2024 Suicide Care Trainings

In collaboration with Mental Health America of Wisconsin, the Behavioral Health Training Partnership is pleased to offer suicide care trainings for mental health professionals and health care providers supporting individuals who may be at risk of suicide. These unique training opportunities are made possible through grant funding from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to promote best practice and evidence-based techniques in recognizing, assessing and managing suicidal thoughts and behaviors.  Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin.

Training access instructions will be emailed to registered participants one week prior to the training. If you have questions, please email bhtp@uwgb.edu.
 
Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality

Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality


CAMS Foundational Video Course 

BHTP will review your registration, and upon approval, submit your name and email address to CAMS Care, LLC.  You will then receive an email from CAMS Care, LLC, with instructions for accessing the course.  This is a 3-hour self-paced course.  

Participants will have 60-days to complete this video course through CAMS Care, LLC.

Fee: $15
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Course Description

Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin
The CAMS (Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality) framework is an empirically supported, suicide-specific approach to assessing, managing, and treating suicidal risk and pain. This framework is intended to increase clinician comfort in planning and prioritizing outpatient care for suicidal clients. It has been... Read more »
Family Based Youth Suicide Risk Management Workshop

Family Based Youth Suicide Risk Management Workshop

February 28, 2024
8:30am - 4:30pm CST
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $35
Trainer(s): Guy Diamond, Ph.D.
Continuing Education Hours: 7.0
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Course Description

Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin

This workshop provides an introduction to state of the art, empirically supported family based suicide risk management practices to help therapists and clinical staff manage suicide concerns when they arise,

First, we discuss trauma informed care, adolescent and family development and the national concern... Read more »
Crisis Response Planning (CRP)

Crisis Response Planning (CRP)

April 18, 2024
8:30am - 12:30pm CST
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $15
Trainer(s): David Rozek, PhD, ABPP
Continuing Education Hours: 4.0
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Course Description

Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin
This workshop is designed to enhance individuals’ knowledge about crisis response planning for managing acute suicide risk, and to increase their ability to confidently and competently administer this intervention with at-risk individuals. The first half of the workshop provides didactic knowledge about suicide, the... Read more »
Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT) Introductory Workshop: Part One

Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT) Introductory Workshop: Part One

May 22, 2024
8:30am - 4:15pm CST
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $35
Trainer(s): Suzanne Levy, Ph.D.
Continuing Education Hours: 6.25
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Course Description

Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin

Attachment Based Family Therapy is a manualized, empirically informed family therapy model specifically designed to target family and individual processes associated with adolescent suicide and depression. ABFT emerges from interpersonal theories that suggest adolescent depression and suicide can be precipitated,... Read more »
Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (BCBT) for Suicide Prevention

Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (BCBT) for Suicide Prevention

June 19-20, 2024
8:30am - 4:30pm CST each day
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $70
Trainer(s): David Rozek, PhD, ABPP
Continuing Education Hours: 13.0
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Course Description

Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin
This two-day workshop is geared towards mental health professionals seeking to acquire entry-level information and training on the assessment, management, and treatment of suicide risk among suicidal individuals. The first portion of the workshop provides intensive training in core competencies for the clinical care of suicidal... Read more »
Dialectical Behavior Therapy's Approach to Assessment, Conceptualization, and Management of Suicide Risk

Dialectical Behavior Therapy's Approach to Assessment, Conceptualization, and Management of Suicide Risk

August 5, 2024
8:30am - 3:30pm CST
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $35
Trainer(s): Lesley Chapin, Psy.D.
Continuing Education Hours: 6.0
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Course Description

Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin


In Wisconsin, suicide is currently the second leading cause of death amongst individuals ages 10-44. While training on identifying common risk factors for suicide is becoming more common amongst professionals without clinical training, up to half of the mental health clinicians tasks with treating this population of... Read more »

Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR) for Outpatient Settings

Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR) for Outpatient Settings

September 4-5, 2024
8:30am - 11:45am CST each day
Virtual Learning via Zoom
Fee: $35
Trainer(s): Joanne Tulachka, MA, LPC, CSAC
Continuing Education Hours: 6.5
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Course Description

Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin
AMSR for Outpatient Settings is a one-day training workshop for behavioral health professionals.   The 6.5-hour training program is based on the latest research and designed to help participants provide safer suicide care. Health care providers face many challenges when working with patients and clients at risk for... Read more »