Suicide and Youth: Understanding, Safety Planning and Decreasing Future Suicidal Ideation with System Involved Youth
Tue, Aug 15
|Online Event
This course provided by Pamela Parkinson, Ph.D., LCSW meets the qualifications for the required 6 CE hours for CA BBS Licensed Professionals or BBS Registered Professionals applying for Licensure.


Time & Location
Aug 15, 2023, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM PDT
Online Event
About the Event
Pamela Parkinson, Ph.D., LCSW
Training Description
Come to this training on understanding suicidal ideation with system involved youth. This is going to be a training within the context of family because we need the larger team to keep system involved youth safe. We are going to talk about why youth might choose suicide, things to look for, how we talk about it, and ways to keep system involved youth safe! However, once youth are safe, our focus will shift to how do we keep them alive and having a future outlook that does not include seeing suicide as a viable option for managing their pain. Additionally, we are going to be learning about the pandemic as it relates to suicide.
Learning Objectives
1. Participants will be able to identify at least 2 ways to explore suicidal ideation (SI) with system involved youth.
2. Participants will be able to identify at…