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ASSESSING & MANAGING SUICIDE RISK (AMSR-SUD) TRAINING

Event Description
ASSESSING & MANAGING SUICIDE RISK (AMSR)
Core Competencies for SUD Providers
AMSR is provided through a United Healthcare Empowering Health Grant
 



AMSR is a Zero Suicide Institute (ZSI) at the Education Development Center (EDC) training. Training services will be performed by the ZSI at EDC for the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation.
 
 

March 31, 2022
9:00am - 5:00pm

VIRTUAL TRAINING
 
THE OHIO SUICIDE PREVENTION FOUNDATION (OSPF) invites you to this 1-day workshop designed to train Substance Use Disorder (SUD) providers in how to recognize and assess suicide risk, plan for client safety, and manage the ongoing care of at-risk patients/clients. Dr. Josephine Ridley from the Zero Suicide Institute will educate on the effective prevention of client suicide.

WORKSHOP COMPONENTS
  • A mix of lectures, role-play, written exercises, and video modeling
  • A participant manual covering each major competency
  • Suicide prevention resource lists for each major competency
  • Ample time for discussion
SPEAKER BIO:

Dr. Josephine Ridley received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from West Virginia University, completed her psychology internship at the Cleveland VAMC with rotations in health psychology, PTSD, neuropsychology and inpatient psychiatry, and has worked at several sites in the VA including the Gambling Treatment Program, residential rehabilitation and more recently as program manager for a partial hospitalization program for individuals with severe mental illness. She currently serves as Assistant Chief of Psychology at the VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and is active in private practice where she works with adolescents, adults, and geriatric clients.  She is Program Director for the Cleveland VA’s Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Residency, founding chair of the Cleveland VA’s Psychology Service Diversity Committee, and Co-Coordinator of the Mentoring Subcommittee for the Association of VA Psychology Leaders Psychologists of Color & Allies Special Interest Group. She is also Vice President of the Association of Black Psychologists, Greater Cleveland Chapter. Dr. Ridley Co-Chairs the Cleveland VA Institutional Review Board (IRB) and is Co-Editor of the international British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. She was most recently appointed as Co-Chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Executive Leadership Advisory Board

She also serves on multiple VA Medical Center committees including the Psychology Training Committee and has conducted workshops and seminars nationally for a variety of organizations and conferences. She is published in peer-reviewed journals in the areas of suicide, depression, and anxiety, has co-authored book chapters on suicide and mood disorders, and is active in research on depression and suicide. She served on the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation Advisory Committee and is certified by the Zero Suicide Institute as a Master Trainer of Trainers in Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk Workshop.

 
REGISTRATION FEE: FREE       
Participants who complete this training will also be eligible for 6.5 hours of continuing education credits from APA, NAADAC and NASW.

QUESTIONS/GENERAL INFORMATION:
 
AUSTIN LUCAS
OHIO SUICIDE PREVENTION FOUNDATION