Suicide Across the Continuum:
Prevention, Clinical Intervention, Ethics & Traumatic Grief
Full-Day Clinical Training 6 CE Hours Suicide Prevention & Ethics Credits Included
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
09:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST
Virtual Event - Zoom
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Suicide remains one of the most complex and emotionally challenging issues faced by mental health professionals. This full-day clinical training provides social workers, counselors, and helping professionals with a comprehensive understanding of suicide prevention, risk assessment, ethical responsibilities, clinical intervention, safety planning, and traumatic grief following suicide loss.
Participants will explore current suicide terminology, warning signs, risk and protective factors, evidence-based screening and assessment tools, theories of suicide, and practical intervention strategies for working with suicidal individuals across a variety of clinical settings.
The training also examines the ethical and legal responsibilities of clinicians, including informed consent, confidentiality, documentation, scope of competence, cultural responsiveness, referral decisions, and reasonable duty of care in suicide prevention.
In addition to prevention and intervention, this training addresses the impact of suicide loss on individuals, families, clinicians, and communities, offering trauma-informed approaches to supporting survivors of suicide loss.
This training includes case examples, discussion, ethical application, and practical tools clinicians can immediately integrate into practice.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN
Participants will learn how to:
• Identify warning signs, risk factors, and protective factors associated with suicide
• Differentiate between suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, preparatory behaviors, and non-suicidal self-injury
• Utilize current suicide screening and assessment tools, including the C-SSRS, ASQ, SAFE-T, and BSS
• Apply ethical and legal standards related to suicide prevention and intervention
• Develop collaborative safety plans and treatment approaches
• Recognize symptoms of traumatic grief and support survivors of suicide loss using trauma-informed approaches
• Strengthen clinical confidence in responding to suicide-related crises
Linda Falasco, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with over 30 years of experience in trauma, grief, suicide prevention, and suicide postvention. She is the founder of the Delaware County Suicide Prevention & Awareness Task Force and has provided training and presentations throughout schools and communities across the region. Linda is also the creator of Mending Piece by Piece™, a grief education and support initiative that helps individuals navigate grief with compassion, education, and hope.
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