Clinical Disorders (Adult) Category

Strengthening Your Suicide Assessment Skills

3 CE Hours
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About the Course

Are you looking for comprehensive assessment practices for assessing suicide in clients? If so, you will enjoy this recorded webinar where you will learn about comprehensive suicide assessment principles and practices. Evidenced-based screenings and assessments (there is a difference between the two!) will be presented, along with best practices for clinicians to complete a thorough suicide assessment in a conversational, empathetic manner. Case studies will illuminate important aspects of suicidality and assessment. Recommendations such as Donald Meichenbaum’s “The Gold Standard” will be outlined. Learners will develop newfound confidence, skill, and resources to properly assess clients for suicide risk.

Publication Details

Publication Date: First Jun 2023

Target Audience

Counselors, marriage and family therapists,nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for intermediate levels of knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Recognize the value and responsibility for thorough suicide screening and assessment as a clinician.
  2. 2 Identify at least two empathic and non-judgmental techniques to elicit suicide risk in each client.
  3. 3 Formulate a minimum of three methods of implementing screenings and assessments to determine a client's suicide risk level and complete necessary documentation.
  4. 4 Explore core fundamentals of suicide, including etiology, risk levels, and motivations.

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There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Course Details

3 CE Hours
Recorded Webinar
Course 103316

Related Topics

Evidence Based Interventions Suicide

Availability

This course is available until Jul 26th, 2033.

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