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Suicide Prevention Related Events


May 19th

The Indiana Suicide Prevention Coalition has a new Project Coordinator! Click here to read about Alice Jordan-Miles!

Wondering which sucide prevention training program is right for you? Click here for a helpful document.


Date

Event

Info

Contact

July
23

ISPC Meeting
Indianapolis

 The next Indiana Suicide Prevention Coalition meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 23, 10:00 am @ the Indiana Juvenile Justice Task Force, Inc. located at 1800 N. Meridian St., Suite 402 in Indianapolis.

Alice Jordan-Miles
260-481-4184

August 4
South Bend

August 5
Indianapolis

Risk Assessment & Mental Status Exam A day-long seminar featuring speaker Brooks W. Baer, MA, LCPC, CMHP with over 20 years experience. Discover the single most important principle of risk assessment; implement 5 forms to help in your assessment process; identify traits associated with violent & suicidal behaviors; de-escalation strategies; risk management strategies; and ethics of risk management. Register here.
information
800-844-8260
August
11

safeTALK Training
Fort Wayne

3-hour interactive training program that teaches participants to recognize the risk of suicide and refer those that may be at risk to the appropriate resources for help. The training is designed to ensure that persons with thoughts of suicide are connected to people who are prepared to provide suicide interventions. Scheduled from 1-4 pm at at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. Cost is $35. Register here
IPFW Continuing Studies
Susan Robart
260-481-6619
August
20

Dual Diagnosis: Chemical Dependency & Mental Illness
Fort Wayne

Presented by Dr. A. Wyatt Mullinax, LMHC, LMFT, LCSW, Mullinax and Associates. A Mental Health Luncheon Training Series held quarterly at the Allen County Public Library (12:15 to 1:30 p.m., ACPL, Downtown Branch, Meeting Rm. A) as a part of the Mental Health Speciality Track of Allen Superior Court. One CEU will be available to participants upon request. Training is free of charge through a grant from the Court Improvement Project. Space limited to 50 and pre-registration is required for an accurate lunch count. Deadline Aug. 13. . To register email Megan Kelly.

Megan Kelly
260-449-7272

 
September
4		 Suicide Prevention Walk, Goshen Annual walk for suicide prevention. The walk will be held during Goshen's First Friday activities from 4:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Please contact Barb Welty for details.
Barb Welty
574-523-2119
September 12 Out of the Darkness Community Walk, Indianapolis

4th annual walk for suicide prevention.

White River State Park Canal
Registration 8am – 9am, Opening Ceremony 9am
Promotes Awareness, Education, Prevention, & Research
Please join us on this special day of Hope and Remembrance.
Walk Because You Care!  Organized by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Sponsored by the St. Vincent Stress Center.

For details please click here.

September 13

Out of the Darkness Community Walk,
Benton Co.Fowler

4th Annual Suicide Prevention Walk in Fowler. Organized by the Suicide Prevention Task Force of Benton County and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Many community sponsors. Begins at Benton Central High School, rain or shine. Registration at 12, walk begins at 1:00 P.M. Money raised will go to suicide prevention, support group, response team training, and youth education.
For details please click here.

September 26 Out of the Darkness Community Walk
Munster

2nd Annual Northwest Indiana Community Walk to promote awareness, education, prevention and research of suicide. Organized by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Walk begins at 9:00 a.m. at Centennial Park on Calumet Ave.

For details please click here.

October
1		 20th Annual Conference on Youth
Fort Wayne 		Join Great KIDS Make Great COMMUNITIES, Allen Superior Court - Family Relations Division, the Indiana Dept. of Child Services - Allen County Offices and others for a 20th Anniversary celebration sponsored by a grant from the Foellinger Foundation. Highlights of the 20th Annual Conference on Youth will include favorite speakers from conferences past, as well as new additions sure to become Conference on Youth classics.
7:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the Grand Wayne Center in Fort Wayne. Info here
Megan Kelly
260-449-7272
October
10 		NAMI Fort Wayne "Walk for the Mind" A community walk to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and raise money for mental health. Contact NAMI Fort Wayne for more details..
NAMI Fort Wayne
260-447-8990
October
10 		Out of the Darkness Community Walk, Bloomington By walking in the Out of the Darkness Community Walks to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), you will be walking with thousands of people nationwide to raise money for AFSP's vital research and education programs to prevent suicide and save lives, increase national awareness about depression and suicide, and assist survivors of suicide loss.

For details please click here.
October
16		 The Many Faces of Grief
Goshen College, Goshen 		The Seventh Annual Grief Seminar will be held at Goshen College Church-Chapel in the Fellowship Rooms. The opening session will feature speaker Carol A. Jarvis, Ph.D., LCSW. Specialized workshops will be in economic loss and grief; grieving the losses of divorce; death/children and grief; grief and loss by suicide; grief and loss in military deployment and others. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m.  
October
17		 Out of the Darkness Community Walk, Glen Miller Park, Richmond 2nd Annual Walk organized by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) to increase national awareness about depression and suicide, and assist survivors of suicide loss. Registration begins 9 a.m. with walk beginning at 10 a.m. at Glen Miller Park.
For details please click here. My space click here.
November
13 & 14

ASIST Training
Fort Wayne

 

 2-day intensive, interactive, and practice-dominated suicide intervention workshop . This two-day workshop offers individuals an opportunity to develop confidence and skills to intervene until the immediate risk of suicide has passed or until other resources can be mobilized. Will be held 8:30-4:30 for 2 days at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. Attendance both days is mandatory. Cost is $150 and covers snacks and drinks. IPFW students and faculty will receive discount. Spaces are limited to the first 30 applicants. Registration information forthcoming.
Continuing Studies
Susan Robart
260-481-6619
November
19		 Developmental Disabilities
Fort Wayne 		Presented by Tony Belton, Community Relations Coordinator and Sue Christman, Consumer Development Specialist. Sponsored by Easter Seals ARC of Northeast Indiana. A Mental Health Luncheon Training Series held quarterly at the Allen County Public Library (12:15 to 1:30 p.m., ACPL, Downtown Branch, Meeting Rm. A) as a part of the Mental Health Speciality Track of Allen Superior Court. One CEU will be available to participants upon request. Training is free of charge through a grant from the Court Improvement Project. Space limited to 50 and pre-registration is required for an accurate lunch count. To register email Megan Kelly.
Megan Kelly
260-449-7272
December
1 & 2 		"Power of Perserverance"

Indiana Youth Institute, 2009 Kids Count in Indiana Annual Conference. To be held at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Victor Rivas Rivers to speak for the National Network To End Domestic Violence on day one,. and Liz Murray ("From Homeless to Harvard") to speak on the second day. More information click here.

Dianne Elliott
800-343-7060
ext. 2733

 

 

 
 
 
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