Program Summary:  This course explores the topic of suicidal behavior in older military veterans.  The course offers a literature review and identifies the unique experiences and challenges that older veterans face, which may include psychiatric disorders, medical illnesses, and psychosocial stressors.  Suicide prevention efforts are identified and include medical and psychological treatment, safety planning, social help, family education, public education, lethal means restriction, and technology.

This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.

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Program Summary:   This course reviews recent literature on suicidal thoughts and behaviors in people on the autism spectrum.  Emerging research on suicide risk factors, screening, assessment, and treatment is discussed. The course offers the Interpersonal Psychological Theory of Suicide as a possible framework and explores concepts of thwarted belongingness, perceived burdensomeness, and acquired capability for suicide.  Recommendations for future research is included.

This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.   Read the complete description of this course…..

Program Summary:  This course examines youth suicide prevention and intervention in five parts:  1.  Foundations of Youth Suicide Prevention 2. Suicide Prevention and Postvention in School Settings 3. Suicide Specific Interventions 4. Cultural Considerations and Specific Populations and 5. Improving Quality of Suicide Care Across Systems.  The course explores trends and research and offers strategies for prevention, early identification, and response.  Suicide screening, safety planning, lethal means counseling, hotlines, and best practices are discussed.  Cultural considerations highlight specific populations that include Black youth, LGBTQIA+ youth, youth with intellectual and neurodevelopmental disorders, American Indian and Alaska Native youth, and considerations for rural communities.  Views from lived experience are shared.

This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.  
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Program Summary:  This course examines suicide prevention strategies for underserved youth with a focus on American Indian/ Alaska Native; Black/ African American; Hispanic or Latino; and LGBTQI+ youth.  The course explores risk and protective factors and identifies barriers to care for underserved youth.  Current research and interventions are discussed.

This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.   Read the complete description of this course…..

Program Summary:  This course offers guidance and positive strategies for mental health promotion and suicide prevention for LGBTQIA2S+ youth.  The course highlights affirming environments, professional competence, culturally competent care, risk and protective factors, and sources of joy.  Tips and advice from LGBTQIA2S+ youth and adults are shared, and the importance of involving LGBTQIA2S+ youth in the development of programs is emphasized.  The course includes the HRC Glossary of Terms for help with terminology.

This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.  

Unfortunately, this course is not available in CE Broker for Florida professionals.
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Program Summary:  This course examines suicide risk and cultural variation among high-achieving Asian Americans.  The course explores cultural and family factors and offers examples of acculturation, acculturative stress, stereotype, obligatory stress, and cultural humility.  A case example of a high-achieving Asian American adolescent in a large high school is presented. Recommendations for clinical interventions are provided.

This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.  

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Program Summary:   This course explores suicide prevention and provides strategies and approaches for reducing suicide risk and harms.  Strategies include: strengthen economic supports, create protective environments, improve access and delivery of suicide care, promote healthy connections, teach coping and problem-solving skills, identify and support people at risk, and lessen harms and prevent future risk.  The course explores risk and protective factors at the individual, relationship, community, and societal level.  Crisis response interventions and therapeutic treatment approaches are discussed.

This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.  

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Course Summary:  The college years represent a major life transition for young adults as they begin to navigate a larger world.  We know that many mental disorders often begin during adolescence and early adulthood and an increasing number of college students report mental health concerns.  This course explores common mental disorders among college students, including depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors.  Evidence-based clinical interventions and treatments are highlighted along with strategies for working with diverse student populations.

This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.
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