Clinical Skills in Suicide Prevention, Assessment, and Intervention

Practical Information for Helping Professionals

Presenters:

Darcy Haag Granello, PhD, LPCC-S & Paul F. Granello, PhD, LPCC-S

Costs:

Registration before November 1        Registrations after November 1

$60.00 – professional                         $75.00 – professional

$45.00 – organizational group rate    $55.00 – organizational group rate

$50.00 – CCU MAC Alumni                 $60.00 – CCU MAC Alumni

$10.00 – counseling student               $10.00 – counseling student

CEUs Available:

Ohio:                                                                         

Counselors - 6.0 hours                                      

Social Workers – 6.0 hours (pending)

Marriage & Family Therapists – 6.0 hours (pending)

Psychologists – 6.0 hours (pending)

Kentucky:                                                                         

Counselors - 6.0 hours (pending)

About the Conference

Each year in Ohio, we lose about 1400 lives to suicide, and more than 30,000 Ohioans have a suicide attempt. In 2010, we lost 196 Ohio youths (ages 15-24) to suicide, and more than 500 middle age adults (ages 35-54). Last year in the U.S., more than 1.2 million people had a suicide attempt. Yet most counselors receive very little training in suicide in their graduate programs and much of the available training focuses heavily on theory with little practical application.

This workshop will use both the current state of the research and practice experience in both schools and mental health to help participants learn the basics of suicide risk, assessment, prevention, and intervention. Participants at all skill and experience levels, in all types of settings, will be given concrete, practical information to conduct culturally and developmentally appropriate risk assessments as well as a 7 step model for intervention that includes specific and concrete strategies for counselors to implement. Attendees will be given extensive handouts for use after the session, with an emphasis on culturally and developmentally appropriate risk assessment and prevention programming as well as intervention guidelines for treatment. Small group activities, case studies, and videos will assist with experiential learning. Efforts will be made to include different practice settings (school, community, private practice, hospital, nursing home) and to attend to different levels of experience and training among participants

About the Presenters

Darcy Haag Granello, Ph.D., is a Professor of Counselor Education in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. She is an Ohio Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with a Supervising Credential. She has published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed national journals, has made over 200 international, national, and state presentations, and has secured over $750,000 in grants. She is co-author of three books (Suicide: An essential guide for helping professionals and educators; Suicide, self-injury and violence in the schools; Counseling Today: Foundations of professional identity.). One of Darcy’s research foci is in suicide prevention, assessment, and intervention, and she has received more than $500,000 in funding to develop and implement a comprehensive suicide prevention plan for the OSU campus. Her second area of interest is in counselor education, specifically the cognitive development of counselors, counseling supervision, conducting outcome assessment, and attitudes towards persons with mental illness. Darcy and her husband, Paul, are certified American Association of Suicidology trainers for assessing and managing suicide risk, certified suicide prevention gatekeeper trainers, and Red Cross Mental Health First Responders. Together they regularly conduct 3-hour and 6-hour trainings on suicide prevention, assessment, and intervention to practicing counselors and other helping professionals.

Paul F. Granello, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Counselor Education at The Ohio State University. He is an Ohio Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with supervising credentials.  Paul is a founding partner with the Ohio Department of Mental Health in establishing the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation. He is the recipient of $2.3 million in federal funds for suicide prevention under the Garrett Lee Smith Act. Paul has presented and trained on suicide over 200 workshops nationally and internationally and has co-authored three books on suicide (Suicide: An essential guide for helping professionals and educators; Case studies in suicide: Experiences of mental health professionals; Suicide, self-injury, and violence in the schools), and a textbook (Wellness counseling). Paul is a QPR certified suicide prevention instructor and an SPRC trainer. Paul also conducts research on psychotherapy outcomes and the psychological and social characteristics of individual well being. He has published over 30 articles in peer reviewed national journals, has authored numerous book chapters on suicide, anxiety, technology in counseling, and wellness, and has published two DVDs on counseling techniques with Prentice Hall.