Youth Suicide Risk Assessment & Safety Planning
When: Tuesday, May 17 - 12:00 PM
Duration: 1 hours
Location: Zoom
Event Details:
With the increase in suicidal ideation and attempts as well as death by suicide, we are urged to reconsider assessing and attending to the level of risk for young people in our care (Westers & Plener, 2020). As providers, we can attend to both risk and protective factors early in services to support young people in the best way possible. This webinar discusses the latest suicide statistics among children and adolescents, highlight the need for adequate screening protocol, and explain how to safety plan with a client who is at risk for suicide. We can change the statistic and implications for suicide as a leading cause of death in late childhood and adolescence worldwide (Bilsen, 2018).
Learning objectives: By the end of this presentation, those in attendance will be able to:
- Discuss the latest suicide statistics among children and adolescents
- Identify at least two suicide screening tools
- Explain how to safety plan with a client who is at risk for suicide
About the Presenter:
Dr. Nicholas Westers is a Clinical Psychologist at Children’s Health and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He is board certified in Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology and serves as the current Director of Programs for the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine annual meeting and as Chair of the Media & Communications Committee of the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury. His clinical and research interests focus on adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury, depression, and high-risk behavior, and he is the host and producer of The Psychology of Self-Injury podcast, a resource for parents, professionals, and people with lived experience of self-injury.
