Fall 2023 Social Work Symposium
Friday, November 17, 2023
9:00am - 12:00pm CST
Memorial Union Ballroom and Zoom
Title: Suicide Risk Assessment and Safety Planning for Clinicians
Speaker: Bailey Blair, LMSW
3 Diagnosis & Treatment CEUs available
Objectives:
- Participants will learn tools and skills to assess clients for suicide risk.
- Participants will gain a better understanding of the drivers of suicide and how to engage clients in discussion about risk factors.
- Participants will learn the importance of safety planning and how to effectively create patient safety plans.
Presentator Information
Bailey Blair, LMSW is the Vice President and Lead Trainer at Stop Suicide ICT. Bailey brings experience in training, education and social work to the board. After serving as a board member for the Greater Kansas Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Bailey supported the creation of StopSuicideICT to focus prevention and funding on the Wichita area. In addition to her work with StopSuicideICT, Bailey serves on the Governor’s Sub-Committee for Behavioral Health Services Planning Council and volunteers as a mental health professional with Project Guardians.
Social Work Symposium Information
This event is free, open to the public, and offered face to face as well as zoom. If you wish to attend and do not need CEUs, email socialwork@fhsu.edu your name, email address and if you are attending in person or via zoom, so we can register you.
If participants are requesting CEU for the event, is it $25 per session. Registration is non-refundable. If participants register as a zoom attendee, the zoom link will be emailed prior to the event. Attendees will receive CEU certificates after the event.
Parking: please park in lot A2 or lot A3 by the Memorial Union and behind the President’s House/Stroup Hall.
Click on the registration link below to complete your registration if you are receiving CEUs.
Any questions about Field Day? Email socialwork@fhsu.edu
Resources (TBA)
Online registration form
How to Reach Us
Department of Social Work
Fort Hays State University
600 Park Street
Albertson Hall 168
Phone: 785-628-4755
Email: socialwork@fhsu.edu
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