Suicide Prevention for Non-Clinicians - March 13, 2025
Includes a Live In-Person Event on 03/13/2025 at 8:30 AM (EDT)
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- Learners - $50
A 6-Hour Training with James Figueiredo, M.Ed.
8:30am-4:00pm
130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150, Concord, NH 03301
Presentation: Troubling statistics indicate that death by suicide is rising at an alarming rate and increasingly impacting a wide diversity of community members. Half of those who died by suicide received health care services in the year prior to their death and half of these received services within 4 weeks of their death. For over three-quarters (76 %) of those patients, fewer than one-quarter (24 %) had a mental health diagnosis. Well trained frontline workers with a deep familiarity of communities save lives. They do so by recognizing and appropriately responding when a person is in crisis, (recognizing that cultural expressions of distress vary) and through providing culturally tailored assessments, interventions, and outreach education about suicide for the communities they are entrusted to serve. While non-clinical frontline workers are uniquely situated to help in suicide prevention efforts, they remain a largely untapped resource in supporting community members who are at a heightened risk for taking their own lives or self-injurious behaviors.
This workshop will describe how to integrate evidence-based and evidence-informed suicide prevention interventions into their practice. We will demonstrate useful tools which are inclusive to widely diverse populations and shine a light on stressors known to negatively affect the mental health of community members, including those entrusted to serve vulnerable populations.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
- Describe the role of non-clinicians in suicide prevention;
- Explain at least 3 conditions which raise vulnerability to suicide;
- Examine suicide trends in Black, Latin American, Asian, and White communities; and
- Describe strategies for culturally responsive suicide prevention.
6 Contact Hours Available
CRSW Performance Domains: 1-4
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 7, 11, 13 & 17
Certified Prevention Specialist Domains: 3 & 6
NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category A) & Psychologist (Category A)
NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
This project was supported by Grant No. <15PBJA-21-GG-04133-DGCT> awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
James Figueiredo
CEO
Community Workforce Institute
James Figueiredo, M.Ed. is the Executive Director and Founder of Community Workforce Initiative. He has over 3 decades of experience working in the public health field throughout the United States and internationally. His work is focused primarily on the professional development of frontline workers and their supervisors. James has extensive experience developing and delivering trainings on cultural competency, suicide prevention, HIV/AIDS, and leadership development. James has served as lecturer at Tufts University, APHA presenter, and member of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Suicide Prevention Advisory Committee. He is an author for the third edition of the Foundations for Community Health Workers textbook published in June 2024. During the height of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, James worked as a community health worker on an integrated clinical team at the Cambridge Health Alliance. He spent another decade at the Justice Resource Institute (JRI) as the Director of Education and Training, where he served as co-chair of the Diversity Committee, oversaw, and led trainings throughout sub-Saharan Africa. He holds a Master of Education degree from Harvard University and Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Leadership and Management from Boston University. As an undergraduate he studied English Language and Literature at West London College in the United Kingdom. He most enjoys spending time with his spouse and children on backpacking trips. He aspires to be a coffee grower, avocado farmer, and beekeeper when he retires.