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OCTOBER 2024: SUICIDE PREVENTION SPEAKER SERIES

OCT. 18, 2024

Featured Speakers: Sherry Molock, PhD, HAVEN, and Donna M. Scott, ThD, BCMHC, DMS Ministries 
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MAY 2024: SUICIDE PREVENTION SPEAKER SERIES

MAY 31, 2024
Featured Speakers: 
Victor Armstrong, MSW, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and Reba Rice-Portwood, MEd, LPC, Safer Homes Collaborative at Missouri Institute of Mental Health

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OCTOBER 2023: SUICIDE PREVENTION SPEAKER SERIES

OCT. 13, 2023

Featured Speaker: Dr. Caitlin Ryan, Family Acceptance Project
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MAY 2023: SUICIDE PREVENTION SPEAKER SERIES

MAY 12, 2023

Featured Speakers: Casey Pick, JD, The Trevor Project

Katie Heiden-Rootes, PhD, Saint Louis University, Medical Family Therapy Program
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Featured Training: Missouri Ask Listen Refer

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Missouri Ask. Listen. Refer is a free, online training designed to help Missouri residents prevent suicide by teaching participants to identify people at risk for suicide, recognize the risk and protective factors and warning signs of suicide, and how to respond to and get help for someone in need. The training takes approximately 20 minutes to complete and includes a pre- and post-test and a certificate upon completion. Take the training today at  http://moasklistenrefer.org.  

Training

The following is a selection of recognized training for suicide prevention and intervention. Many of these programs are offered by providers in the St. Louis metro area. See local providers on the Resources page.   

Mental Health & Medical Providers

Assessing & Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR)

Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM)

Community & General Public

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

Conversation (CALM)

gun shop owners/public

Mental Health First Aid

Upcoming Missouri Mental Health First Aid Training Events

Question Persuade Refer (QPR)

S.A.V.E Training
veterans at risk for suicide
call STL VA at (314) 652-4100, ext. 66166

Talks Saves Lives 

Youth-Related

Signs of Suicide (SOS)

6th-12th grade students

SOS Trusted Adult Training

gatekeepers

Youth Mental Health First Aid

adult gatekeepers

Coalition Presentations: Archive

2024

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Nov 2024 - James Dickerson

Green Leaves

Jan 2024 - Missy Bowles

Southeast Behavioral Services - NO RECORDING - Southeast Behavioral Hospital

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Sept 2024 - Dr. John Gaal

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Mar 2024 - Bart Andrews

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July 2024 - David Ray

Purple Flowers

May 2024 - Elizabeth Deakos

2021

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Dec 2021 - Chelsey Wilks

Green Leaves

Sep 2021 - Brandon Anderson

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Archive of monthly recordings

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Oct 2021 - Jessi LaRose

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Archive of monthly recordings

Purple Flowers

Nov 2021 - Katie Ellison

OCTOBER 2022: SUICIDE PREVENTION SPEAKER SERIES

OCT 14, 2022

SUICIDE PREVENTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION 
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MAY 2022: SUICIDE PREVENTION SPEAKER SERIES

MAY 13, 2022

WHAT'S DATA GOT TO DO WITH IT?

USING TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE SUICIDE 

MARCH 2021: SUICIDE PREVENTION SPEAKER SERIES

EQUITABLE AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE SUICIDE PREVENTION: INCREASING EQUITY IN COMMUNITIES

  • March 5, 2021 - Widening the Lens: Setting the Stage for Social Justice and Racial Equity in Suicide Prevention - Pata Suyeemoto, PhD, Jennifer Kelliher, and Tiffany Lacy Clark

  • March 12, 2021 - And How are the Children? Cultural Responsiveness and Equity in Preventing Suicide in our Schools - Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW, and Terry Harris, PhD

TRAINING VIDEOS & SLIDES

Widening the Lens

Widening the Lens

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And How are the Children?

And How are the Children?

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