Third Annual
Suicide Prevention Conference
CALL TO ACTION:
Suicide Prevention Needs a
Public Health Approach!
A CONFERENCE FOR
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Individuals working in or affiliated with all aspects of Health Care
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Mental Health and AODA Service/Support Organizations
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Military and Veteran Service/Support Organizations
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Community Service/Support Organizations
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K-12 Schools and Higher Education
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Faith Communities
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First Responders
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People with lived experience of mental illness, and their loved ones
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All community members interested in suicide prevention
Friday, October 21, 2016
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Partner Showcase Open 8-8:45 a.m. and 12-1:30 p.m.
Milwaukee County War Memorial
750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Thanks to our partner,
the UWM Military and Veterans Resource Center (MAVRC)
for co-hosting this event with PSGM!
Directions to the Milwaukee County War Memorial
Center:
Follow I-94 or I-43 downtown to I-794 East. Exit at
Exit 1F, the Lakefront Exit. Take Lincoln Memorial
Drive north through the stoplights at East Michigan
Street. Pass under the Mason Street bridge; the turn
for the parking lot will come up quickly on your right.
*Parking is free and located in the rear surface lot
on the North Side of the War Memorial Center.
8:00 – 8:45
8:45 – 9:00
9:00 – 10:15
Registration/Breakfast/ Partner Showcase
Welcome/Opening Remarks
Keynote Address: Public Health Strategies for Suicide Prevention,
Jerry Reed, PhD, MSW
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:00 Zero Suicide in the Fox Cities: Health Care Systems Working in
Collaboration (Panel Presentation) Moderated by Sue Jungen, CADC, ICS
12:00-1:30
Lunch/Partner Showcase
1:30-2:45
Hear Our Voice (Panel presentation of individuals with lived
experience of suicide) Moderated by Martina Gollin-Graves, MSW
2:45 - 4:00
Keynote Address: The Collaborative Safety Plan: A Support Tool for
Clients and Systems of Care, Becky Stoll, LCSW
4:00 - 4:30
Conference Community Action
Highlighting the PSGM Partner Showcase
PSGM’s Coalition Partners are doing amazing work around suicide prevention and
the promotion of emotional well-being in their organizations. During the Partner
Showcase, PSGM’s partners will share their innovative programs with conference
attendees, highlighting community collaborations and prevention strategies!
Morning Keynote
Jerry Reed, PhD, MSW, has served as the Director of the Suicide
Prevention Resource Center in Washington D.C. since 2008. Through this work
he provides assistance to many key stakeholders in developing, implementing
and evaluating programs and strategies to prevent suicide. Dr. Reed also serves
as the Director of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Injury, Violence
and Suicide and Co-Director of the Injury Control Research Center for Suicide
Prevention with partners at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr.
Reed speaks nationally and internationally on the topic of suicide prevention.
Dr. Reed received his Ph.D. in Health Related Sciences with an emphasis in
Gerontology from the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond in
2007, as well as a Masters of Social Work degree from the University of
Maryland at Baltimore in 1982.
Afternoon Keynote
Becky Stoll, LCSW, is responsible for the overall operation of
Centerstone’s Crisis and Disaster Management services in Nashville, TN and is a
Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of behavioral health experience.
She is a recognized leader in the areas of crisis services, disaster mental health,
and suicide prevention. She is a member of the National Action Alliance’s “Zero
Suicides in Healthcare” Advisory Group as well as serving as a faculty and
mentor. Ms. Stoll is a Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress and a
Diplomate of the American Association of Experts in Traumatic Stress. Ms.
Stoll received a Master’s in the Science of Social Work from the University of
Tennessee, and a BS in Psychology from Tennessee State University in
Nashville.
Panel Moderators
Zero Suicide Panel
Sue Jungen, CADC, ICS, is the Co-Chair Zero Suicide Initiative in the Fox Valley as well as a Regional
Leader of the Zero Suicide Initiative, and a member of the Zero Suicide Academy Faculty (2015, 2016).
Ms. Jungen is a founding member, previous Co-Chair, and current board member of the Northeast
Wisconsin Mental Health Connection. She serves as Co-Chair of the Fox Valley Substance Abuse
Initiative. Ms. Jungen is also a certified instructor for Youth Mental Health First Aid and QPR.
Hear Our Voice Panel
Martina Gollin-Graves, MSW, received a Master’s in Social Work from the University of WisconsinMilwaukee, and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Alverno College. She is currently the
President/CEO of Mental Health America of Wisconsin (MHA), a statewide agency providing mental health
and suicide prevention education, advocacy and support for individuals, families, businesses and community
organizations across the state of Wisconsin.
REGISTRATION
Online registration preferred.
You may register online and pay with either a
credit card or mail a check at:
www.mhawisconsin.org/2016-psgm-conf-reg
Registration Fee: $35.00 per participant
(includes light breakfast and box lunch)
Registration deadline: October 10, 2016
On-site registration will be considered if
capacity permits.
Paper Registration
Please complete the following form. Make your check
payable to MHA and mail the form and your check to:
MHA of Wisconsin - Attn: PSGM Registration
600 W Virginia St., Suite 502
Milwaukee, WI 53204
*Please, one person per form. You may make as
many copies of this form as needed
PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY
Registration Fee $35.00
Additional Donation Enclosed: $
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Continuing Education Hours (CEH’s)
$30.00 Fee (in addition to registration fee)
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Continuing Education and Outreach approves this
continuing education program for 5.75 Continuing
Education Hours. Participants should claim CEH's
for only those sessions which they attend.
To receive CEH’s and obtain a certificate from
UWSP verifying your CEH hours for this training
session, complete the UWSP CEH form (Download
the PDF , paper forms will also be available at the
conference) along with your $30 processing fee
payable directly to UWSP and mail to UWSP
Continuing Education and Outreach, no later than
November 14, 2016.
(Please note that a general certificate of
attendance will be provided to all participants at
the conclusion of the conference day at no cost.)
Scholarships:
A limited number of scholarships for this
conference will be awarded. Priority for
scholarships is being given to community
members with limited financial resources.
We encourage those attending in a
professional capacity to seek funding support
through their employer.
To request a scholarship application, please
email [email protected] with the
words “Conference Scholarship” in the
subject line.
The deadline for submitting a scholarship
application is September 30, 2016.
Please note that scholarships do not cover
the additional CEH fee.
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PSGM is a program of Mental Health America
of Wisconsin (MHA). All fees and donations
are payable to MHA.
Questions? Email us at [email protected]
Accommodations: Please notify
[email protected] of any
disability-related accommodation requests as
soon as possible. We will make every attempt to
honor these requests if received by
September 30, 2016.
This conference is made possible through a grant
from the Charles E. Kubly Foundation
And Our Generous Sponsors:
(as of 9/5/2016)
Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division