A 4-hour training with Ann Duckless, MA
June 5, 2024
8:30am-1:30pm
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE!
We HIGHLY recommend you apply!
Scholarship Application *click here*
PRESENTATION: This training will provide insights into how an agency or community can take a collaborative, comprehensive approach to responding to a sudden death, to include suicide, with particular attention paid to reducing risk of contagion among youth. Participants will also learn suicide postvention protocols specifically designed for mental health and substance abuse/addiction providers and how these protocols interface with those of other community disciplines.
As a result of attending this training, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of National Best Practices for mental health and substance use providers in responding to a sudden death, to include suicide.
- Describe how to increase awareness of the complexity of suicide-related grief and cultural considerations regarding suicide and sudden deaths;
- List recommendations regarding confidentiality, safe and sensitive communication, and media inquiries; and
- Demonstrate an advanced ability to encourage help-seeking and reduce risk for contagion, with identification of resources to promote healing for loss survivors and communities
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Ann has worked for NAMI NH for almost 20 years in the Connect Suicide Prevention Program, providing suicide prevention, postvention, Survivor Voices, and mental health trainings to community, military, college, and tribal nation settings. She has also gained over 20 years of experience in the field of substance use continuum of care. Ann’s varied professional work experiences including teaching at the high school and college levels, inpatient and outpatient counseling for substance use disorders, youth prevention community work at the statewide level, and a collaborative systems perspective in dealing with public health issues. Trained as a cultural competence trainer by the Anti-Defamation League, Ann embraces and promotes cultural sensitivity to issues of race, ethnicity, language, religion, disability, and sexual orientation/gender identity.
REGISTRATION FEE: *NHADACA Members $40; *Non-Members $50; *NBCC included. For registration information contact: 603-225-7060 or training@nhadaca.org
4 Contact Hours Available
CRSW Performance Domains: 1-4
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 1, 4-5 & 11-12
CPS Domains: 2-3 & 6
NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category 1) & Psychologist Category A
NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
PLEASE NOTE: Only one registrant per form. For multiple registrants you must register each one individually. Registration is not complete or guaranteed until payment is received. Payment by means other than credit card may slow down completion of registration. Checks and cash are still accepted, however, your registration will be placed on a pending list until payment is received. We strongly encourage payment by credit card for training of high demand topics. Thank you.
This training is financed under a contract with the State of NH, Department of Health and Human Services, with funds provided in part by the State of NH and/or such funding sources as were available or required, e.g., the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
