Will They Die By Suicide or Not?: The Secrets of Suicide Risk Assessment - 2019 Edition (Self-Study)
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SELF-STUDY ONLINE SEMINAR
This seminar is clinically-based for anyone invested in improving their skills.
For only New York State Licensed LMSWs, LCSWs, LMHCs, and CASACs,
2 CEUs are available once the post-test and evaluation are completed.
Will my patient or client die by suicide? How do I know? What are the predictive factors, and is there a framework I can use for the same?
Please join us, learn the tools you need to help prevent suicide, get peace of mind as a clinician, and enhance your practice and work at your agency.
At the end of this seminar, you will have:
- Learned the framework of the Socratic Motivational Practice to increase the effectiveness of your work in helping our patients and clients when doing a suicide risk assessment.
- Learned the Principles, Techniques, Steps, and Do's and Don'ts of the Socratic Motivational Practice to help our patients and clients when doing a suicide risk assessment.
- Increased your tools to helping our patients and clients when doing a suicide risk assessment, by identifying at least one thing you will start doing differently at the end of the seminar, as a result of the Socratic Motivational Practice framework.
- Everything you want in one place, including an illustration of how to implement the newly learned skills during our role plays.
- Received your certificate by email immediately after your post-test and evaluation are completed.
HERE’S WHAT OUT ATTENDEES ARE SAYING ABOUT OUR SWEET SEMINARS:
"Overall, this webinar provided a very good learning experience within its prescribed framework.”
– Louis, LCSW
"There was a lot of helpful information packed into this webinar (The Principles and Techniques to Working with Clients with Borderline Personality Disorder). Interesting topic!”
– Marlena, LMSW
- In the State of New York, SWEET Institute is approved by the Office of Professions under Dr. Sidor Psychiatric Services as a CEU provider for social workers (#SW-0471) and mental health counselors (#MHC-0127).
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97% of SWEET course attendees felt that the course they attended gave them practical information they could use in their everyday life
Your Facilitator and Co-Facilitator
Mardoche Sidor, MD is a quadruple board certified psychiatrist, with board certifications in Psychiatry and Neurology (General Adult Psychiatry), Child and Adolescent, Addiction, and Forensic, Psychiatry. He has training in public and community psychiatry, psychopharmacology and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. He also has training in Motivational Interviewing, psychodynamic psychotherapy, play therapy, and family and couples therapy. He has clinical, teaching, and supervision experience; he has mentorship, coaching, and management, skills; and he has experience as a primary care physician, in public speaking and writing. Dr. Sidor also has skills in leadership, research, program development and project management. His overall goal is to help all health professionals, throughout the United States and globally, access the tools they need to feel empowered to provide excellent patient care while also promoting their own self-care and burnout prevention. He is the main facilitator for the SWEET Institute, and he is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University.Dr. Sidor was recently the Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer for CASES (Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services) where he continues to provide psychiatric care. He speaks and writes fluently in four (4) languages—French, English, Spanish, and Creole, with intermediate proficiency in Portuguese and Italian.
Karen Dubin-McKnight, PhD, LCSW, has wide clinical, teaching, supervision and mentorship experience that spans 18 years. She also has a vast experience working in the criminal justice system, in community mental health, in teaching, and in management. Her added passion is in education, coaching, public relations, and mediation. Her goal is to ensure that social workers and other non-medical practitioners feel empowered and have a voice “at the table.” Dr. Dubin-McKnight is the co-facilitator for the SWEET Institute. She was most recently the Court Operations Director at CASES. She is currently Adjunct Faculty at Columbia University School of Social Work and Adelphi University School of Social Work. She is also a trainer at the CUCS Academy, and Howie T. Harp. She has a private practice for people impacted by loss and trauma and also provides clinical supervision.
"I’m glad that the group had a chance to share their experiences, receive feedback and learn how to use that feedback in their place of work. Everyone’s experience is different. SWEET staff recognized this and handled the group perfectly dealing with a sensitive subject such as this."
– Allison, Legal Aid Society
"Facilitators were very engaging and material was interesting and relevant to the work we do. Very applicable to field work. This was a great training and very thorough. Thank you!"
– Dana, VNS
"The presenters were well-informed, engaging, and were very polite. This resonated well with me and kept me interested in the subject matter. I thought the presentation was wonderful."
– Joel, ICL
"Walk throughs and use of video presentations were helpful. Interactive group process; use of real/true life examples – were impactful."
– Lisa, ICL