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CAMS-4Teens

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July 14, 2026, 8:30am - 12:30pm CST
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $15
Continuing Education Hours: 4.0
Note: Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin
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Course Description

The CAMS-4Teens half-day training covers multiple aspects of youth suicide risk and treatment. Participants will receive up-to-date information on prevalence rates and recent trends in youth suicide and self-harm, particularly for demographics with increasing rates and risk. Participants will also receive a brief review of the CAMS initial assessment and treatment framework, along with recommendations and numerous tips for implementing the CAMS model with teens. Issues specific to working with teens and their families are covered.

Learning Objectives: 

  • Discuss epidemiological trends among teens
  • Review CAMS framework
  • Learn how to use CAMS-4Teens
  • Utilize video demonstrations
  • Adapt CAMS for specific teen populations

This training is being provided in collaboration with 

About the Trainer

Kevin J. Crowley, Ph.D.

Kevin J. Crowley, Ph.D.

In addition to serving as a CAMS-care Senior Consultant, Dr. Kevin Crowly works as a Staff Psychologist at Capital Institute for Cognitive Therapy, LLC, and as an Adjunct Instructor at The Catholic University of America. He has conducted risk assessments, delivered suicide-specific treatments, and provided suicide-focused consultation and training through the VA Health Care System and outpatient private practices since 2010. He has also been involved in several suicide-focused program evaluations and formal research projects through The Catholic University of America's Suicide Prevention Laboratory (Washington, DC) and the Rocky Mountain MIRECC for Suicide Prevention (Denver, CO).

Dr. Crowley's research to date has emphasized brief interventions for reducing shame and suicide risk, understanding suicide "drivers," and considerations for optimizing the effectiveness of suicide-focused training. He has presented this research and offered clinical workshops at the annual conventions of both the American Association of Suicidology and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.