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.
Family Based Youth Suicide Risk Management Workshop
January 23 & 24, 2025
8:30am - 12:15pm CST each day
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $35
Trainer(s): Guy Diamond Ph.D.
Continuing Education Hours: 6.5
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. Read more »
The Role of Certified Peer Specialists: A Training for Non-Peer Specialists
February 18, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm CST
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $15
Trainer(s): Jessica Perez, CPS & Amy Yonker, LPC
Continuing Education Hours: 4.0
Course Description
Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin
Certified Peer Specialists play an integral role in behavioral health organizations. As this profession grows, it is important to have a deep understanding of both peer support roles and the value of this work. Read more »
Suicide Prevention 201: Advancing Suicide Prevention and Management for Diverse Clients
February 25 & 27, 2025
12:00 - 3:30pm CST each day
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $35
Trainer(s): Joyce Chu Ph.D. & Chris Weaver, Ph.D.
Continuing Education Hours: 6.0
Course Description
Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin
This workshop will provide instruction and a forum for clinical discussion and case practice, on the current standards of practice for suicide prevention and management. A useable framework and accessible guidelines will ensure that workshop participants are able to competently manage suicide risk, incorporating the latest standards in suicide science and practice. Read more »
Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) Training
March 6, 2025
9:00 am - 12:00pm CST
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $15
Trainer(s): Melody Palmer-Arizola, LPC-S & Stacy Spencer, MSW, LCSW-S
Continuing Education Hours: 3.0
Course Description
Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin
Counseling on Access to Lethal means is a skills-focused training that looks at addressing the “how” of suicide prevention, rather than the “why”. Addressing access to lethal means and determining effective strategies to reduce access for those at risk of suicide has been proven to reduce suicides by thirty to fifty percent, which provides a critical opportunity for intervention. Read more »
Crisis Response Planning (CRP) for Suicide Prevention
April 10, 2025
12:30 - 4:30pm CST
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $15
Trainer(s): David Rozek, PhD, ABPP
Continuing Education Hours: 4.0
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
May 6 & 7, 2025
8:30am - 12:15pm CST each day
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $35
Trainer(s): Suzanne Levy, Ph.D.
Continuing Education Hours: 6.5
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, exacerbated or buffered against by the quality of interpersonal relationships in families. Read more »
Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT) Introductory Workshop Part Two
June 4-5 and June 11-12, 2025
8:30am - 12:15pm CST each day
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $70
Trainer(s): Suzanne Levy, Ph.D.
Continuing Education Hours: 13.0
Course Description
Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin
Part Two builds on Part One and provides a more in-depth look at the procedures and process involved in facilitating ABFT. Read more »
Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR) for Outpatient Settings
September 3-4, 2025
8:30 - 11:45am CST each day
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $35
Trainer(s): Joanne Tulachka, LPC, CSAC, IDP-AT
Continuing Education Hours: 6.5
Course Description
Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin
AMSR for Outpatient Settings is a one-day training workshop for behavioral health professionals. This 6.5-hour training program is based on the latest research and designed to help participants provide safer suicide care. Read more »