Alive! Mental Health Fair dates:

09.06.11 - Gillette College
09.07.11 - Sheridan College
09.09.11 - Keuka College
09.22.11 - Viterbo University
09.26.11 - PSU-Mont-Alto
10.11.11 - PSU- Beaver
10.12.11 - PSU Greater Allegheny
10.13.11 - PSU DuBois
10.14.11 - Westmoreland County Community College
10.18.11 - Northeast Iowa Community College-Calmar
10.19.11 - Lincoln Land Community College
11.01.11 - North East Wisconsin Technical College

More information on the Alive! Mental Health Fair HERE.

January 2012

1/20/2012 - 1/20/2012 8:30:00 AM MT
safeTALK Suicide Alertness Training & GLBTQ Information Session
Jefferson Center for Mental Health
Jefferson Center for Mental Health 4851 Independence Street
Wheat Ridge, CO

This FREE training is open to anyone providing services to young adults ages 18-24 in Jefferson, Clear Creek, and Gilpin Counties, Colorado. In the safeTALK Suicide Alertness Training, you will be able to: -Understand how personal and community beliefs about suicide affect suicide stigma and safety -appreciate how the steps taught in safeTALK can be used to help prevent suicide -learn about ways to help protect, preserve and promote life in a suicide-safer community The GLBTQ Information Session is designed to inform and educate participants about the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning communities by utilizing information presentation, discussion, small group exercises, and experiential activities. Lunch will be provided RSVP: http://safetalkjan2012.eventbrite.com Questions: Heather Trish heathert@jcmh.org or 303-432-5265

Event URL:
http://safetalkjan2012.eventbrite.com

Event Contact:
Heather Trish
303-432-5265

February 2012

• 2/5/2007 - 2/5/2007
  Better Todays. Better Tomorrows.
  SAMHSA
  Holiday Inn
  Boise, ID
  
  Children's Mental Health Training
  8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  Event Contact:
  Carol Schubach
  208-373-1799
  
  
• 2/7/2007 - 2/9/2007
  Evidence-Based Interventions for Suicidal Persons
  Department of Veterans Affairs, Employee Education System
  Holiday Inn Denver City Center
  Denver, CO
  
  This regional conference will present up-to-date research findings on evidence-based interventions to prevent suicide. Presenters include national leaders in the areas of psychopharmacologic and psychosocial interventions for the management of high-risk individuals. Workgroup/workshops will focus on identification of specific needs and issues in dissemination and implementation of training within the VA and other community-based settings.
  Event Contact:
  Jan Kemp
  303-393-4650
  
  
• 2/8/2007 - 2/9/2007
  Suicide Prevention Across Cultures: Our Journey Forward
  National Organization for People of Color Against Suicide (NOPCAS), NAMI, IHS, AASPI, AMASSI, NY State OMH
  Marriott Los Angeles Airport
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  This is the 10th anniversary conference on suicide prevention for NOPCAS and is designed to advance the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention in communities of color. Relevant for mental health providers, law enforcement and corrections personnel, public agencies, spiritual leaders and healers, consumers, curanderos and clergy.
  
  SPRC staff member(s) Elly Stout will be attending this event.
  Event URL:
  www.nopcas.org
  Event Contact:
  Donna Barnes Pittman
  866-899-5317
  
• 2/9/2007 - 2/9/2007
  Suicide Prevention Training
  AFSP Greater Chicago/ILLINOIS chapter, Illinois Suicide Prevention Coalition
  Thresholds Research and Training Center
  Chicago, IL
  
  Train the Trainer, QPR training
  Event URL:
  http://www.thresholds.org
  Event Contact:
  Thresholds Research and Training
  773-572-5253
  
  
• 2/12/2007 - 2/12/2007
  8th Annual MCSP State House Event
  Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention
  State House - Great Hall
  Boston, MA
  
  All are encouraged and welcome to attend the 8th Annual State House Event and Community Leadership Award presenation in the Great Hall. Registration, continental breakfast, and networking begins at 9:00 am and the event is from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon.
  
  Event Contact:
  Greg Miller
  617-817-1977
  
  
• 2/21/2007 - 2/21/2007
  Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention
  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
  The College of New Jersey, Library Auditorium
  Ewing, NJ
  
  The event is from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. The Office of Injury Surveillance and Prevention in the Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services is hosting a presentation by Gregory K. Brown, PhD, Research Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Co-Principal Investigator of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded Center for the Treatment and Prevention of Suicide. Dr. Brown will present on the public health approach to suicide prevention; a cognitive therapy intervention for suicide attempters and the effectiveness of this intervention; and some of the challenges in implementing a community-based intervention for suicide prevention.
  Event URL
  
  Event Contact:
  Deborah Crabtree
  609-588-8869
  
• 2/21/2007 - 2/21/2007
  safeTALK
  Community Partnership of Southern Arizona
  Community Partnership of Southern Arizona
  Tucson, AZ
  
  9:00am
  
  Event Contact:
  Whitney-jon Goerke
  520-618-8838