Suicide Prevention 201: Advancing Suicide Prevention & Clinical Management

Note: Disregard the "Date" of the event. The completion of SP201 can take place at any time.

Boost your suicide assessment and management skills in this free online and interactive APA certified CE course. Through this asynchronous self-paced course, attendees will learn state-of-science theoretical, measurement, and applied research as practical approaches to assist clinicians in accounting for culture and diversity in their suicide prevention and management.

SP201 is a culture and diversity-infused workshop for clinicians, school counselors, crisis response staff, and other providers. The workshop will provide instruction and a forum for clinical discussion and case practice, on the current standards for suicide prevention and management. A useable framework and accessible guidelines will ensure that participants are able to competently manage suicide risk, incorporating the latest standards in suicide science and practice. Participants will learn to account for cultural influences on suicide risk and infuse key evidence-based cultural considerations throughout their suicide management activities. Aims are to provide guidance to advance culturally responsive suicide practice. Upon completion a certificate for 6 APA approved CEs will be provided

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This training is targeted towards beginning, intermediate, or advanced levels. Appropriate for clinicians, peer providers, counselors and others

Register for this event to get a course link to our online asynchronous offering of SP201 in association with the Oregon Health Authority.

• As of January 2025, you can access our General self-paced course which will train you to work with clients across a variety of ages
• In March 2025, a Youth-focused self-paced version of the course will be available as well, focusing specifically on suicide assessment/management of youth clients.

Learning Objectives

This workshop is designed to help you:

1) Identify six key steps of assessing and managing suicide risk

2) Apply standard approaches to suicide risk assessment and inquiry, incorporating current level of risk and standard suicide risk and protective factors

3) Identify major components of safety planning, suicide risk case conceptualization, and treatment planning while accounting for important clinical documentation and legal considerations.

4) Discuss the latest research on cultural differences in suicide, and culturally competent assessment and prevention of suicide among ethnic minority and LGBTQ populations.

5) Understand cultural factors and implicit bias that impact assessment and management of suicide risk and crisis intervention.

6) Apply a guiding framework and assessment tools/approaches that will advance culturally responsive suicide practice with diverse populations and mitigate implicit bias.

How to register for SP201:

Purchase a "free" ticket from this eventbrite page to be sent a registration code and instructions for the self-paced course hosted through our CE tracking website, Learnworlds.

Register for SP202 for Applied Case Practice

Upon completion of SP201, we invite you to attend our live online offering of SP202. Suicide Prevention 202 provides the opportunity for hands-on practice via case conference with de-identified clients experiencing various suicide risk levels and crisis situation. Multiple offerings including

Thursday May 15th, 2025 9am - 1pm PST

Tuesday June 3rd, 9am - 1pm PST

SP202 Eventbrite Link Coming Soon!

Questions about the course? Email Dr. Gabe Corpus, SP201 Program Manager at

[email protected]

Community Connections Psychological Associates, Inc. (CCPA) is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CCPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content. There is no known commercial support for this program. Note: APA CE credits are accepted by the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists (OBOLPCT), Oregon Board of Psychology (OBOP), and Mental Health and Addiction Certification Board of Oregon (MHACBO). Check your licensing body for confirmation.

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