2026 Suicide Care Trainings
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In collaboration with the Behavioral Health Training Partnership we are pleased to offer suicide care trainings for mental health professionals and health care providers supporting individuals who may be at risk of suicide. These unique training opportunities are made possible through grant funding from the Department of Health Services to promote best practice and evidence-based techniques in recognizing, assessing and managing suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin.
Training access instructions will be emailed to registered participants one week prior to the training. If you have not received your email, please email bhtp@uwgb.edu or Joanne tulachkj@uwgb.edu.
Upcoming Trainings:
Get an introduction to state of the art, empirically-supported, family-based suicide risk management practices to help therapists and clinical staff manage suicide concerns when they arise. See Details
January 28-29, 2026, 8:30am - 12:15pm CST each day
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $35
Continuing Education Hours: 6.5
Trainer(s): Suzanne Levy, Ph.D.
Note: Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin
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This workshop provides an introduction to state of the art, empirically supported family-based suicide risk management practices to help therapists and clinical staff manage suicide concerns when they arise.
First, we discuss trauma informed care, adolescent and family development and the national concern about adolescent suicide risk. Then we teach a family-centered care approach to risk assessment and safety planning. Finally, we teach strategies for engaging families into the treatment process and how to conduct a first family session. Lecture, discussion, experiential exercises, and therapy videos are used throughout the workshop.
Learn a useable framework and accessible guidelines so you're able to competently manage suicide risk, incorporating the latest standards in suicide science and practice. See Details
February 24 & 26, 2026, 12:00 - 3:30pm CST each day
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $35
Continuing Education Hours: 6.0
Trainer(s): Joyce Chu, Ph.D.; Chris Weaver, Ph.D.
Note: Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin
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This workshop will provide instruction and a forum for clinical discussion and case practice, on the current standards of practice for suicide prevention and management. A useable framework and accessible guidelines will ensure that workshop participants are able to competently manage suicide risk, incorporating the latest standards in suicide science and practice.
Throughout its content, this workshop addresses the management of suicide in diverse populations. Attendees will learn state-of-science theoretical, measurement, and applied research as practical approaches to assist clinicians in accounting for cultural influences on suicide risk among diverse populations. Aims are to provide guidance to advance culturally competent suicide research and practice.
Hone your skills with this AMSR training that is based on the latest research and designed to help participants provide safer suicide care. See Details
March 10-11, 2026, 8:30 - 11:45am CST each day
Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $35
Continuing Education Hours: 6.5
Trainer(s): Joanne Tulachka, MA, LPC, CSAC
Note: Interested participants must be practicing in Wisconsin
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AMSR for Outpatient Settings is a training workshop for behavioral health professionals. The 6.5-hour training program is based on the latest research and designed to help participants provide safer suicide care. Health care providers face many challenges when working with patients and clients at risk for suicide. For example, calm and compassion are needed the most and the hardest to maintain when working with someone at risk for suicide. Some patients may not disclose thoughts of suicide, and even when they do, the health care provider must make judgment calls about unpredictable outcomes, often with insufficient or contradictory information.
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