Suicide and Crisis Managment

800 Claiborne Street,West Monroe LA 71291

10 May, 2023

Description

FREE training sponsored by the Ouachita Resilience Network, supported by the SAMHSA grant, Louisiana Resilience: Bringing Mental Health Awareness and Training to Ouachita Parish. Presented by Rosaura Orengo-Aguayo, PhD, Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor, Dept of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina. Introduction to suicide risk factors and prevention strategies. Learn how to determine suicide risk in children and adolescents. Learn how to manage crisis within a school setting and make appropriate referrals depending on level of risk. Open to anyone in a helping role; no advanced degree required (community leaders, teachers, first responders, clergy, administrators, mental health providers, nurses).