Trainers Conference: October 27-29th

Don't wait! Register now for the 2009 ASIST Trainers Conference. This is a training opportunity for all ASIST X trainers in Virginia, Maryland, DC and North Carolina. It provides an opportunity to update skills, expand competency and network with other ASIST trainers. There are only 30 slots available! The cost of the training is only $175.00. This includes meals and lodging. Register now at www.preventsuicidetpc.org Email Christy Letsom if you need a copy of the training registration information in pdf format. October 24th is the registration deadline.

Webinar: Connections to Care

The TeenScreen National Center for Mental Health Checkups
invites you to join our next webinar:

Connections to Care:

Developing a Mental Health Service Capacity
for Youth in Rural Communities

Wednesday, November 11
3 p.m. – 4 p.m. EDT


Steven Adelsheim, M.D.

Director, Center for Rural and Community Behavioral Health
Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, & Family/Community Medicine
University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry

To register please click here or copy and paste the below link in your browser
https://www.livemeeting.com/lrs/8002049490/Registration.aspx?PageName=d743xzt3qlbmdrjt
...from TeenScreen

Campus Suicide Prevention Center

From the Weekly SPARK: The newly created Campus Suicide Prevention Center of Virginia (CSPC), based at James Madison University, plans to develop strategies and activities for suicide prevention and mental health promotion at colleges across the state. The first CSPC event, “The Healthy Minds Study Guided Work Day,” will take place on the JMU campus October 15. The event will include student planning teams from eight Virginia colleges, who will use expertise from SPRC and the University of Michigan School of Public Health, as well as Virginia-specific survey data, to guide their planning efforts. Check them out at http://www.campussuicidepreventionva.org/

Campus Suicide Prevention Conference

If you have not already registered for the statewide conference on reducing risk for suicide on Virginia’s college and university campuses, please do so by the Friday, Oct. 9th deadline.

“Campus Suicide Prevention: The Big Picture”, is a one-day event during which speakers will present strategies for assessing and promoting student mental health as well as responding to students who are at risk for suicide. Data from the 2009 Healthy Minds Survey, which provides information specific to college student mental health, will also be presented. Eight of the 16 participating campuses were from Virginia in 2009 (a consortium supported by the Virginia Department of Health).

The date is Oct. 16, 2009 and the location is James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. A light breakfast will be available after 8:15 and the conference will start at 9:00. The day’s events will end at 4:00pm. Lunch will be provided.

The conference is offered at no cost to participants. Lodging is still available for those who come from a distance. See the attachment or the website for additional details.

Registration, the day’s agenda, lodging information and directions are available on-line at www.CampusSuicidePreventionVA.org.

We look forward to seeing you there,

Jane

Jane Wiggins, Ph.D., Director
The Campus Suicide Prevention Center of Virginia
MSC 9008 James Madison University
601 University Blvd.
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
wigginjr@jmu.edu
540-568-8901
www.CampusSuicidePreventionVA.org

Statewide Directory

We are in the final stages of compiling a list of all suicide prevention resources in the State of Virginia. If you are aware of any program, survivor of suicide, prevention, education, advocacy, intervention or otherwise, please be in touch with Christy Letsom at the Crisis Line at cletsom@theplanningcouncil.org. This information will soon be available via the Crisis Line website at www.preventsuicidetpc.org.

Have YOU Registered???

Don't forget to register for the Virginia Stakeholders Meeting September 30, 2009. It will be a great opportunity to connect with others who are actively working to prevent and intervene at a time of suicidal crisis. You can register at www.thepreventsuicidetpc.org. Look for the blue box on the opening page. Look forward to seeing you all there!!!

Stakeholders Meeting!!!!

On September 30, 2009, there will be a meeting in Richmond hosted by Virginia Department of Health gathering the Suicide Prevention Stakeholders in the Commonwealth. Please SAVE THE DATE. More information will follow regarding the meeting but early registration is most appreciated. You can register for the meeting by following the link at www.preventsuicidetpc.org. Please forward this information to anyone working in suicide prevention in the state.

SAVE THE DATE!

2009 Suicide Prevention Stakeholders Meeting
September 30, 2009
Richmond, Virginia
Location to be Announced

Sponsored by: The Division of Injury and Violence Prevention, Virginia Department of Health and the Virginia Suicide Prevention Coalition

Topics include:
Suicide in Virginia: An update from the Virginia Violent Death Reporting System (VVDRS)
Comprehensive Approach to Suicide Prevention
Incorporating Cultural Competency into Suicide Prevention
Suicide Prevention Training Occurring in Virginia
Importance of Training with Fidelity

Please register early at www.preventsuicidetpc.org