Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scales Question and Answer

Helping Save Lives Using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scales (CSSRS) – Question and Answer

Reducing Suicide, Reducing Workloads, and Reducing Liability

60 – minute webinar

• 15 minutes will be a refresher on the CSSRS tool
• 45 minutes will be spent as a Q & A

CSSRS Q & A is an opportunity to ask questions and have a discussion with Adam Lesser, Columbia Lighthouse Project trainer for CSSRS in Vermont. Please send questions for the training to kirk@healthandlearning.org

June 13, from 3:00 – 4:00 pm

Who should attend

Those who had attended a previous CSSRS training.

Note: During CHL-sponsored trainings, participants are not permitted to use AI tools for note-taking or recording sessions.If you require accommodations due to a disability, please contact info@healthandlearning.org.

About the Trainer

Adam Lesser, LCSW, Deputy Director for Implementation, The Columbia Lighthouse Project.

Adam Lesser is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatric Social Work in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and an Adjunct Professor in the Columbia School of Social Work. He is responsible for all Project activities related to public health, including the international dissemination of and training on the Columbia Protocol. Previously, he was the youth suicide project director at the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, where he directed the statewide implementation of the Columbia Protocol and other suicide prevention tools and efforts through their Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention Grant from SAMHSA. He has a master’s degree in social work from Smith College and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Tufts University.

There is no cost to attend

This webinar is provided under funding from the Vermont Department of Mental Health