Events and Training
Suicide Prevention Day
March 24, 2010
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
Schedule of Events:
March 24, 2010; 9:00 AM, Capitol Rotunda
Educational Display Booths and Legislative Advocacy
March 24, 2010; 11:00 AM, Capitol 22nd Floor Observatory
Suicide Prevention Day Press Conference
March 25 – 26, 2010; 9:00 AM – 5:00PM, Capitol Room 2103
Mental Health First Aid Training
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Mental Health First Aid
March 25 & 26, 2010 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration deadline: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Location: The Capitol, Room 2103, 400 South Monroe Street,
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Fee: $119 per person
Registration Form
April5 & 6, 2010 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration deadline: Monday, March 22, 2010
Location: IKEA Orlando - 4092 Eastgate Drive,
Orlando, FL 32839
Fee: $149 per person (full breakfast & lunch included)
Registration Form
www.creatingtoday.net/MHFA.html
The annual Healing After Suicide Conference — co-sponsored by the American Association of Suicidology and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention/Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN USA) — will be held on Saturday, April 24, 2010 in Orlando, FL.
The keynote speaker is Donna Schuurman, executive director of the Dougy Center for Grieving Children & Families in Portland, Ore., and the luncheon speaker is Thomas Joiner, Bright-Burton Professor of Psychology at Florida State University and a survivor of his father's suicide.
The Healing After Suicide Conference also features a number of concurrent workshops in the afternoon, including:
- "The 5 Tasks of Grief"
- "Survivors Working in Suicide Prevention: A Dialogue"
- "After a Suicide: Helping the Children Heal"
- "Suicide Loss and the Military" (Panel)
- "Men’s Grief" (Panel)
- "Survivors in Action: Finding Your Role in Suicide Prevention and Advocacy"
Adolescent Depression & Suicide:
Screening, Assessment
and Intervention
The Ganley Foundation is proud to announce our partnership with the Melissa Institute for the 14th Annual May Conference on Friday, May 7, 2010 entitled Adolescent Depression & Suicide: Screening, Assessment and Intervention.
A leading panel of national experts will come together to discuss early detection, diagnosis, treatment of depression, and suicide prevention. Through a series of presentations, panel discussion, and question & answer sessions, we will explore those early predictors of depression that may appear in children as well as co-morbidity factors, which may lead to suicidal behavior. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among youth overall ages 10-25. With 20% of adolescents experiencing clinical depression prior to graduating high school there is an increasing need to better address these mental health needs in our youth. This conference will attempt to meet that challenge.
The 14th Annual May Conference will be held on May 7, 2010 at the Victor E. Clarke Education Center, located at South Miami Hospital, 6200 Southwest 73rd Street. Our target audience includes professionals within the fields of education, mental health, social services, law enforcement, judicial system, and medical fields. Continuing education credits are available and registration information for this conference will be available at melissainstitute.org and at ganleyfoundation.org.
