Healthcare Training Institute - Quality Education since 1979
CE for Psychologist, Social Worker, Counselor, & MFT!!

Course Learning Objectives/Outcomes

By the end of the course, the Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist, Social Worker or Psychologist will be able to:
-Explain how optimized or 'no problem' questions are problematic when asking about suicidal ideation.
-Name five biopsychosocial risk factors for suicide.
-Explain the suicidal warning signs that the mnemonic IS PATH WARM stands for.
-Explain a reason why alcohol and/or drug misuse significantly affect suicide rates.
-Explain how risk factors are documented when completing a suicide risk assessment.
-Name four evidence-based psychotherapy interventions for the prevention of suicide.
-Name five signs of a quality treatment program.
-Name six steps in implementing the safety plan.
-Name four tasks that administrators can assign clinical supervisors in making sure that the tasks involved in extending care beyond the immediate actions are carried out.
-Name two primary approaches that can be used by schools to identify youth with possible increased risk for suicide.
-Name nine suicidal risks that are specific to veterans.

"The instructional level of this course is introductory, intermediate, or advanced depending on the learners clinical area of expertise."