Pittsburgh Office of Education and Regional Programming, we are pleased to be able to offer two hours of continuing education credits for this webcast (Act 48, CADC, CPRP, NBCC, PCHA, Psychologist, Social Work).
Suicidal Risk in Adolescents: Assessment and Treatment, originally presented May 21, 2009 (sponsored by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics)
General Suicide Prevention Training Resources
Adolescent Suicide Risk Assessment: Free online course available from the Pediatric Nurse Practitioners; discusses the roles clinicians have in the prevention of suicide and provides the needed skills to perform suicide risk assessments (scroll to link under "Mental Health"). This course was developed [in part] under grant number 1 SM058386-01 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The views, policies, and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of SAMHSA or HHS .
Suicide Prevention Online Training, Suicide Prevention Resource Center: Our mission is to train service providers, educators, health professionals, public officials, and community-based coalitions to develop effective suicide prevention programs and policies. All courses are available free of charge and can be completed at your own pace. Topics:
1. Counseling on Access to Lethal Means
2. Choosing and Implementing a Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Program
3. Locating, Understanding and Presenting Youth Suicide Data
4. Planning and Evaluation for Youth Suicide Prevention
5. The Research Evidence for Suicide as a Preventable Public Health Issue
Online Training from the American Association of Suicidology: For mental health clinicians interested in clinical skills for suicide prevention; access to a unique competency-based continuing education training program.
Online Workshops from the National Center for Suicide Prevention Training (NCSPT): In 2001, the Harvard Injury Control Research Center (HICRC) and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) launched the NCSPT with funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau. NCSPT provides educational resources to help public officials, service providers, and community-based coalitions develop effective suicide prevention programs and policies. Four self-paced online workshops are available, free of charge. Participants can receive continuing education credits awarded by several professional associations or certificates of completions. Registration information.
Comparison table of suicide prevention gatekeeper training programs
SPRC has released a revised and updated matrix of suicide prevention gatekeeper training programs. The matrix provides a comparison table of nine programs that are listed and described in the SPRC/AFSP Best Practices Registry. By reading the matrix online, viewers are able to click on the title of each program to read more information about it.
Suicide Prevention among LGBT Youth: A Workshop for Professionals Who Serve Youth, Suicide Prevention Resource Center (2010). Free workshop kit to help staff in schools, youth-serving organizations, and suicide prevention programs take action to reduce suicidal behavior among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth. Materials can be personalized to fit your context.
Webinars available from TeenScreen National Center for Mental Health Checkups, Columbia University (archived)
Webinars available from Well Aware, a comprehensive, multi-platform strategic communications program to help school leaders better understand the link between academic outcomes, emotional wellbeing of students and suicide prevention. Well Aware is a project of the PDV Foundation which seeks to advance suicide prevention through strategic communications.
The Pennsylvania Suicide Prevention Initiative is a Public/Private Ongoing Collaborative including: Survivors of Suicide, Statewide & Regional Representatives from Departments of Public Welfare, Health, Education, and Aging, Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission, County MH/MR Administrators Association and several county programs, County CASSP Coordinators, American Trauma Society, The STAR Center, PA Child Death Review Team, PA Protection and Advocacy, PA Psychiatric Society, PA Association of School Social Workers, NAMI of PA, Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Mental Health Association of PA, PIN of PA, PA Del Val NAPNAP, a County Medical Examiner, a City Health Bureau, a State University, a Behavioral Health MCO, Common Roads, Juvenile Detention Center Association of PA, Pennsylvania Community Providers Association, Pennsylvania Council on Children, Youth, and Family Services, Providers and Student Assistance Program Trainers, School Districts, Yellow Ribbon Chapters, Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council, multiple county task forces and other grassroots organizations.
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