Facing Suicide

NAMI Vermont 2024 Conference
2024-10-30 08:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Killington Grand Resort Hotel and Conference Center, 228 East Mountain Road, Killington, VT, United States
NAMI Vermont’s Annual Conference brings together mental health professionals, advocates, peers, family members, and community members for an inspiring day of education and connection.
Get ready for an inspiring and impactful day on October 30, 2024! Join NAMI Vermont members, dynamic speakers, passionate advocates, supportive peers, dedicated family members, and engaged community members at the Killington Grand Resort in Killington, Vermont, for an unforgettable experience.

Central Vermont Walk - Out of the Darkness
2024-10-26 09:00 - 12:00 | State House Lawn, 115 State Street, Montpelier, 05633, United States
The Community Walks, held in hundreds of cities across the country, are the core of the Out of the Darkness movement, which began in 2004. These events give people the courage to open up about their own connections to the cause, and a platform to create a culture that’s smarter about mental health. Friends, family members, neighbors and coworkers walk side-by-side, supporting each other and in memory of those we’ve lost.
Now, more than ever, it’s important to be there for one another and take steps to safeguard our mental health and prevent suicide.
Register today and be part of the movement to walk #OutOftheDarkness.

Adult Mental Health First Aid
2024-10-25 09:00 - 16:00 | Online/Virtual
Sunshine Silver Lining and Vermont Care Partners invite you to sign up for a virtual Adult Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course in the Fall of 2024. These trainings are open to Vermonters and those that serve and support Vermonters. There are 30 spots in each class, which are generously grant-funded by Vermont Care Partners. Please follow the link below to register for the course or indicate your interest in learning about future classes. For questions, email MHFA@sunshinesilverlining.com

Umatter® for Schools – Fall 2024
2024-10-22 12:00 - 13:30, 2024-10-15 12:00 - 13:30, 2024-10-08 12:00 - 13:30, 2024-10-01 12:00 - 13:30 | Online/Virtual
Umatter® for Schools aims to help teams build comprehensive suicide prevention awareness, strong and thoughtful conversation facilitation, understanding of roles and responsibilities, protocols for prevention and postvention situations, and be positioned to teach and train other school employees awareness basics in the effort to fortify a solid suicide prevention foundation and culture. Participant teams will engage in all aspects of Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness Training via self-paced asynchronous modules and virtual live Zoom sessions.
Who should attend:
Schools are encouraged to send teams with a minimum of two people consisting of a guidance counselor, nurse, health educator, mental health provider, and/or administrator. Support of school administration is recommended.
Objectives of Training:
● Deepen understanding of risk factors and warning signs
● Develop knowledge skillset and competencies of facilitating conversations about suicide
● Identify, with confidence, next steps in getting help
● Create and share prevention and postvention protocols
● Ability to train other members of school community in suicide prevention
● Gain capacity to break stigma culture related to mental health, suicide, and asking for help

Burlington Walk - Out of the Darkness
2024-10-19 09:00 - 12:00 | Veterans Memorial Park Pavillion, 1000 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT, 05403, United States

Youth Mental Health First Aid
2024-10-18 09:00 - 15:00 | Online/Virtual
Sunshine Silver Lining and Vermont Care Partners invite you to sign up for a virtual Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course in the Fall of 2024. These trainings are open to Vermonters and those that serve and support Vermonters. There are 30 spots in each class, which are generously grant-funded by Vermont Care Partners. Please follow the link below to register for the course or indicate your interest in learning about future classes. For questions, email MHFA@sunshinesilverlining.com

Suicide Awareness for the Agricultural Community
2024-10-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Online/Virtual
Despite farmers’ foundational role in the food system, agriculture consistently ranks among occupations with very high suicide rates. Farming can be isolating, physically and mentally demanding, and full of potentially devastating uncertainty. Farms are often in rural areas where healthcare access is limited and mental health support nearly nonexistent. It is vital that farmers, community members, mental health professionals, and others know the factors that lead to suicide risk and poor mental health outcomes among farmers, the resources that exist to address this problem, and what individuals can do to support farmer safety and well-being.
During this webinar, Farm First will share significant causes of stress and anxiety in the agricultural community, signs that a person is in trouble, and how to support someone who may be at risk of suicide. We will focus on why this population is especially vulnerable and offer some statistics and examples.
Who Should Attend?
All Professionals and individuals interested in learning more about how to support the Farming community.
Objectives:

Identify protective factors, risk factors, and warning signs of suicide in the agricultural community
Understand unique challenges and vulnerabilities among the farming population
List available resources and have access to printed material
Describe an effective strategy to talk with someone who is at risk of suicide
Know where to find more information and support

Register today.

Helping Save Lives Using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scales
2024-10-17 08:00 - 09:30, 2024-09-12 08:00 - 09:30 | Online/Virtual
The Columbia Protocol, also known as the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), supports suicide risk assessment through a series of simple, plain-language questions that anyone can ask. The answers help users identify whether someone is at risk for suicide, assess the severity and immediacy of that risk, and gauge the level of support that the person needs. Users of the tool ask people:
• Whether and when they have thought about suicide (ideation)
• What actions they have taken — and when — to prepare for suicide
• Whether and when they attempted suicide or began a suicide attempt that was either interrupted by another person or stopped of their own volition
This webinar will provide an introduction to the CSSRS as a screening tool for suicide prevention.

Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness and Skills Training – Oct
2024-10-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Online/Virtual
The Center for Health and Learning’s Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness and Skills Training offers stand-alone 2 hour virtual live session to enhance knowledge, comfort, and skills to identify those at risk for suicide in your organization or community. Including resources to get help, Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness and Skills Training provides the fundamental knowledge to build a suicide prevention-aware community or workplace.

Paradise Paradox Film Screening and Audience Conversation
2024-10-08 16:30 - 19:30 | Manchester Community Library, 138 Cemetery Ave, Manchester Center, VT, 05255, United States
Emmy Award-winning impact sports filmmaker Brett Raskin and Olympic ski racing legend Bode Miller take a much needed look at the widespread health crisis in our mountain resort towns.
(Suggested viewing age 18 and older due to mature content)

Stroll for Hope at Stratton Mountain Nordic Center
2024-10-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Stratton Mountain Nordic Center, 41 Sun Bowl Road, Stratton, VT, 05360, United States
Join us on this 3 mile loop as we walk together through the illuminated trails of the Nordic Center, sharing messages of hope to raise awareness about mental health, honoring lost loved ones, and supporting those facing mental health challenges on their journey to wellness. After the walk, we’ll gather around a bonfire and enjoy donuts!
Registration – $5 • Students – Free
All proceeds benefit the Nathan Carreira Endowment Fund
6:30PM – WALK BEGINS
7PM – DONUTS, MUSIC &BONFIRE

Introduction to Zero Suicide in Vermont: October
2024-10-03 09:00 - 10:00 | Online/Virtual
Zero Suicide is a set of evidence-based principles and practices for preventing suicide within health and mental health systems. The foundational belief of Zero Suicide is that suicide deaths for individuals under care are preventable. Zero Suicide requires a system-wide approach to improve outcomes and close gaps. This webinar described how systematic suicide care closes gaps for the suicidal person, what is involved in the implementation of a ZS approach, and what resources exist to support this work.
Objectives
1) Understand the context for the adoption of Zero Suicide principles and practices
2) Introduce essential elements and evidence-based practices
3) Learn about Vermont Zero Suicide initiatives
4) Identify Zero Suicide resources for health care and mental health providers in Vermont

The Safety Planning Intervention: A Skill Building Training
2024-10-02 09:00 - 11:00 | Online/Virtual
This training will focus specifically on helping attendees build understanding and confidence in the use of the Safety Planning Intervention (SPI), also known as the Stanley and Brown safety plan. Prior to the training, supporting evidence for SPI and the SPI form will be provided for review. Key aspects of administration such as client centered collaboration will be reviewed. Attendees will be instructed on the components of process and items on the SPI form. The training will finish with a role play to assist attendees in practicing what they have learned.

Newport Walk - Out of the Darkness
2024-09-28 09:00 - 12:00 | North Country Union High School, 209 Veterans Avenue, Newport, 05855, United States

Collaborative Assessment & Management of Suicidality (CAMS) Fall Cohort
2024-09-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Online/Virtual
The CAMS Foundational Online Training is a 3-hour unscripted clinical demonstration with a patient through the course of 12 sessions of the CAMS Framework, featuring the creator of CAMS, Dr. David A. Jobes. After registering you will receive details about how to access the Online Training. The Online Foundational Training is followed by four live, virtual Consultation Calls to reinforce learning through case presentations and discussion.
Fall Cohort Consultation Call Dates:
Participants must attend 4 out of 8 Consultation Calls
Friday, September 13: Consultation Call #1 12:00 – 1:00pm EST
Friday, September 27: Consultation Call #2 12:00 – 1:00pm EST
Friday, October 11: Consultation Call #3 12:00 – 1:00pm EST
Friday, October 25: Consultation Call #4 12:00 – 1:00pm EST
Thursday, November 7: Consultation Call #5 12:00 – 1:00pm EST
Thursday, November 21: Consultation Call #6 12:00 – 1:00pm EST
Thursday, December 5: Consultation Call #7 12:00 – 1:00pm EST
Thursday, December 19: Consultation Call #8 12:00 – 1:00pm EST

Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness Training of Trainers
2024-09-24 08:30 - 15:30 | TBD, Montpelier VT
When prepared, anyone can respond when someone needs help. Join us and become equipped to facilitate a Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness training in your community or place of work.
PREREQUISITE Participation in one Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness training. Please see training options for “Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness and Skills” at healthandlearning.org/trainings.The Center for Health and Learning can also bring a Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness and Skills training to your workplace, organization, or community. Please contact Cristina at cristina@healthandlearning.org for more information.
ABOUT THIS TRAINING
Participants engage in a full day of training to develop personal skills and confidence to bring Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness training to their community or workplace. You will learn to train others in basic knowledge and skills of suicide prevention, including:
•Societal myths and attitudes
•Use of sensitive language
•Risk factors and warning signs
•Protective factors
• Considerations for populations at risk
•Examples of what to do or say
•Resources to get help

Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR)
2024-09-23 10:30 - 12:00 | Online/Virtual
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide.
Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Each year thousands of Americans, like you, are saying “Yes” to saving the life of a friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor.
NKHS offers QPR introduction to suicide training for adults and caretakers to raise awareness, dispel myths and misconceptions, and teach three skills that can help save a life.
A QPR trainee will learn how to recognize the warning signs of suicide, how to offer hope, and how to get help.

Afterglow Festival
2024-09-21 13:00 - 21:00 | Hard’ack Hill, 264 Hard'ack, St. Albans, VT, 05478, United States
A Music Festival to “Shine the Light” on Suicide Awareness:
Live Music from 1:45PM to 9:00PM
Full Bar Service
Food Truck Service courtesy of Phoenix House 1835, Fire on the Mountain Pizza & Routine Nutrition
Climbing Wall, Activities and Kid-Friendly entertainment!
Event SCHWAG
Memory Wall (Bring mementos for someone who you would like to honor lost to suicide)

Vermont Suicide Prevention Coalition Meeting
2024-09-19 09:00 - 14:30 | Waterbury State Office Complex, 280 State Drive, Waterbury, Vermont, 05671, United States
The September Coalition meeting will be held in-person on Thursday, September 19, 2024, from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm. We look forward to seeing you in Waterbury for the September Coalition Meeting with a focus on suicide prevention activities and updates happening at the state level. Please join us at 9:00 am for some time to network and enjoy in-person time with colleagues. Registrants will receive more detailed information prior to the meeting. Please reach out to Zan Lewis at zan@healthandlearning.org

Vermont Suicide Prevention Symposium
2024-09-13 08:30 - 16:30 | Vermont State University – Randolph Campus, 113 Judd Drive, Randolph, VT, 05061, United States
The Vermont Suicide Prevention Symposium 2024 will be held in-person on Friday, September 13 at the Vermont State University Randolph campus. The day-long conference will include presentations, workshops, and networking opportunities featuring leading voices in the field from Vermont, New England, and beyond. The focus of the event is equitable, sustainable, and comprehensive suicide prevention education with sessions designed for mental health clinicians, peer support workers, advocates & families, individuals with lived experience, healthcare providers, educators, and community members.

Umatter® Suicide Prevention Awareness and Skills Training – Sept
2024-09-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Online/Virtual

Talk Saves Lives: An Introduction to Suicide Prevention
2024-09-10 12:00 - 13:15 | Online/Virtual
Talk Saves Lives: An Introduction to Suicide Prevention is AFSP’s 60-minute flagship suicide prevention education program that covers the scope of this leading cause of death, what the research has found to be the warning signs and risk factors of suicide, and the strategies that prevent it.
Topics covered include:
Scope of the Problem: The latest data on suicide in the U.S.
Research: Information from research on what causes people to consider suicide, how certain communities are impacted by suicide differently, as well as contributors to suicide risk
Prevention: An understanding of the protective factors that lower suicide risk, and strategies for managing mental health and being proactive about self-care
What You Can Do: Guidance on warning signs and behaviors to look for, how to start a conversation with someone you are concerned about, and ways to seek and offer support and crisis resources for yourself or others.

Rutland Area Walk - Out of the Darkness
2024-09-07 09:00 - 12:00 | Godnick Adult Center, 1 Deer Street, Rutland, VT, 05701, United States

Introduction to Zero Suicide in Vermont: Suicide Safe Pathways to Care
2024-09-05 09:00 - 10:00 | Online/Virtual

Conversations on Access to Lethal Means (CALM)
2024-09-04 09:00 - 10:30 | Online/Virtual
CALM Conversations: The effectiveness of CALM is not limited to clinical interactions. Many people at risk for suicide do not ever seek or receive formal mental or physical health care for these issues. Fortunately, CALM can be implemented by anyone who is concerned about a relative, friend, or someone with whom they work. These workshops add specific CALM strategies to typical gatekeeper training and also offer participants the opportunity to observe and practice the techniques.

CAMS Role-Play Training Days
2024-09-03 08:30 - 16:30
The CAMS Role Play Training is a full day experiential workshop. CAMS-care consultants will demonstrate CAMS in unscripted role plays and will guide clinicians through role plays designed to foster confidence in applying CAMS interventions. CE credit hours approved by NBCC, NASW and AAS.

Collaborative Assessment & Management of Suicidality (CAMS) is an evidence-based model designed to support clinicians as they assess, intervene, and treat patients experiencing suicidal ideation. CAMS is a therapeutic framework which has been updated and studied for 30 years. CAMS Treatment reduces suicidal ideation, mental pain, agitation, and hopelessness in as few as 6-8 sessions. CAMS trained clinicians report increased confidence in treating clients with suicidal thoughts.
