Part 1 of 2: Self-Harm and Suicide Awareness and Prevention in Childhood and Early Adolescence

 

Part 1: Self-Harm and Suicide Awareness and Prevention in Childhood and Early Adolescence

 

The Pacific Southwest MHTTC team provides the mental health and school mental health workforces with evidence-informed practices and strategies to inform their work in the field. Rates of reported suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children are rising, elevating the need for up-to-date information to ensure educators are prepared to respond in the best possible way.  Our goal is to raise awareness of STBs and provide elementary school personnel, including school leaders, classroom teachers, and trained school-based mental health staff, with critical knowledge and resources to help them recognize and assess the warning signs of STBs. To help them respond in such a way that harm may be reduced and children are kept safe, the Pacific Southwest team designed and published Self-Harm and Suicide Awareness and Prevention in Childhood and Early Adolescence: A Resource for Elementary School Educators and School-Based Professionals (March, 2023). 

 

Join us in Part 1 of this series, with the authors of the guide, Dr. Meagan O’Malley, Frances Marion, LCSW and Jessica Palacio, LCSW. This workshop will walk school and mental health providers through the guide and include exercises and common scenarios to support optimum use of the resource. By exploring the guide with professionals in a peer network, we can be ready and responsive, and help cultivate STBs prevention and greater awareness in serving our young children.

 

During this 90-minute, interactive webinar, educators will learn about the unique considerations for preventing, recognizing, and responding to suicide risk in elementary- age children.  Using vignettes, participants will gain experience recognizing risk factors and warning signs of suicide in young children; practice developmentally appropriate assessment strategies; and explore tiered, school-based approaches to prevention and intervention.

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Gain a deeper understanding of the risk factors and warning signs of suicide in elementary age children.
  • Explore the protective factors against suicide, as well as tiered, school-based approaches to prevention and intervention.
  • Learn strategies to communicate with parents/caregivers of elementary age children at risk for suicide.

 

 

Who is this workshop for?

  • Mental health and school mental health providers (e.g., therapists, social workers, peer support professionals)
  • Supervisors, managers, directors, administrators, and leadership of school and mental health organizations and agencies
  • Technical assistance providers, coaches, consultants
Starts: Apr. 18, 2023 3:00 pm
Ends: Apr. 18, 2023 4:30 pm
Timezone:
US/Pacific
Registration Deadline
April 18, 2023
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