Please note: Seminars are scheduled in anticipation of the state of Maryland lifting the COVID-19 restrictions. Safe distancing guidelines may limit the number of attendees.

Youth Suicide Intervention Strategies

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

8:30 am - 11:45 am 

(8:00 am: Check-in & Continental Breakfast)

Beaver Creek Country Club

9535 Mapleville Rd, Hagerstown, MD 21740

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This training will focus on a multi-tiered approach to suicide prevention, ranging from early identification to interventions for youth. Discussion will include an overview of current data and empirical literature on prevention strategies and assessment tools. Attendees will learn how to effectively implement safety planning and other techniques specific to suicidal clients.

 At the conclusion of the program, participants should be able to:

• Discuss current data on youth suicide and the empirical literature on suicide screening as a prevention strategy
• Explain how to effectively administer the Ask Suicide-screening Questions (ASQ)
• Learn current, best practices for the essential domains of suicide risk assessment, including the Columbia Rating System
• Conduct safety planning and means restriction
• Use specific CBT techniques for assessment/intervention with suicidal clients

Featuring:

Mary F. Cwik, PhD is a licensed psychologist and associate scientist at the Center for American Indian Health in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. She has a joint appointment in psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Cwik has conducted research in suicide, substance use and trauma, focusing on preventing Native American mental health disparities for the past 10 years. Mary has expertise in developing mental health interventions for different cultural contexts as well as screening and surveillance tools (APACHE model recognized by SAMHSA). She is currently working on, in addition to others, a SAMHSA Maryland suicide prevention grant.

Professional Continuing Education Credits:

An important message about Continuing Education Credits:  Brook Lane seminars are approved for continuing education credits as an entire event.  PARTIAL CREDIT WILL NOT BE AWARDED. To assure that you receive continuing education credit, you must be on time and complete the entire seminar.

Counselors/Therapists:  Brook Lane Health Services has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP TM) # 5452. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Brook Lane solely is responsible for all aspects of the program.  This program will provide 3 clock hours; partial credit will not be awarded.

Social Workers:  Brook Lane Health Services is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland. This program will provide 3.0 credit hours of Category I continuing education; partial credit will not be awarded.   

Psychologists:  The Maryland State Board of Examiners for Psychologists will accept continuing education hours provided by Brook Lane, an approved CE sponsor by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners.

Other Healthcare Professionals and Attendees:  A certificate of completion noting the number of educational/contact hours will be provided for other disciplines to allow attendees to apply for CE credit as an individual.

 Seminar Fee:  $ 79.00  (includes continental breakfast and CEUs)

CANCELLATION POLICY:  A $10 processing fee will apply. To receive a refund, cancellations must be made in writing and received no later than one week prior to the seminar. No refunds/credits will be made after the one-week date or for no shows on the day of the program.

Attention Brook Lane Staff Members:  If you registered online, it is your responsibility to complete the process by submitting a yellow TRAINING REQUEST FORM to your supervisor for approval and signature.  A copy of the full program description & learning objectives must be attached to the yellow Training Request Form. This documentation becomes apart of your HR training file.