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2016 Michigan Suicide Prevention Conference
Date and time
Location
Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center
219 S. Harrison Rd East Lansing, MI 48823Description
The 2016 Michigan Suicide Prevention Conference is a safeTALK certification event. safeTALK is a 3 hour suicide awareness training which will prepare anyone over the age of 15, regardless of prior experience or training to become a suicide-alert helper. All those who attend the conference MUST attend a safeTALK session, either in the morning or the afternoon. Please do not register for this conference if you have already attended or do not want to attend safeTALK.
Welcome to the 2016 Michigan Suicide Prevention Conference registration. This one day free event is open to all Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' child welfare staff, private agency child welfare partners, and foster parents statewide.
Please note, ALL attendees are REQUIRED to attend one of the half-day safeTALK certification trainings. In addition to the mandatory safeTALK training, workshops will be available at the attendees' preference including bullying, social media awareness, secondary trauma, LGBTQ population, connectedness, and a keynote presentation by Cheryl A. King, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Youth Depression and Suicide Prevention Research Program and Mary A. Rackham Institute, University of Michigan.
For more information on safeTALK training and certification, please visit the website at
https://www.livingworks.net/programs/safetalk/
Organized by
Governor’s Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect Members
Probate & Family Court Judge Midland County
Tana J. Bridge, PhD, LMSW, Professor ~ School of Social Work, Faculty Associate~ Graduate School, Eastern Michigan University
Lori Budnik, Children’s Protective Services Supervisor, Alpena County Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Melinda N. Deel, PLLC, Attorney and Counselor of Law
Danita Echols, LLMSW, Housing Resource Specialist at Community Housing Network, Inc.
Lani Forbes, Executive Director, Barry County United Way
Fred Gruber, Executive Director, Michigan Children’s Law Center
Hon. John A. Hohman, Jr. (Ret)- Chair, Of Counsel Fink & Fink, PLLC
Susan Hull, Director, Oakland County Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Hon. Cheryl Lohmeyer, Probate Court Judge Monroe County
Dr. Shannon Lowder, PsyD, LLP, CEO of A Healing Place, LLC
Nick Lyon, Director, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Julie Nakfoor Pratt, Barry County Prosecuting Attorney
Cathy Onsted, Representative of Parent Groups
Colin Parks, MSW, Designee for Nick Lyon, Children’s Protective Services Program Manager, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
D/Sgt. Jennifer Pintar, Michigan State Police
Hon. Kelly A. Ramsey, Circuit Court Judge, 3rd Circuit Wayne County
Hon. Robert S. Sykes, Jr., Probate Court Judge Ionia County
Veda Thompkins, Families On the Move