The Connect Program: National Best Practices for Recognizing and Responding to Youth Suicide Risk during COVID-19

Presenter: Ann Duckless, MA: NAMI NH Community Educator and Prevention Specialist

3 Category A Clinical CEUs in Suicide Prevention approved by NASW NH. Approval #3729

Live webinar - two 10 minute breaks

Mental health providers are on the front lines of suicide prevention efforts, and may well encounter changes in youth behaviors, attitudes, academic performance, or social interactions which may signal symptoms of depression, substance misuse, and/or other risk factors which may lead to suicide. The Connect Program is a unique community-based prevention training designed to increase the competence of mental health providers to promote suicide prevention, recognize individuals at risk, and respond to individuals who are thinking about or who have attempted suicide.

A ROUND TABLE CONVERSATION EXPLORING THE CHALLENGES FOR BOTH CLINICIAN AND CLIENT

Barbara Meyers, LICSW

Two (2) Category A Clinical CEUs are pending approval from NASW NH.

Retirement is a life stage event complete with gains and losses. When a clinician retires, clients are impacted and there are multiple opportunities to explore the gains and losses for them as well. Thus hour and one-half workshop is designed to help private practice clinicians anticipating retirement to explore the impact of retirement both for them selves and their clients. Throughout the emphasis will be on self-care and the ethical dimensions to saying “goodbye.” There will be time for both discussion and didactic information regarding the process.

Topics will include:

a. Self-care as one negotiates closing a practice;

b. Preparation for post-retirement life;

c. The ethical dimensions of terminating with clients; and

d. Tools and techniques for good endings in preparation for new beginnings.

Jacob Stone, LSW, ACSW (Ret.)

2 Clinical CEUs approved by NASW VT

Workshop/learning objective details to come soon

About the Presenter:

Jacob Stone, formerly on the faculty at the Marywood University School of Social Work in Pennsylvania and the social work program of the University of Alaska (Fairbanks), is retired after a half-century of practice as a direct service provider, nonprofit executive, consultant, field instructor, and teacher and trainer. He served for many years as chair of the ethics committee of NASW-PA, and during the past twenty years he has focused his work and study on professional ethics, providing training and consultation on ethics through NASW and diverse other settings. Jacob moved from Pennsylvania to Vermont six years ago, and in retirement has continued to provide training and ethics round table discussions through NASW-VT.