Competencies for Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk

Training Workshop Announcement: Training for Trainers - Call for Applicants

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC), in partnership with the American Association of Suicidology (AAS), has developed a one-day training curriculum for mental health professionals: Competencies for Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk.   Two adaptations of this training workshop have also been developed, one for Employee Assistance Professionals, the other for College and University Counselors.  This Call for Applicants seeks clinicians interested in being trained to deliver this training in a fee for service model.

In March, 2006 AAS/SPRC will be training trainers for these curricula in Washington D.C. over the course of two to three consecutive days. Approximately 12 individuals will be fully funded (tuition, materials, and travel related expenses) for the training.  Trainees will be drawn from among a pool of professionals meeting the criteria below.  Selections will be based on experience, expertise, and capacity to disseminate the training to racially and ethnically diverse populations across the fifty states and territories.   Only individuals who successfully complete this train-the-trainer course will be qualified to conduct trainings using these unique curricula. CEUs will be awarded to all trainees.

Interested individuals meeting the criteria below should submit applications and related materials no later than 31 January 2006.  Selections will be announced at least 30 days prior to the initial training date.  This project is supported by the Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Grant # 1 U79 SM57392-01.