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Suicide and Self-Harm in Adolescents: Effective Assessment and Intervention Strategies for Young People in Crisis


Speaker:
Tony L. Sheppard, PsyD, CGP, ABPP, AGPA-F
Duration:
Full Day
Format:
Audio and Video
Product Code:
LWC053365
Brochure Code:
PLW65271
Media Type:
Live Webcast - Also available: Digital Seminar | DVD

Dates

Normal Price:      $249.99 - Now:  $49.99 - Exclusive offer when combined with this live training.

Description

Young people are dying. Alone and afraid.

Hanging, overdoses, slashed wrists. Young, horrific, unnecessary deaths. The human toll is staggering. The suffering devastating. Promising futures erased. Heart-broken parents aching to hold their children one last time. Desperate adolescents feeling isolated and unloved in their inner lives often wear a mask of strength. Terrified of hospitalization and stigma if they share their true feelings, they face a lonely and frightening battle.

You are the one working with them. The one trying to prevent this. The one who’s supposed to help this kid get better. Is there something I’m missing? Could I be doing more? How do I manage my liability?

You feel the weight of keeping someone alive. Being the one expected to prevent suicide can be a heavy burden. There’s nowhere to hide from the responsibility and fear – or the guilt that could come if something happens.

But fear won’t steer you away. You won’t let them face it alone.

Be prepared to offer these kids guidance and hope.

Dr. Tony Sheppard is a licensed psychologist and certified group psychotherapist who has trained hundreds of clinicians, educators, and medical professionals in the treatment of self-harm and suicidal ideation. In more than 15 years of working with children, adolescents, and young adults, Tony has uncovered the specific tools and techniques you need to help your young suicidal and self-harming clients.

Attend this essential one-day seminar and walk away with:

  • Assessment and screening tools specifically tailored for NSSI and suicidal youth
  • Tips for working with schools, peers, and families to improve treatment outcomes
  • Motivational techniques that engage teens and adolescents in their treatment
  • Replacement behaviors for Non-Suicidal Self Injury clients
  • Distraction strategies that enhance self-esteem and self-acceptance
  • Interventions that enhance self-esteem and self-acceptance
  • Exercises that develop problem solving skills in clients and their families
  • 5 tips for assessing online resources for helping suicidal and self-harming youth

Join Tony as he weaves his expertise and compassion into the practical skills you need to guide these kids out of the darkness back into the light!

Credit


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NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the on-line post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). 

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Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.

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This training has been approved for 6.25 CE's for Washington State Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Licensed Clinical Social Workers. WMHCA Provider #1504.


Pennsylvania Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists

This intermediate activity is approved for 6.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.


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Speaker

Tony L. Sheppard, PsyD, CGP, ABPP, AGPA-F's Profile

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Tony Sheppard, PsyD, CGP, ABPP, AGPA-F, specializes in treating young people suffering from psychiatric issues including self-harm and suicide. A licensed psychologist and certified group psychotherapist, Tony brings over 20 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and young adults to his clinical practice. In addition to his private practice, Groupworks, he has trained hundreds of clinicians, educators, nurses, and physicians across the country in the treatment of self-harm and suicide and is the author of a training curriculum in group psychotherapy. He is board certified in group psychology.

Tony’s clinical approach draws from interpersonal neurobiology, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, solution-focused brief therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and positive psychology. His creative and interactive delivery style will draw you into the dire nature of youth suicide and self-harm and have you leave feeling confident and prepared to handle this most important work.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Tony Sheppard is the founder and director of Groupworks Psychological Services and has an employment relationship with Spalding University. He receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Sheppard receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Tony Sheppard has is a member of the Kentucky Psychological Association, the American Group Psychotherapy Association, and the American Association of Suicidology.


Additional Info

Access Period for Live Webcast

For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time. You will have access for 90 days after the program for review. 


Webcast Schedule

Please note: There will be a lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion.


Outline

Non-Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI) and Suicide
  • Primary motivations and neuropsychology of NSSI
  • NSSI and trauma
  • Suicide and Suicidal Ideation – symptom or disease
  • Is youth suicide contagious?
  • Means and means restriction
  • Relationship between NSSI and suicide
Assessment is the Key to Effective Treatment
  • A matter of trust – clinical implications of research on confidentiality of minors with mental health concerns
  • Differential diagnosis
  • Clinical screening and formal assessment tools for NSSI
  • Recency and frequency
  • Severity
  • Triggers
  • Who’s aware
  • Suicide risk assessment
  • SAFE-T
  • PATH WARM
  • Ideation, plan, means, intent
  • Level of risk
  • Intervention
Using the Stages of Change/Motivational Interviewing Model in Treatment
  • Assessing readiness
  • Gauging interventions
  • Motivational techniques that engage teens and adolescents in their treatment
  • Sustaining and maintaining recovery
  • Case example
Therapeutic Interventions Drawn from Interpersonal Neurobiology, CBT, and DBT
  • Developing distraction strategies
  • Building coping skills
  • Enhancing self-esteem and self-acceptance
  • Improving relationships and relational skills
  • Addressing trauma (Big T and Little T)
  • Developing problem solving skills
  • The role of adjunctive therapies
Replacement Behaviors for NSSI
  • Use of alternative harm behaviors
  • Simulation strategies
  • Proceed with caution
  • Case example
Employ a Multi-Systemic Treatment Approach
  • Working with parents
  • Educating and consulting
  • No one understands me - Validation in the family context
  • The issue of control
  • Contracting to curb NSSI and Suicidal Ideation
  • Monitoring
  • The role of the school
  • Who needs to know/how much?
  • Reporting to parents
  • Building “Trusted Adult” support networks
  • The role of peers
  • The impact of Veteran suicide on family dynamics and connectedness
Social Media, NSSI, and Suicide: The Harm and The Help
  • Cyberbullicide - The impact of online bullying
  • Video sharing, social media and self-injury
  • Support and connection through social media, apps, and other technologies
  • 5 tips for assessing online resources
  • Online tools you can use

Objectives

  1. Employ clinical screening and assessment tools to help you determine which clients present the highest risk for suicide.
  2. Apply motivational techniques that engage resistant suicidal and self-harming teens in the therapeutic process.
  3. Develop strategies for incorporating schools and peer groups into your treatment plans for suicidal and self-harming clients, and communicate how this multi-systemic approach can improve treatment outcomes.
  4. Articulate how alternative coping strategies can be introduced in-session to help self-injuring clients manage triggering situations without engaging in self-harm.
  5. Communicate how clinicians can foster support among family members with techniques that promote problem solving and communication, and help young people feel in control and part of the therapeutic process.
  6. Utilize therapeutic interventions from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to improve your clients’ coping skills and interpersonal effectiveness.

Target Audience

Social Workers, Psychologists, Counselors, Teachers, School Administrators, Case Managers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Addiction Counselors, Therapists, Nurses, Other Mental Health Professionals

Reviews

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Total Reviews: 4

Comments

Heather K

"I immensely benefited from this training as I work often with adolescent clients dealing with NSSI and suicidal thoughts/plans/intent. It was good to learn more of the evidenced based practices and hear Tony Sheppard counter some of the classic grad school practices that haven't been helpful."

Carolyn A

"Excellent course, very organized and informative, excellent presenter"

Kathryn W

"good educational presentation good case examples given very helpful "

Stacey K

"Very helpful, thank you!"

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