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Strengthening Your Suicide Assessment Skills

CE Hours 3

About this course

Are you looking for comprehensive assessment practices for assessing suicide in clients? If so, plan to attend this live interactive webinar to learn about comprehensive suicide assessment principles and practices. Evidenced-based screenings and assessments (there is a difference between the two!) will be presented, along with best practices for clinicians to complete a thorough suicide assessment in a conversational, empathetic manner. Case studies will illuminate important aspects of suicidality and assessment. Recommendations such as Donald Meichenbaum's "The Gold Standard" will be outlined. Learners will develop newfound confidence, skill, and resources to properly assess clients for suicide risk.

Learning Objectives

  • Recognize the value and responsibility for thorough suicide screening and assessment as a clinician.
  • Identify at least two empathic and non-judgmental techniques to elicit suicide risk in each client.
  • Formulate a minimum of three methods of implementing screenings and assessments to determine a client's suicide risk level and complete necessary documentation.
  • Explore core fundamentals of suicide, including etiology, risk levels, and motivations.

Learning Levels

  • Intermediate

Target Audience

This self-paced course is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFT's and Addiction Professionals.

Course Instructor(s)

  • Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW

    Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Missouri and Kansas with over 25 years of experience in the mental health field. She has held clinical positions as an outpatient and in-home therapist, and clinical supervisor. Diane was an Adjunct Professor of Social Work for 10 years at The University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare and a Field Liaison and Field Instructor. She has also held administrative positions as a program Director and Coordinator. Diane is a popular local and national trainer on a wide variety of mental health and workplace development topics for clinicians and corporations. Diane is most passionate about providing quality professional development to clinicians, employees, and leaders. For fun, Diane loves to spoil her four Dachshunds and rock out to 80’s music.

Disclosure

DISCLOSURE OF RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity ― including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity. The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity’s planners, faculty, and the reviewer: PLANNERS AND REVIEWER The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships. FACULTY The faculty of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

References

  • Bryan, C.J., Harris, J.A. (2019) The Structure of Suicidal Beliefs: A Bifactor Analysis of the Suicide Cognitions Scale. Cogn Ther Res 43, 335–344. https://web.p.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=0&sid=93856017-4fc3-4145-aac3-9d54458c0bef%40redis
  • Fehling, Kara B., and Edward A. Selby. (2020) “Suicide in DSM-5: Current Evidence for the Proposed Suicide Behavior Disorder and Other Possible Improvements.” Frontiers, Frontiers, 29 Dec.
  • Ryan, Eileen P., and Maria A. Oquendo. (2020) “Suicide Risk Assessment and Prevention: Challenges and Opportunities.” FOCUS, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 88–99., https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20200011.
  • Turecki, G., Brent, D. A., Gunnell, D., O'Connor, R. C. , Oquendo, M. A., Pirkis, J. and Stanley, B. H. (2019) Suicide and suicide risk. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 5, 74. https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/195722/1/195722.pdf
  • Zortea, T. C., Cleare, S., Melson, A. J., Wetherall, K. and O'Connor, R. C. (2020). Understanding and managing suicide risk. British Medical Bulletin, 134(1), pp. 73-84. https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/213611/8/213611.pdf

CE Process Info

Content

  • Materials
    3 parts
    • Webinar Recording
    • Suicide Assessment Handouts
    • Powerpoint Slides

CE Approvals

  • American Psychological Association (APA)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CE Learning Systems maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

  • Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

    Strengthening Your Suicide Assessment Skills, Course #4980, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by CE Learning Systems, LLC. as an individual course. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: 05/05/2023 - 05/05/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits. ACE individual course approval meets the NJ Board of Social Work Examiners requirements for individual course approval pursuant to NJ Code 13:44G-6.4.16.

  • National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)

    CE Learning Systems has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5951. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CE Learning Systems is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Make An Impact is a service division of CE Learning Systems.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYSEDSW)

    CE Learning Systems SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0060.

  • New York Education Department Board of Creative Arts Therapy (NYSEDCAT)

    CE Learning Systems (d/b/a CE-credit.com), is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0008

  • New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSEDLMHC)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0072.

  • New York Education Department Board for Licensed Psychoanalysts (NYSEDLP)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC dba CE-credit.com & AddictionCounselorCE.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts #P-0031.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology (NYSEDPSY)

    CE Learning Systems dba CE-Credit.com & AddictionCounselorCE.com 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-0016.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy (NYSEDMFT)

    CE Learning Systems dba CE-Credit.com & AddictionCounselorCE.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0045.

FAQs

  • Can I contact you for more help?
    Yes! You can use the Contact Us button to send us a message or you can give us a call at +1 888-459-1680.
  • What do I have to do to complete the course?
    To complete the course, review the course objectives, then review the material, and then pass the exam with a score of 75% or greater and lastly complete an evaluation.
  • How do I get my certificate?
    Your certificate(s) will be available to download immediately when you pass the course exam and complete the evaluation.
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  • Publication Date
    Oct 11th, 2023

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