Preferred registration deadline: July 25th

3 CEs

Families serve a critical role in providing support, nurturance, and coaching for their children during mental health and suicidal crises. Engaging caregivers in the safety planning process to prevent suicide is an essential component of preventing youth suicide. This workshop will review and practice best practices in engaging caregivers in preventing youth suicide through education, skill building, and safety planning. Additionally, we will explore strategies to support youth re-engagement in school post-hospitalization or suicide attempts.

This is an in-person workshop that will be held on Washington University’s Danforth Campus. The exact location and directions will be emailed to registered participants before the course date.

This workshop meets the licensure requirement for 2 hours of continuing education in suicide prevention.

General Admission: $65**
**Eligible discounts can be applied during checkout.

Class size is limited to 45

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Course Outline

Content Level: Beginner

Target Audiences: Social workers and other mental health providers.

Agenda:

• Welcome and Introductions (10 minutes)
  • Overview of workshop objectives
  • Brief introduction of participants and facilitator
• The State and Significance of Suicide (20 minutes)
  • Key statistics and trends in youth suicide
  • Discussion of emotional, societal, and economic impacts
• Engaging Families to Prevent Suicide (30 minutes)
  • Importance of including families in suicide prevention
  • Barriers and factors affecting caregiver engagement
  • The role of family conflict and protective factors
• Break (5 minutes)
• Safety Planning and Family Engagement (40 minutes)
  • Key elements of safety planning
  • Best practices in caregiver involvement in safety planning
  • Interactive activity: Developing a collaborative safety plan
• Skill-Building for Caregivers (30 minutes)
  • Practice scenarios for caregivers to ask about suicide
  • Role-playing responses and support strategies
  • Teaching safety-focused monitoring and validation techniques
• Supporting Youth Re-engagement Post-Crisis (20 minutes)
  • Strategies for reintegration into school and community
  • Discussing the caregiver's role in ongoing support
  • Resources for families and caregivers
• Closing and Evaluation (15 minutes)
  • Recap of key points
  • Q&A session
  • Workshop evaluation and feedback

Learner Outcomes

• Identify the roles and responsibilities of caregivers in supporting youth during mental health and suicidal crises.
• Describe best practices for engaging caregivers in suicide prevention, including education, skill-building, and safety planning.
• Recognize strategies to support youth re-engagement in school following a hospitalization or suicide attempt.

Course Completion Requirements:

• The Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, Professional Development, provider #2130, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/24/2024 – 9/24/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 3 suicide prevention continuing education credits.
• The Brown School is also an approved provider of Social Work CEs in Missouri and Illinois.
• To earn ACE credit, attendees must arrive at the scheduled time, attend the entire course, and complete an online course evaluation. ACE credit is not provided for partial attendance.  However, you may still qualify for partial Social Work Missouri and Illinois CEs provided by the Brown School.
• Brown School CE Certificates will be available online within 10 business days of course completion by visiting your learner profile at https://ce.wustl.edu/portal/logon.do?method=load&parentSite=brown.  You will receive an email notification with specific instructions for accessing the online certificate when it is available. ACE CE Certificates, if requested in your evaluation survey, will be emailed within 10 business days of course completion.
• For more information about CEs, accessibility, refund/cancelation policy, our grievance policy, or other inquiries please visit our About Us page or email brownprofdev@wustl.edu.