Latest Past Events

Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM)

Virtual Online, NA, 00000, NA

Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) November 6, 2024 from 8:30am – 12:00 pm There is no cost to attend this training. REGISTER TODAY About this training: CALM Clinical Workshops are designed to introduce those providing counseling services to the rationale of means safety and teach them how to plan for, initiate and carry out effective conversations with clients and their families about reducing access to lethal means – especially firearms and medications – in times of suicide risk. Objectives: • Learn why means matter in preventing suicide. • Learn clinical skills to provide counseling on access to lethal

Suicide Awareness for the Agricultural Community

Virtual VT, VT

Despite farmers’ foundational role in the food system, agriculture consistently ranks among occupations with very high suicide rates. Farming can be isolating, physically and mentally demanding, and full of potentially devastating uncertainty. Farms are often in rural areas where healthcare access is limited and mental health support nearly nonexistent. It is vital that farmers, community members, mental health professionals, and others know the factors that lead to suicide risk and poor mental health outcomes among farmers, the resources that exist to address this problem, and what individuals can do to support farmer safety and well-being. During this webinar, Farm First

Helping Save Lives Using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scales: Oct.

Online Event

Reducing Suicide, Reducing Workloads, and Reducing LiabilityHelping Save Lives Using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scales (CSSRS):Reducing Suicide, Reducing Workloads, and Reducing LiabilityThe Columbia Protocol, also known as the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), supports suicide risk assessment through a series of simple, plain-language questions that anyone can ask. The answers help users identify whether someone is at risk for suicide, assess the severity and immediacy of that risk, and gauge the level of support that the person needs. Users of the tool ask people:• Whether and when they have thought about suicide (ideation)• What actions they have taken —