DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY
8:45AM Registration Begins
10:30AM-11:45AM Concurrent sessions
- Examining Factors Related to Suicide Risk Among Racial/ Ethnic Minorities in Diverse Settings– Jazmin Reyes-Portillo, Rafael Perez-Figueroa, Sharifa Williams, Ellen-ge Denton
- Helping Children Live Through the Obesity Epidemic – JoAnn Stevelos
- Suicide Safer Communities: Training for Behavioral Health and Primary Care Providers on Prevention- Nadine Chang, Virna Little
- New Yorkers Advancing Suicide Safer Care for Youth: Implementation 101- Sigrid Pechenik, Brett Harris, Christa Labouliere, Brianna Maher
- Methods for Training Suicide Prevention Researchers: Lessons Learned from the Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide – Kim Van Orden, Yeates Conwell, Ian Cero, Caroline Silva
12:00PM-1:15PM Lunch-Opening Remarks
1:30PM-2:15PM Plenary Session How Partnerships Energize Suicide Prevention –Scott MacLeod
2:30PM-3:45PM Concurrent Sessions
- New Yorkers Advancing Suicide Safer Care: Zero Suicide Grant Learning Collaborative Series: Engaging Families and Supportive Others in Working with Suicidal Individuals– Beth S. Brodsky, Thomas C. Jewell (Closed Session for Zero Suicide and GLS Grantees)
- Recognizing and Attending to the Relationship between Child Sexual Abuse, Suicidal Ideation, and Suicide in Youth- Pamela Pine, JoAnn Stevelos
- Unique Approaches to Engaging Veterans and their Families in Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment-Eric Hardiman, Sarah Sullivan, Dev Crasta, Marianne Goodman
- Implementing Suicide Prevention Protocols in Schools with Diverse Racial/Ethnic Populations: Two Examples from the Field- Francis Macri, Sara Salitan-Thiell, Jess Chock Goldman
- Suicide Prevention Coalition Session Garra Lloyd-Lester, Brianna Maher (Coalition Attendance Required)
4:00PM-5:15PM Concurrent Sessions
- Lessons Learned, Participant Experience, and Preliminary Data from the Implementation of Zero Suicide in New York State Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinics– Christa Labouliere, Prabu Vasan, Anni Cummings
- Multicultural Considerations in the Delivery of Suicide Safer Care in Health Systems- Nadine A. Chang, Alexi Saldamando, Karina Diaz
- Rural/ Agricultural Panel – Anna Platz, Amy Lafler Mann, Kate Downes
- The Intersection of Substance, Opioid, and Gambling Addiction, and Suicide: What the Data Tell Us and Recommendations for Community-Based Collaboration- Jaime D. Costello, Brianna Maher
- Building a Comprehensive, Sustainable Campus Suicide Prevention Program Using a Public Health Approach: A Framework for Success- M. Dolores Cimini, Estela M. Rivero, Joyce DeWitt, Melissa Ertl
5:30PM-6:30PM Networking Reception & Poster Session & American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Quilt Display
6:45PM-8:15PM Dinner and Awards
DAY 2 – THURSDAY
8:00AM-9:15AM Registration and Breakfast
9:30AM-10:45AM Plenary Session
Youth Suicide: A Call to Action- Panel Discussion
11:00AM – 12:15PM Concurrent Sessions
- Effectively Engaging High Risk Youth– Alex Frisina
- Postvention: The impact of suicide and overdose on professional caregivers- Silvia Giliotti, Garra Lloyd-Lester, Brigette Hartman- DeCenzo, Crystal Hewitt-Gill
- Class is in Session: A Model School District Policy and Suicide Prevention Guide- Pat Breux, Mitch Samet
- Cross-Cutting Issues in Suicide Prevention: Economic Factors of Suicide and Support for Caregivers- Oscar Jimenez-Solomon, Johanna Louie
- Suicide Risk, Help-Seeking, and Service Utilization among College Students- Carrie Masia Warner, Dolores Cimini, Giana Calabrese
12:15PM-12:45PM Boxed Lunch
1:00PM-2:15PM Concurrent Sessions
- Suicide Prevention for Diverse College/University Students: The Intersection of Race and Sexual Orientation– Richard Shadick
- Suicide by Firearm and Reducing Access to Lethal Means- Leah Hines, Garra Lloyd- Lester
- It’s Elementary– David N. Miller, Marcie Bouchard, Pat Breux
- Risk Formulation: Using Case Studies to Examine Best Practices in Formulation of Risk– Beth Brodsky, Christa Labouliere
- Creating Suicide Safer Schools: Building Social Emotional Wellness and Resiliency in Schools- Alec Miller, Matt Costello
2:30-3:15PM Concurrent Sessions
- Warriors Mental Health and Wellness Club and Additional Suicide Prevention- Melissa Smith, Ellen Herlihy, Alex Depaoli, Amy Malloy
- Key Elements in Suicide Prevention Program Evaluation and Accessing and Interpreting Data – Katharine Comber, Brianna Maher (Coalition Attendance Required)
- Suicide- Specific Treatments for Youth with a Focus on Dialectical Behavior Therapy- Christa Labouliere, Alec Miller
- Substance Use and Suicide- Brett Harris, Melissa Tracy, Monika Taylor, Lisa Mancini
- Serving and Preventing Suicide among LGBTQ and Minority LGBTQ Communities – Keygan Miller, Liam Cudmore
3:15PM Conference Adjourns