Suicide PREVENTION Council of St. Joseph County

ARCHIVE PAGE 2003	Conference & Related Activities		Details: - Full Conference Agenda October 29 - Registration for the Conference - ASIST Pre-Conference Training Details - Registration for the Pre-Conference ASIST - Healing and Sharing Session Details - Hotel Accomodations for the Conference - Directions to the Conference Site & Hotel - Directions to IUSB - Mike Wallace's free Community Presentation Questions about the conference? Contact John McIntosh (574) 237-4343 or jmcintos@iusb.edu
*Preventing Suicide:* BUILDING COMPETENT COMMUNITIES
Monday October 27, 2003	8:30 am - 4:30 pm	Pre-Conference Training Program Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) - DAY 1 Training took place in the Warner Room of Familly and Children's Center at 1411 LincolnWay West, Mishawaka, IN
Tuesday October 28, 2003	8:30 am - 4:30 pm	Pre-Conference Training Program Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) - DAY 2 Training to took place in the Warner Room of Familly and Children's Center at 1411 LincolnWay West, Mishawaka, IN

	7:30 pm - 9:00 pm	Free Community Presentation Mike Wallace Spoke About His Personal Experience With Depression Presentation was held in Campus Auditorium in Northside Hall (room NS02) on the *Indiana University South Bend* campus
Wednesday October 29, 2003	8:30 am - 5:00 pm	Full-day Multidisciplinary Conference "Preventing Suicide: Building Competent Communities" Century Center - Downtown South Bend, IN

	5:00 pm	Healing and Sharing Support Group Session for Survivors of Suicide






















		A full day multidisciplinary conference - *"Preventing Suicide: Building Competent Communities"- featuring seven nationally renowned speakers was presented on Wednesday, October 29th at the Century Center, South Bend IN by the Suicide Prevention Council of Saint Joseph County and Surrounding Areas. Mike Wallace* of CBS News 60 MINUTES provided a free community presentation discussing his lifelong issues with depression on Tuesday evening October 28th at 7:30 pm on the campus of Indiana University South Bend, and hosted a breakfast meeting with physicians and nurses the morning of the conference focusing on physician-patient relationships. Target audience: caregivers (physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses), educators, counselors and other school personnel, first responders (EMS, police, firemen), and laypersons, including survivors. Continuing Education Credits. Pre-conference two-day program in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) was also conducted. For more information, visit www.sjcsuicideprevention.com After the keynote, the conference featured 2 morning plenary sessions, "Adolescent Issues in Suicide" and "Helping Survivors with L.O.S.S." The luncheon keynote reviewed "Achieving Success in Community Suicide Prevention." There were two sets of five Breakout Sessions to choose from in the afternoon: "Effective Adult Risk Assessment," "Suicide and Borderline Personality Disorder: Implications for Effective Treatment," "Suicide and Malpractice Issues," "Suicide in Older Adults," "Child and Adolescent Bereavement Services," "Impact of Suicidal Rock Music Lyrics," and "Lessons from the USAF for Public Health Suicide Prevention."		About the Speakers Mike Wallace Conference Speakers Pre-Conference Trainers Healing and Sharing Session Facilitator

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