Approval pending for Nevada Psychologists and LCSWs. Approved for MFTs. 
 NPA is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

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About the Workshop:

 This continuing education event will provide clinicians with an understanding of the current literature on effective and ineffective ways to manage suicidality in clinical practice. Despite substantial evidence indicating that reliance on hospitalization to address suicidality is both ineffective and potentially harmful, this practice persists. Replacing this approach with evidence-based approaches will require both systems-level change and evolving competency at the level of the individual clinician. While an overview of system-level changes that are needed to influence practice will be provided, the focus of this event will be on equipping clinicians with what they need to know to effectively reduce the likelihood of death by suicide when encountering suicidality among diverse patients in clinical practice. This training will emphasize the two interventions with the highest levels of empirical support: safety planning and lethal means restriction.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1) Explain limitations of hospitalization as an approach to suicidality.
2) Describe how to implement a safety plan to manage suicidality.
3) Formulate how to implement lethal means restriction interventions to manage suicidality.
4) Determine how to adapt safety applying based on patient characteristics.

About the Speaker:

Noelle Lefforge, Ph.D. ABPP, is an Associate Clinical Professor and the Professional Psychology Clinic Director at University of Denver's Graduate School of Professional Psychology. She also serves as the Associate Dean of Applied Research and Sponsored Programs. She is active in teaching, training, supervision, clinical service delivery, research, mentorship, advocacy, and interprofessional education and practice. She has extensive expertise in group psychotherapy, community mental health prevention and intervention, suicidality, and diversity issues in professional psychology. Dr. Lefforge is board certified in group psychology and group psychotherapy and serves in leadership roles in the Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy (APA Division 49), the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA), and the American Board of Group Psychology (ABGP). She has also held various leadership positions within the Nevada Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association. Currently she is APA’s Council Team Chair-Elect and serves on the Board of Directors. She has published on responding to microaggressions in The International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, the specialized practice of group psychotherapy in the American Journal of Psychotherapy, and most recently the education and training guidelines for group psychotherapy in Training and Education in Professional Psychology. She is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. She is the recipient of several prestigious awards including NPA Outstanding Advocacy Award and UNLV Honor’s College Alumna of the Year. Dr. Lefforge's CV

Audience:

This presentation is intended for psychologists, other licensed mental health providers, and graduate students of psychology. 

Registration Fees:

NPA Member $65 (Early Bird Rate $50)
Non-Member $95 (Early Bird Rate $70)
Student NPA Member - Free for active student members
Student Non-Member $40.00

General Information:

Zoom Login Link and Handout Materials: Zoom webinar login link and Handout materials will be sent out electronically to all attendees no later than one week prior to workshop date. Printed handout materials are not available for purchase as this CE training is being offered remotely.

Workshop Location: Live, virtual webinar via Zoom.

Closed Captions: Live audio captions will be provided for this event. If you need additional disability-related accommodations, please contact us by email us at [email protected] or by phone (888) 654-0050. Requests should be made at least two weeks in advance of workshop date.

Refunds & Grievance Policy: Participants may direct questions or grievances to NPA at (888) 654-0050. An administrative fee of $30 will be charged for cancellation of registration. Please note, no refunds will be granted after September 3rd, 2024.

Approval: According to APA’s Standards and Criteria for Approval of Sponsors, only those persons who “complete”, in its entirety, the program being offered may be awarded credit. Login to Zoom webinar will be closely monitored each day to ensure participants do not log-in more than 15 minutes late or log-out more than 15 minutes before the completion of the workshop, as partial credit will not be given.

NPA is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

References:

American Psychological Association (2024). APA Resolution on the Secure Storage of Firearms and Lethal Means Safety Strategies to Prevent Suicides. Available at: https://www.apa.org/about/policy/firearm-safety-prevent-suicide.pdf.

Grumet, J. G., & Jobes, D. A. (2024). Zero suicide—What about “treat”? Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 45(3), 167–172. https://doi-org.du.idm.oclc.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000958

Hoyt, T., Holliday, R., Simonetti, J. A., & Monteith, L. L. (2021). Firearm lethal means safety with military personnel and veterans: Overcoming barriers using a collaborative approach. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 52(4), 387-395.

Jobes, D. A., & Barnett, J. E. (2024). Evidence-based care for suicidality as an ethical and professional imperative: How to decrease suicidal suffering and save lives. American Psychologist. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0001325

Khazanov, G. K., Keddem, S., Hoskins, K., Wortzel, H. S., & Simonetti, J. A. (2024). Increasing the acceptability of lethal means safety counseling for firearms: Tips and scripts. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 30(2), 139-146.

Matteson, A. A., & Hughley, C. V. (2024). Lethal Means Safety: The military’s pursuit to reduce the 70%. [Conference presentation]. American Association of Suicidology, Las Vegas, NV, United States.

McGarity, S. K., Holliday, R., Monteith, L. L., & Griffith, A. M. (2024). Tailoring safety planning to patient characteristics: Navigating social determinant, sociocultural, and prominent clinical factors. [Conference presentation]. American Association of Suicidology, Las Vegas, NV, United States.

Ward-Ciesielski, E. F., & Rizvi, S. L. (2021). The potential iatrogenic effects of psychiatric hospitalization for suicidal behavior: A critical review and recommendations for research. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 28(1), 60–71. https://doi-org.du.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/cpsp.12332

There is no potential conflict of interest and/or commercial support for this program or its presenter.