PROJECT-SPECIFIC TRAINING

• For trainings required by the Assess, Intervene, and Monitor for Suicide Prevention (AIM-SP)/PSYCKES Suicide Prevention CQI Project in outpatient behavioral health clinics, click here.
• For trainings required by the New Yorkers Advancing Suicide-Safer Care (NYASSC)/AIM for Zero Project in inpatient, CPEP, and outpatient mental health and substance use disorder facilities, click here.
• For trainings required by the GLS/New Yorkers Advancing Suicide-Safer Care for Youth (NYASSC) in youth-serving inpatient, CPEP, outpatient mental health and substance use disorder facilities, school-based mental health clinics, and school-based health centers, click here.

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MODULES

 Assessment of Suicidal Risk Using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) ©2013 - Original Introduction Module – Module (45 min)

AIM model components covered: Assess

CE credits offered: None 

Required training: No

Instructions: No pre- or post-training survey is required to receive a certificate of completion. This training does not offer continuing education credits.  

Description: The Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) was developed to assist practitioners and others to better identify people at suicide risk. This module introduces the C-SSRS, discusses its importance, and provides information about its structure. In addition, the learner is provided with detailed instructions concerning the administration of the scale.

 The Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS): A Tool to Detect and Assess Suicidal Risk ©2021 – New Revised Module – Module (1.25 hr)

AIM model components covered: Assess

CE credits offered: CASAC, SW, LMHC, Psychology & CME. 

Required training: No

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.  

Description: The Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS): A Tool to Detect and Assess Suicidal Risk is a 1.25 hour-long training module demonstrating how to utilize the C-SSRS: a standardized suicide screening and risk-assessment tool. Employing video vignettes, animation, interactive activities, and instruction, this module illustrates how to use both the C-SSRS screener and full-version and reviews the rationale behind using evidence-based practices and forms when gauging a client’s suicide risk-level. Throughout, learners will practice scoring the C-SSRS in response to video vignettes. Beyond presenting the C-SSRS in action, these scenarios will also exhibit methods of maintaining rapport with clients when using the tool and how to adapt the clinical approach for youth and clients with psychosis symptomatology. By the course’s conclusion learners will be able to confidently apply the C-SSRS in real-world encounters and use C-SSRS scores to inform treatment and triage decisions.

 Comprehensive Suicide Risk Assessment – Module (45 min)

AIM model components covered: Assess

CE credits offered: CASAC & CME. If you are a social worker or licensed mental health counselor and would like to receive SW or LMHC continuing education credits, please consider taking the Suicide Screening and Risk Assessment combined course.

Required training: Required for all clinical staff participating in the Assess, Intervene, & Monitor for Suicide Prevention (AIM-SP)/PSYCKES Suicide Prevention CQI, New Yorkers Advancing Suicide-Safer Care (NYASSC)/AIM for Zero, and GLS/New Yorkers Advancing Suicide-Safer Care for Youth (NYASSC-Y) projects

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits. 

Description: The Suicide Risk Assessment training provides guidance and a framework for mental health providers to conduct a comprehensive assessment of suicidal risk that informs triage decisions and recommendations for effective prevention and intervention. The online module training is a half hour training which consists of didactics, video interviews to illustrate the didactics, interactive testing of knowledge interspersed throughout the course, summary of case profile, evaluation. The didactics training reviews 7 categories of risk factors, types of risk factors including longstanding chronic distal risk factors and more imminent, proximal risk factors and warning signs, as well as protective factors. The instructional aspects of the training include a framework for weighing risk factors and protective factors, with the use of a videotaped case to illustrate how to conduct the risk assessment interview to obtain information about and prioritize distal and proximal risk factors, warning signs and protective factors and developing a risk/protective factor profile. Instruction also includes how to utilize this profile to assign a level of risk to determine the most appropriate level of care. The case example also illustrates applying the risk profile and level to the development of a risk formulation that can aid in documentation. 

 Safety Planning Intervention for Suicide Prevention ©2023 – Module (1 hr)

AIM model components covered: Intervene

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, CASAC, & CME 

Required training: Required for all clinical staff participating in the Assess, Intervene, & Monitor for Suicide Prevention (AIM-SP)/PSYCKES Suicide Prevention CQI, New Yorkers Advancing Suicide-Safer Care (NYASSC)/AIM for Zero, and GLS/New Yorkers Advancing Suicide-Safer Care for Youth (NYASSC-Y) projects

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits. 

Description: This module will provide clinicians guidance on all components of the Safety Planning Intervention (SPI) including obtaining a crisis narrative, providing psychoeducation on suicide risk, describing the rationale for safety planning and introducing the safety plan form, collaboratively creating a safety plan including addressing barriers to each step, reviewing the safety plan and troubleshooting obstacles to implementation, and following up on safety plan use and utility. Additional topics include how to ensure that client responses for each step are specific, realistic, and adaptive including providing learners with prompts they can use to make these inquiries with clients. The module will also cover important adaptations for working with diverse populations, youth, and individuals experiencing psychosis. This training aims to provide an overview of how to provide the Safety Planning Intervention.

 Means Reduction Counseling for Suicidal Individuals - Module (1 hr)

AIM model components covered: Intervene

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, CASAC, CME, & Psychology 

Required training: Required for all clinical staff participating in the New Yorkers Advancing Suicide-Safer Care (NYASSC)/AIM for Zero and GLS/New Yorkers Advancing Suicide-Safer Care for Youth (NYASSC-Y) projects

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits. 

Description: This module demonstrates the importance of and shows clinicians techniques for collaborating with their suicidal client to reduce their access to the methods they are likely to use in a suicide attempt. The aim of this course is to provide clinicians with strategies for implementing means reduction counseling and to understand its importance as part of overall safety planning for suicidal individuals.

 Structured Follow-Up and Monitoring for Suicidal Individuals – Module (30 min)

AIM model components covered: Monitor

CE credits offered: CASAC & CME. If you are a social worker or licensed mental health counselor and would like to receive SW or LMHC continuing education credits, please consider taking the Intervention and Monitoring with Suicidal Individuals combined course.

Required training: Required for all staff completing follow-up monitoring calls in the New Yorkers Advancing Suicide-Safer Care (NYASSC)/AIM for Zero and GLS/New Yorkers Advancing Suicide-Safer Care for Youth (NYASSC-Y) projects

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits. 

Description: This training module demonstrates how to provide structured follow-up and monitoring for individuals after a crisis and it will describe how to maintain telephone contact with suicidal individuals during the time of transition from an emergency visit, increased suicide ideation, or for a suicide attempt. After completing this module, you will have the information you need to describe what follow-up and monitoring is and how it can help suicidal individuals, determine when to use this intervention, describe the typical procedure, identify barriers to getting treatment and select appropriate solutions, and identify additional resources.

 Optimizing Clinical Care for Suicidal Individuals – Module (1 hr)

AIM model components covered: All

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, CASAC, CME & Psychology

Required training: No

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.

Description: A one-hour interactive course, this self-instructional video presents guidelines on assessment, intervention and monitoring of suicidal patients through demonstration of a therapy session with a suicidal patient and didactic commentary on the clinical strategies illustrated. The module begins by addressing the anxiety that often surrounds managing suicidal patients; emphasizing, through a clinician’s testimonial, that the anxiety often emanates from uncertainty about what to do once a patient’s suicide risk emerges. The module suggests a mindset and approach with which to prevent this anxiety from intruding on the work, the 3Cs: calm, concern and collaboration. Through the case example, the module highlights a clinician’s use of the 3Cs and didactic narration offers tips for using them. Harkening back to the case example, the module goes on to introduce the Assess, Intervene and Monitor model for suicide prevention. Case demonstration and narrative commentary alternate to explain the use of each evidence based technique the model encompasses. Throughout the module, prompts, knowledge checks, auditory and visual communication styles are used to make the ideas presented clear, learnable and engaging.

 Engaging Families and Social Supports in Working with Suicidal Individuals – Module (1 hr)

AIM model components covered: All

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, CASAC, CME, & Psychology

Required training: Required for all clinical staff participating in the New Yorkers Advancing Suicide-Safer Care (NYASSC)/AIM for Zero and GLS/New Yorkers Advancing Suicide-Safer Care for Youth (NYASSC-Y) projects

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits. 

Description: This course is designed for mental health physicians (psychiatrists) and other mental health care professionals (e.g., nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, licensed social workers, credentialed drug/alcohol counselors, licensed mental health counselors) who work with patients who are at an elevated risk for suicide. This module will aid practitioners working with suicidal patients to consider and understand the value of family support. In this course, we'll discuss ways in which clinicians can collaborate with suicidal individuals in involving family members and friends when possible.

 Suicide is Everyone's Business – Module (20 min)

AIM model components covered: All

CE credits offered: None

Required training: No

Instructions: No pre- or post-training survey is required to receive a certificate of completion. This training does not offer continuing education credits.

Description: Suicide is now the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. Here in New York State, we are continually striving to prevent suicide, and have developed this video to inform employees across the state how to recognize, respond to and refer individuals at risk for suicide. This 20- minute video illustrates how all of us can learn to recognize the warning signs for suicide in people we know, have just met, or in ourselves. While the topic of suicide can be uncomfortable to discuss, once we recognize the signs, we can learn how to reach out and respond, as well as refer people for help. We all have a role to play in preventing suicide.

 Suicide Prevention for Healthcare Workers – Module (20 min)

AIM model components covered: All

CE credits offered: None

Required training: Required for non-clinical staff participating in the New Yorkers Advancing Suicide-Safer Care (NYASSC)/AIM for Zero and GLS/New Yorkers Advancing Suicide-Safer Care for Youth (NYASSC-Y) projects

Instructions: No pre- or post-training survey is required to receive a certificate of completion. This training does not offer continuing education credits.

Description: Suicide is reaching epidemic proportions in the U.S., and everyone can play a role in preventing suicide. This brief training module illustrates how you or anyone, even with no formal mental health care training, can learn how to recognize and engage effectively with individuals at risk for suicide, and to help connect them with professional help or additional support.

 Suicide Screening and Risk Assessment with Youth – Module (1 hour)

AIM model components covered: Assess

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, CASAC, CME, & Psychology

Required training:  No 

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.

Description: This module will aid practitioners to use “best practices” in screening and risk assessment for young people experiencing suicidal ideation and/ or behavior. In this course, we will describe how to utilize evidence-based screening tools, explain the components of a comprehensive suicide risk assessment, and make developmental adaptations to screening and risk assessment procedures when working with young clients experiencing suicidal ideation and/ or behavior, as well as their families.

 Best Practices for Suicide Prevention with LGBTQ+ Youth ©2024 – Module (1 hr)

AIM model components covered: All

CE credits offered:SW, LMHC, CASAC, CME, CNE & Psychology

Required training: No

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.  

Description: The Best Practices for Suicide Prevention With LGBTQ+ Youth module gives guidance for mental health providers in developing an affirming clinical approach as well as adaptations of suicide prevention best practices to help prevent suicide in LGBTQ+ youth. The module is broken up into five chapters that each focus on components of an affirming clinical approach. The module will engage the participant in learning best practices for language, understanding suicide risk and protective factors relevant for LGBTQ+ youth, and ways to adapt safety plans to be supportive of gender and sexual identity. The module will end by considering ways that providers can advocate for the youth they work with, including when and how to work with families.

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TRAINING VIDEOS & ARCHIVED WEBINARS

 Suicide Prevention Initiative in New York State: “The Zero Suicide Model” – Archived Webinar (1 hr)

AIM model components covered: All

CE credits offered: None

Required training: No

Instructions: No pre- or post-training survey is required to receive a certificate of completion. This training does not offer continuing education credits.

Description: Suicide prevention is a high priority in New York State. The New York State Office of Mental Health has adopted and is implementing the “Zero Suicide Model,” a national initiative that incorporates new evidence-based practices to prevent suicide. This webinar will describe the direction that suicide prevention efforts are taking in New York State, and provide an important introduction to this state-of-the art approach to suicide prevention. This one-hour webinar is intended for mental health providers as well as any individuals who are in the position to identify and intervene with individuals at risk for suicide. It will be conducted by Dr. Barbara Stanley, Director of the Suicide Prevention Training, Intervention, and Evaluation program (SP-TIE) at the Center for Practice Innovations of the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and Dr. Jay Carruthers, Director of the New York State Office of Mental Health Suicide Prevention Office. They will provide a comprehensive overview of the rationale for and components of the “Zero Suicide Model,” as well as certain details about specific initiatives that are being planned and conducted to implement this model.

 Intervention and Prevention of Suicidal Behavior – Video (19 min)

AIM model components covered: All

CE credits offered: None

Required training: No

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion. This training does not offer continuing education credits.

Description: Suicidal behavior in the US has increasingly become a problem. Since the 1980s, the view of suicidal behavior has shifted from a symptom of a diagnosis to suicidality as a separate condition. This training will provide an overview of recognizing and treating suicidal behaviors. Myths that hinder treatment and methods to mitigate suicide risk are also reviewed.

Assess, Intervene, and Monitor for Suicide Prevention (AIM-SP): Introducing a Suicide-Safer Care Pathways for Clients at Elevated Risk – Video (1 hr 25 min)

AIM model components covered: All

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, CASAC, & CME

Required training: Required for all clinical staff (including prescribers) participating in the Assess, Intervene, & Monitor for Suicide Prevention (AIM-SP)/PSYCKES Suicide Prevention CQI Project

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.

Description: The Assess, Intervene, & Monitor for Suicide Prevention (AIM-SP) training will describe the components of suicide-safer care for all outpatient clients and introduce a suicide-safer care pathway for clients at elevated suicide risk. The training consists of didactics and case vignette examples. Didactics will review the rationale for suicide-safer care, as well as all components of the AIM-SP model. The Assessment section includes instruction on screening, how to use the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (CSSRS), and guidelines for comprehensive risk assessment, clinical formulation, and triage, including level of care determinations and who should receive enhanced interventions on the Suicide-Safer Care Pathway. The Intervention section will include both brief interventions to enhance safety and ongoing interventions. Brief interventions include the safety planning intervention, psychoeducation, teaching coping and distress tolerance skills, and restricting access to lethal means. Discussion of ongoing interventions will include guidance on how clinicians can apply evidence-based and best practices for suicide prevention to everyday clinical care, including targeting suicidal thoughts and behavior directly, on-going assessment and monitoring of suicidal ideation and behaviors, review and revision of safety plans, increasing protective factors, and reducing risk factors. The Monitoring section will include a review of how to monitor clients at elevated suicidal risk to ensure safety and maintain continuity of care between sessions, after missed appointments, and during care transitions. Guidance on documentation, consultation, and other clinical concerns while providing suicide-safer care in outpatient settings will be discussed.

 Adaptations to the Assess, Intervene, and Monitor for Suicide Prevention (AIM-SP) Model of Suicide-Safer Care for Children and Adolescents – Video (1 hr 30 min)

AIM model components covered: All

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, CASAC, & CME

Required training: Required for all clinical staff (including prescribers) participating in the Assess, Intervene, & Monitor for Suicide Prevention (AIM-SP)/PSYCKES Suicide Prevention CQI Project

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.

Description: This training is a follow-up to the Assess, Intervene, & Monitor for Suicide Prevention (AIM-SP): Introducing a Suicide-Safer Care Pathway for Clients at Elevated Risk training, which describes the components of suicide-safer care for all outpatient clients and introduces a suicide-safer care pathway for clients at elevated suicide risk. In this training, we will describe developmentally appropriate adaptations to the AIM-SP model of suicide-safer care, to be used when working with child and adolescent clients and their families.

 New Yorkers Advancing Suicide-Safer Care Initiative – Video (1 hr)

 Two Foreseeable Changes – Video (23 minutes)

AIM model components covered: Intervene

CE credits offered: None

Required training: Required for all clinical staff (including prescribers) participating in the New Yorkers Advancing Suicide-Safer Care (NYASSC)/AIM for Zero Project

Instructions: No pre- or post-training survey is required to receive a certificate of completion. This training does not offer continuing education credits.

Description: “Foreseeable changes” are person-specific events or stress which, if they occurred, could reasonably be expected to quickly and significantly increase suicide risk. This training will introduce clinicians to a method of identifying and responding to these potentially destabilizing changes in the lives of people at risk for suicide. Learners will be introduced to what foreseeable changes are, why identifying foreseeable changes during a suicide risk assessment is so important, how clinicians can collaborate with clients and their supports to identify foreseeable changes, and how to develop and document specific plans to address foreseeable changes if they occur. Clinical case examples will be provided.

 New Yorkers Advancing Suicide-Safer Care for Youth – Video (2 hrs)

 Telehealth with suicidal clients during the COVID-19 Crisis – Archived Webinar (1 hr)

AIM model components covered: All

CE credits offered: None

Required training: No

Instructions: No pre- or post-training survey is required to receive a certificate of completion. This training does not offer continuing education credits.

Description: The current need for social distancing and isolation related to the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a quick expansion of the provision of mental health services via remote platforms. Treating individuals at risk for suicide is anxiety-producing under the best of circumstances. The current pandemic heightens anxiety for everyone and could increase risk for suicide in vulnerable populations. This webinar will review the adaptations for conducting evidence-based and best practices for suicide prevention related to the current COVID-19 pandemic, via telehealth.

 Suicide Risk Assessment – Archived Webinar (1 hr 30 min)

Advanced Topics on Suicide Risk Assessment  – Video (1 hr)

AIM model components covered: Assess

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, Psychology, & CASAC

Required training: No

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.

Description: The SP-TIE: Advanced Topics on Suicide Risk Assessment training provides advanced instruction on conducting comprehensive suicide risk assessments to develop a risk formulation and engage in triage and effective intervention. The framework of this webinar, including risk formulation, triage, and intervention planning are designed to be utilized in conjunction with informed clinical judgment. The webinar is a one- hour, interactive training in which a case vignette example will be used to guide review and identification of seven categories of risk; different types of risk factors including proximal, distal, and modifiable risk factors; protective factors; and two foreseeable changes. The impact of cultural factors on suicide risk assessment including understanding cultural attitudes toward mental health treatment and risk factors for suicide will be discussed. The webinar will provide instruction on how to prioritize risk and protective factors and develop a risk profile, assign a risk level, make triage decisions, and develop a treatment plan. Finally, the webinar will conclude with a discussion of how risk formulation can aid in documentation and a summary of the training.

 Safety Planning Intervention for Suicide Prevention – Archived Webinar (1 hr 30 min)

AIM model components covered: Intervene

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, & CASAC

Required training: No

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.

Description: The Safety Planning Intervention for Suicide Prevention is an evidence-based brief intervention for the prevention of suicide. The course is a one-and-a-half-hour training, which consists of didactics, instruction, video training and discussion. The didactics training reviews the current state of suicide in New York State, the need for increased training among mental health providers in NYS in evidence based suicide prevention strategies, and how safety planning fits into a comprehensive, multi-pronged suicide prevention approach. The instructional aspects of the training include a comprehensive overview of the 6 steps of developing a safety plan, and in the collaborative process of developing a safety plan with a suicidal patient, including approaches for engaging individuals in the process of safety planning, identifying and overcoming obstacles. The training concludes with a summary discussion of the training and how participants can begin to administer and utilize the intervention.

Advanced Topics in Safety Planning – Video (1 hr 30 min)

AIM model components covered: Intervene

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, CASAC, & Psychology

Required training: No

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.

Description: The Advanced Topics in Safety Planning course is an in-depth, 1.5-hour webinar which consists of didactics, instruction, and discussion. Didactics review the need for increased training among mental health providers in NYS in evidence-based suicide prevention strategies, and how safety planning fits into a comprehensive, multi-pronged suicide prevention approach. Instruction includes a brief overview of the components of the safety planning intervention (beyond just completing the safety planning form), with particular emphasis on obtaining a crisis narrative. The course also reviews the six steps of the safety plan form, with particular attention to step 6 (reducing access to lethal means). The collaborative process of developing a safety plan with a suicidal patient and how to identify and overcome obstacles are also discussed. The course concludes with a summary discussion of the training and how participants can use this information to better inform their practice.

 Safety Planning Intervention for Suicide Prevention: Challenges & Special Applications – Archived Webinar (1 hr 30 min)

AIM model components covered: Intervene

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, & CASAC

Required training: No

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.

Description: The Safety Planning Intervention is an evidence-based brief intervention for the prevention of suicide. This webinar will be a follow-up to the previous introductory Safety Planning Intervention for Suicide Prevention webinar. This webinar will begin with a brief review of the Safety Planning Intervention (SPI) and how it fits into a comprehensive, multi-pronged suicide prevention approach. The webinar will then turn its focus to identifying and addressing typical challenges and obstacles faced in administering and utilizing this intervention. The training will identify system-wide and provider-specific challenges, as well as clinical challenges (e.g. client motivation) that are encountered in collaborating with patients to conduct this intervention. The training will incorporate clinical examples of obstacles encountered, and potential approaches to handling such challenges.

 Safety Planning Intervention for Suicide Prevention with Youth – Archived Webinar (1 hr 30 min)

AIM model components covered: Intervene

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, CASAC, and Psychology

Required training: No

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.

Description: The Safety Planning Intervention for Suicide Prevention with Youth webinar provides guidance and a framework for mental health providers to implement an effective, evidence-based brief intervention with suicidal youth and their families. The webinar provides an overview of suicide risk among youth; general principles for working with suicidal youth, including youth from diverse populations; an overview of the Safety Planning Intervention (SPI) with youth, including assessing suicidal risk, obtaining a crisis narrative, providing psychoeducation and a rational for safety planning, identifying warning signs, and best practices for collaboratively completing and implementing the Safety Plan with suicidal youth, families, and school systems. The webinar will conclude with a summary discussion and Q&A.

 Introduction to Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention (CT-SP): Part 1 – Archived Webinar (1 hr 29 min)

AIM model components covered: Intervene

CE credits offered: None

Required training: No

Instructions: No pre- or post-training survey is required to receive a certificate of completion. This training does not offer continuing education credits.

Description: This intervention-oriented webinar introduces clinicians to the Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention (CT-SP) approach to assessment and stabilization of suicidal clients. Facilitated by CT-SP’s co-developer (Dr. Gregory Brown) and his colleagues, this introduction acknowledges the challenges of enhancing suicidal clients' safety and demonstrates evidence-based strategies for doing so. In addition to didactics centered around realistic clinical scenarios, this archived webinar instructs through role plays and recorded chats with clinicians watching in real-time. An approach that teaches concrete, adaptable techniques for treating suicidal clients, this treatment also offers a collaborative, client-centered framework from which to build a constructive alliance.

 Introduction to Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention (CT-SP): Part 2 – Archived Webinar (1 hr 22 min)

AIM model components covered: Intervene

CE credits offered: None

Required training: No

Instructions: No pre- or post-training survey is required to receive a certificate of completion. This training does not offer continuing education credits.

Description: The second part of this introduction to Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention (CT-SP) teaches clinicians a range of cognitive and behavioral interventions with which to reduce clients' suicidality and prevent future crises. To do so, it outlines (with reproducible worksheets and recommended hierarchies) strategies with which clients can curb suicidal thoughts and behaviors, as well as problem solve around the activating events and cognitions which trigger them. Finally, this training instructs clinicians in guiding clients through relapse prevention tasks which enable clients to consolidate suicide prevention skills learned in this therapy and clinicians to assess clients' abilities to cope with suicidality on their own.

 Functional Analysis of Suicidal Behavior: A Clinical Intervention for Suicide Prevention – Archived Webinar (1 hr 30 min)

AIM model components covered: Intervene

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, CASAC

Required training: No

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.

Description: This 90-minute webinar will familiarize participants with the application of the CBT clinical intervention “Functional Analysis” to the reduction and prevention of suicidal ideation, urges and behaviors. The webinar will review, through didactic presentation, and will illustrate, through the use of a clinical vignette: 1) what is a functional analysis, 2) how the functional analysis can enhance clinical suicide prevention intervention, 3) what the functions of suicidal behavior are, 4) how behavioral theory helps us understand the functions and triggers of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, 5) specific steps for conducting a functional analysis of suicidal behavior, 6) how to use the functional analysis to problem solve and enhance treatment engagement.

 Problem Solving Strategies for Suicidal Clients – Archived Webinar (1 hr)

AIM model components covered: Intervene

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, CASAC

Required training: No

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.

Description: This hour-long webinar introduces clinicians to a short-term intervention for suicide prevention: problem solving therapy’s I.T.C.H. model. Through didactics, case examples and detailed role plays, this webinar demonstrates the clinical applications of problem solving therapy for working with individuals at risk of suicide. Problem solving therapy sees suicidal behavior as a form of negative problem solving that can be replaced with more positive, effective forms of problem solving. The model of problem solving presented, the I. T. C. H. model, encompasses four stages: Identifying a problem; Thinking of solutions; Choosing a solution; and How well did it go? (Evaluation). After introducing the I.T.C.H. model through a clinical vignette, the webinar goes on to illustrate common challenges and solutions to each phase of problem solving with suicidal individuals. This model is adaptable to a range of clinical settings, modalities and patient populations. It also incorporates evidence based practices for suicide prevention by aiming to enhance suicidal clients’ efficacy at controlling suicidal urges, relying on client-clinician collaboration and offering a model that is straightforward to teach, learn and apply.

 Treatment Engagement and Motivational Enhancement with Suicidal Clients –  Archived Webinar (2 hr)

AIM model components covered: Intervene

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, CASAC

Required training: No

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.

Description: This training discusses common reasons for suicidal clients to disengage treatment, provides different clinical strategies to enhance client motivation and treatment attendance, and sheds light on clinician-related obstacles to client motivation. Hopelessness, ambivalence, aspects of treatment being in conflict with their reasons to live or view of themselves, and suicide as a problem-solving strategy are some identified barriers for disengagement. In addition, social stigma, logistical, socio-economic and/or interpersonal barriers can also interfere with regular treatment attendance. Lastly, it provides case-based examples and insights to overcome these barriers. With these steps this training aims to improve treatment engagement and enhance motivation with suicidal clients.

 Suicide Prevention in First Episode Psychosis: A Two-Part Series – Archived Webinars (2 hr)

AIM model components covered: All

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, CASAC

Required training: No

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.

Description: First episode psychosis is a term typically used to describe individuals early in the course of non-affective psychotic illness (usually within two years), and generally refers to the young adult population (ages 16-30). Individuals with first episode psychosis are at heightened risk for suicide compared to others in their age group. This webinar will begin by providing background on the significant risk of suicide and suicide attempts in this population. It will then cover the unique risk factors for suicide in individuals with first episode psychosis. With these risk factors in mind, the importance of ongoing risk assessment will be emphasized, with instruction on how to conduct a structured risk assessment in this population. The second webinar will then provide instruction on management and intervention of suicidal ideation in individuals with first episode psychosis. The Safety Planning Intervention (SPI), an evidenced-based intervention for suicide prevention, will be reviewed. The webinar will then discuss ways that the SPI can be modified and used for individuals with first episode psychosis. The webinar will also review other interventions, including the importance of family support, and medications. Finally, the webinar will cover ongoing follow-up and monitoring of suicidal ideation in the setting of heightened risk or crisis. Clinical vignettes will be used throughout to reinforce didactic points. The framework of this webinar is designed to be used in conjunction with informed clinical judgement.

 Trauma Informed Care Approach to Suicide Prevention – Archived Webinars (1 hr)

AIM model components covered: All

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, CASAC, & Psychology

Required training: No

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.

Description: The Trauma Informed Care Approach to Suicide Prevention training provides guidance and a framework for mental health providers to engage in effective Trauma Informed Care (TIC) for clients exhibiting suicide risk. The framework considers the pervasive nature of trauma while promoting environments of healing and recovery, rather than practices and services that may inadvertently retraumatize. TIC is a client centered approach that highlights the need for establishing safety, trust, choice, and empowerment in the interaction between the client and provider. The live webinar is an hour-long training consisting of a combination of didactics and interactive discussion. The training offers evidence on the impact of trauma on client suicidality and provides a detailed explanation of how providers can employ client centered care to mitigate suicide risk. The training also includes an overview of the Trauma Informed Care approach to the Zero Suicide Assess Intervene and Monitor (AIM) Model. The training concludes with a summary discussion and Q&A.

 Substance Misuse and Suicide Risk - Archived Webinar – Archived Webinars (2 hr)

AIM model components covered: All

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, CASAC, & Psychology

Required training: No

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.

Description: SAMHSA defines substance misuse as a pattern of drinking or drug use that confers higher risk for negative consequences or DSM-5 substance use disorders; one of the deadliest negative consequences associated with substance misuse is increased risk for suicidal ideation or behavior. The Substance Use and Suicide Risk course is a two-part webinar series that provides guidance and a framework for mental health providers to engage in effective risk assessment, intervention, and monitoring of clients exhibiting suicide risk and co-occurring substance misuse. The framework is based on the Assess, Intervene, and Monitor (AIM) model of suicide prevention, which emphasizes universal screening, risk assessment, and monitoring in addition to enhanced level of care for those at heightened risk of suicide. The course provides an overview of rates of suicide and substance use overdose as well the overlap between the two; differential risk of suicide, intentional overdose, and/or accidental death associated with different substances; and why it is important to assess for both suicide risk and substance misuse. Part I of the training includes instruction on how to adapt suicide risk screening and comprehensive risk assessment for people with substance misuse. Part II of the training consists of adaptations to effective suicide intervention and monitoring procedures when working with individuals with co-occurring suicidal ideation and substance misuse. Each session will conclude with a summary discussion and Q&A.

 Best Practices for Suicide Prevention in LGBTQ+ Youth and Adult Communities  – Archived Webinar (2 hr)

AIM model components covered: All

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, CASAC, & Psychology

Required training: No

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.

Description: The Best Practices for Suicide Prevention in LGBTQ+ Youth and Adult Communities Training is a two-part webinar that was created to provide guidance for mental health providers in developing an LGBTQ+ inclusive clinical approach. The webinar provides an overview of risk and protective factors specific to the LGBTQ+ community; important factors to consider when working with suicidal LGBTQ+ youth and adults; intersectionality across different identities; key terminology; and how to ask clients about their sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. The second half of the webinar presents important adaptations to suicide prevention best practices when working with members of the LGBTQ+ community as well as LGTBQ+ advocacy and ongoing internal work mental health providers can engage in to address implicit biases. The webinar will conclude with a summary discussion and Q&A..

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COMBINED CURRICULA

 Suicide Screening and Risk Assessment Combined Course –  Module Combined Curriculum (1.25 hr)

AIM model components covered: Assess

CE credits offered: CASAC, SW, LMHC, Psychology & CME

Required training: No

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz for each module to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.

Description: This curriculum contains self-study modules on the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) screener and Comprehensive Suicide Risk Assessment. The first module introduces the C-SSRS Screener and demonstrates, with vignettes and clinical instruction, how the screener can be used in different therapeutic settings to assess severity of suicidal thoughts and behavior. The Comprehensive Suicide Risk Assessment module provides guidance for mental health providers to conduct a comprehensive assessment of suicidal risk that informs triage decisions and recommendations for effective prevention and intervention. Didactics review: seven categories of risk factors; types of risk factors, including longstanding chronic/distal risk factors, acute/proximal risk factors, and warning signs; and protective factors. Using a case vignette and video demonstrations, instruction includes a framework for weighing risk factors and protective factors, developing a risk/protective factor profile, and using this profile to assign a level of risk to determine the most appropriate level of care and treatment recommendations.

 Intervention and Monitoring with Suicidal Individuals Combined Course – Module Combined Curriculum (1 hr 30 min)

AIM model components covered: Intervene, Monitor

CE credits offered: SW, LMHC, & CASAC. This combined curriculum is not approved for CMEs for medical professionals. If you would like to receive CMEs, please complete and print certificates for the individual Safety Planning and Structured Follow-up modules rather than the combined curriculum.

Required training: No

Instructions: You will need to complete a pre- and post-training survey (<5min) and post-training knowledge quiz for each module to receive your certificate of completion and CE credits.

Description: This curriculum combines our Safety Planning Intervention for Suicide Prevention and Structured Follow-Up and Monitoring modules into one foundational training. In the curriculum’s first course, Safety Planning Intervention for Suicide Prevention (45 min), the safety plan’s co-creator, Dr. Barbra Stanley, provides a comprehensive overview of the brief, evidence-based intervention for suicide prevention, including the six steps to developing a safety plan with a suicidal client and approaches to client engagement and problem-solving. The curriculum's second course, Structured Follow-Up and Monitoring, provides a model for strategic outreach to individuals at elevated risk for suicide, including clients who miss sessions or are transitioning between practitioners or levels of care, and provides guidelines for assessment of current risk, brief interventions, and strategies for enhancing treatment engagement. This curriculum aims to enhance clinical knowledge and skills for effectively monitoring and intervening with suicidal individuals.

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