The Safety Planning Intervention: A Skill Building Training

The Safety Planning Intervention: A Skill Building Training

February 28, 2024, April 24, 2024, OR June 5, 2024

from 9:00 am – 10:30 am

There is no cost to attend this training.

About this training:

This training will focus specifically on helping attendees build understanding and confidence in the use of the Safety Planning Intervention (SPI), also known as the Stanley and Brown safety plan. Prior to the training, supporting evidence for SPI and the SPI form will be provided for review. Key aspects of administration such as client centered collaboration will be reviewed. Attendees will be instructed on the components of process and items on the SPI form. The training will finish with a role play to assist attendees in practicing what they have learned.

Objectives:

• Participants will achieve a greater understanding of the process of safety planning intervention to support people who have experienced a suicidal crisis.
• Participants will learn about the items included on the SPI form.
• Participants will have a chance to practice administration of the SPI form in role play.

About the trainer:

Mark Margolis (he/him)

Mark Margolis is a Vermonter, licensed Psychologist MA, and a career Suicidologist. He has acquired certification as a Psychological Autopsy Investigator and School Suicide Prevention Specialist. He is certified as a Umatter® trainer, and he has achieved certification in the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality. Mr. Margolis has dedicated nearly 16 years to practice, training and study of topics in suicidology, informing this through the lens of lived experience as a suicide attempt and loss survivor.

Who Should Attend?

This webinar is for Designated Agency, Primary Care Provider and others interested in learning about Safety Planning for Suicide Prevention.