Announcing the Texas Suicide Prevention Symposium – Learning Intensive Series!
Thanks to our #TxSP22 sponsors, we are now offering additional learning opportunities as an extension of our Texas Suicide Prevention Symposium 2022! Together, we can ensure our communities continue to expand our suicide prevention know-how!
This is exciting news! Over the next several months, key experts will be joining us to share deeper dives into essential topics that fill critical gaps in our prevention infrastructure. Our generous sponsors for this event include South Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, Texas Health and Human Services, and Endeavors.
Below you will find the calendar of events for these opportunities for additional learning. All sessions will be held in Zoom and will require registration to attend. Please use the links below to register and download the calendar invite following registration. Capacity is limited so please register in advance for the sessions you wish to attend!
Date/Time
Topic
Speaker(s)
Registration Link
Download Calendar Invite
July 12
10:30am – 12:00pm
Mental Health in Ranching and Farming Communities
Tara Haskins, DNP, RN
Total Farmer Health Director
AgriSafe Network
Adam Kantrovich, PhD
Extension Specialist Agribusiness
Clemson University Cooperative Education
August 1
10:00am – 12:00pm
August 1
1:00 – 3:00pm
August 3
10:00am – 12:00pm
Mental Health Training for School-based Athletic Staff
(Register for your desired session)
Alex Yannacone, MA
Director of Education & Community Programs
Helen and Arthur E. Johnson
Depression Center
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
August 10
1:00 – 2:30pm
Training on C-SSRS – How to Grow Use of the C-SSRS to Identify Suicide Risk
Dr. Kelly Posner
Director Columbia Lighthouse Project
Columbia University
September 12
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Mental Health Training for School-based Athletic Staff
Alex Yannacone, MA
Director of Education & Community Programs
Helen and Arthur E. Johnson
Depression Center
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
September 13
10:00am – 12:00pm
Lethal Means – A Deeper Dive to Putting Time & Distance Between Someone at Risk and Lethal Means
Dr. Mike Anestis
Executive Director – New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center
Associate Professor – Urban-Global Public Health
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
September 21
10:00am – 12:00pm
Working with Students – New Research to Support Building Resiliency in Teens
Alex Yannacone, MA
Director of Education and Community Programs
Helen and Arthur E. Johnson
Depression Center
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
September 28
10:30am – 3:00pm
(Includes lunch break)
Working with Hispanic LBGTQ+ Youth Who are at Risk for Suicide and Their Caregivers
Dr. Yosvanka Duarte-Velez
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University
October 19
10:00am – 12:00pm
Preventing Suicide among Women Veterans: Translating Research on Risk and Protective Factors into Actionable Strategies
Dr. Lindsey Monteith &
Dr. Ashley Griffith
VA Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention
November 3
10:00am – 12:00pm
Creating Military Cultural Competency for Texas Communities – “Did You Serve?” Initiative
Don Hipp & John Wilson
Texas Veterans Commission
November 15
10:00am – 12:00pm
Suicide and Adults with a Disability: Strategies for Prevention and Crisis Intervention
Dr. Laura E. Dreer
Associate Professor/Licensed Clinical Psychologist & Director of the Behavioral Health Clinical & Research Services at University of Alabama at Birmingham
December 7
10:00am – 12:00pm
Older Adults and Firearm Safety
Emmy Betz, MD, MPH
Professor at Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine & Director of Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative
January 26
11:00am – 1:00pm
Rethinking Suicide
Dr. Craig Bryan
Ohio State University School of Medicine, Director, Division of Recovery and Resilience Stress, Trauma And Resilience (STAR) Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
