YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION: RISK ASSESSMENT & SAFETY PLANNING (FOR WJCS STAFF ONLY)

Date:  1/23/24       Time:   9:00-10:30 a.m.                

 Enrollment Limited To: 20         Contact Hrs: 1.5          CEUs:  1.5 

This training will provide a brief overview of suicidality among youth, with a focus on evidence-based suicide risk assessment and safety planning. This training with discuss the risk and protective factors that may increase or reduce risk in youth, the challenges of assessing risk of suicide, and introduce interventions that may be useful in addressing suicidal thoughts and behaviors in treatment.  

 Method:  Lecture & discussion 

Learning Objectives:  

• Learn about suicide risk in youth 
• Evaluate risk and protective factors that may increase or reduce risk in youth 
• Understand clinical considerations of administering the Columbia Suicide Severity Scale and Safety Plan Template  
• Identify evidence-based suicide interventions  

 Instructor: Samantha Jay Title, M.A is currently a psychology Fellow at WJCS and Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County  

 Location:  Live via zoom 

Westchester Jewish Community Services is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0101, and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW0067. 

Please note:  To receive CE credits, one must attend the entirety of the class. Partial credit will not be awarded to those who attend only a portion of the class.  Therefore, late arrival or an early departure of greater than 10 minutes constitutes not attending a class in its entirety. To document attendance, participants must sign in and out of the class and complete an evaluation at the end of each class. 

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