Suicide and Youth: Understanding, Safety Planning and Decreasing Future Suicidal Ideation with System-Involved Youth

Pamela Parkinson, PhD, LCSW

Training Description

Come to this training on understanding suicidal ideation (SI) 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 and suicide. 

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• Explain at least 2 ways to explore suicidal ideation with system-involved youth.