Suicide Prevention 201

Advancing Suicide Prevention & Management for Diverse Clients

February 25 & 27, 2025, 12:00 - 3:30pm CST each day
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $35
Continuing Education Hours: 6.0
Note: Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin

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Course Description

This workshop will provide instruction and a forum for clinical discussion and case practice, on the current standards of practice for suicide prevention and management.

Throughout its content, this workshop addresses the management of suicide in diverse populations. Attendees will learn state-of-science theoretical, measurement, and applied research as practical approaches to assist clinicians in accounting for cultural influences on suicide risk among diverse populations. Aims are to provide guidance to advance culturally competent suicide research and practice.

Learning Objectives

• Identify 6 key steps of assessing & managing suicide risk
• Apply standard approaches to suicide risk assessment & inquiry
• Identify major components of safety planning, suicide risk case conceptualization, and treatment planning while accounting for important clinical documentation & legal considerations
• Discuss the latest research on cultural differences in suicide, & culturally competent assessment & prevention of suicide among ethnic minority & LGBTQ populations
• Apply a guiding framework & assessment tools/approaches that advance culturally competent suicide practice w/ diverse clients

Joyce Chu, Ph.D.

Joyce Chu, Ph.D. is a licensed Clinical Psychologist whose expertise lie in the areas of suicidology, diversity and culture, and community mental health. She completed her training at Stanford University, University of Michigan, and the University of California, San Francisco, and is currently a Professor of Psychology at Palo Alto University (PAU) where she directs/co-directs the Diversity and Community Mental Health (DCMH) emphasis and Multicultural Suicide Research Center. She is also a Director at Community Connections Psychological Associates. Her work is focused around advancing the assessment and prevention of suicide for ethnic minority and LGBTQ populations, particularly in Asian Americans. She has published numerous works including a cultural theory and model of suicide and a tool that assists in accounting for cultural influences on suicide risk. Her work is community-collaborative and aims to address the need for culturally congruent outreach and service options for underserved communities.

Chris Weaver, Ph.D.

Christopher Weaver, Ph.D. is a licensed Clinical Psychologist whose expertise lie in the areas of forensics, suicide, assessment, substance use, violence, and trauma. Dr. Weaver completed his training at the University of Louisville, University of California, San Francisco and Stanford University, and is currently a Professor at Palo Alto University where he directs the Forensic Psychology Program. He is also a Director at Community Connections Psychological Associates. He has published in the areas of psychopathy and violence and suicide risk assessment, and more recently in the areas of substance abuse and psychological trauma. His publications also include co-authored books in law & mental health and psychopathology. Dr. Weaver’s current research focuses on the role that trauma and substance use play in criminal offending, the assessment of dissimulation in PTSD assessment. He is also conducting a funded training and research program designed to increase police officer effectiveness in working with people with mental illness.