This workshop will focus on the latest evidence-based strategies of suicide prevention in the schools. Issues to be discussed include most recent research; promising prevention strategies such as depression screening; duties and responsibilities of crisis teams; utilization of no harm agreements; re-entry conferences when students return from hospitalization; responding in the aftermath of suicide; working with the media; limiting contagion and appropriate ways to memorialize students who die by suicide.
Speakers
Richard Lieberman
Stephen Brock, Ph.D.
Richard Lieberman, NCSP, is coordinator of the Suicide Prevention Unit serving the 1 million students and staff of Los Angeles Unified School District. Mr. Lieberman is a leading presenter and author on suicide prevention, self-injury, and crisis, and he serves as a lecturer in the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University. On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education and the National Organization of Victim’s Assistance (NOVA), Mr. Lieberman has been sent to school communities in the aftermath of tragedy and has participated on more than a dozen national crisis response teams. He is a founding member and current co-chair of the National Emergency Assistance Team (NEAT), the response team of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) and chairs NASP’s Crisis Prevention and Intervention workgroup CASP’s Crisis Specialty Group.
Stephen E. Brock, Ph.D., is a professor at California State University, Sacramento; member of the NASP Delegate Assembly, and pastpresident of the California Association. A member of the National Emergency Assistance Team, he was also the lead editor of Best Practices in School Crisis Prevention and Intervention. Dr. Brock has authored over 170 publications and has made over 75 state/ national conference presentations.
Webinar includes Q&A with all the speakers.
How does the Webinar work?
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You and your team will be able to have a live Q&A with all the speakers.
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One (1) set of materials (you may make copies for all of the persons you invited to listen to the program);
One (1) Internet connection to the seminar.
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