Preventing Suicide Among Youth Involved in the Legal System
Live Online Training
November 20, 2024
10:30 AM - 3:30 PM EST
This four-hour, live online training provides an overview of best practices for preventing suicide among youth involved in the legal system. We will begin with foundational information on suicidal thoughts and behaviors among youth in the legal system, before progressing to suicide screening and an evidence-based coping plan intervention based on cognitive-behavioral principles. Participants will also have an opportunity to practice developing and implementing a coping plan and receive feedback on their plan.
This introductory-level training is appropriate for all clinical and nonclinical staff who work with youth involved in the legal system and are expected to screen for or respond to suicidal thoughts and behaviors (e.g., correctional staff, detention center mental health clinicians, forensic psychologists, juvenile probation officers, court-ordered therapists, residential treatment center staff). Participants can earn up to 4 APA-approved CE credits.
Please click here (PDF) for a detailed daily agenda.
Learning Objectives
Increase understanding of the importance of identifying and addressing suicidal thoughts and behaviors among youth involved in the juvenile legal system
Improve understanding of a brief evidence-based intervention for system-involved with suicidal thoughts and behaviors
Gain and practice skills in a brief cognitive-behavioral intervention for suicidal thoughts and behaviors
Instructors
Kathleen Kemp, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School and Research Psychologist with Rhode Island Hospital Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center. She is also the Director of the Rhode Island Family Court Mental Health Clinic. She specializes in the research and implementation of suicide interventions with youth involved in the juvenile legal and child welfare systems. She has received multiple NIH grant awards to examine the impact of brief suicide interventions with youth involved in the legal system and has conducted multiple trainings with clinical and nonclinical staff on suicide prevention.
Neither the instructor nor the program planning committee (Daniel Murrie, Ph.D., & Lucy Guarnera, Ph.D.) have any conflicts of interest or commercial support to disclose.
Continuing Education
Participants are eligible for up to 4 hours of continuing education (CE) credits approved by the American Psychological Association (APA). ILPPP is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. ILPPP maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
You must join by 10:45 AM and stay for the duration of the presentation in order to receive the CE credits.
CE credits are applicable for licensed psychologists; other disciplines will need to check the relevant statutes and guidance regarding whether or not this can count toward any CE requirement.
Training Fees
$200: Standard registration
$100: Employees of Virginia DBHDS or a Community Services Board (CSB)
Please note that the reduced rate is available only for DBHDS and CSB employees, rather than all state employees, because DBHDS partially sponsors this training program.
Occasionally large facilities or state agencies outside Virginia want to send a team of trainees, for whom we can arrange a discounted group rate. Please contact us to discuss such arrangements.
How to Register
Scroll to the top of the page to register via the Eventbrite checkout. You will receive the Zoom link and detailed attendance instructions closer to the date of training.
Cancellation Policy
You may cancel your registration up to 7 days before the event starts. Your confirmation email will have information on how to cancel. All refunds will be assessed Eventbrite’s service fee. This fee is 6.6% of the registration price + $1.79. This fee will be assessed regardless of when the cancellation occurs in relation to the date of the training.
Please allow 30 days to receive a refund. Refunds will be processed according to the original payment method.