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Name: LIVE ZOOM: 9/29/23 - Suicide Behaviors &amp; Systemic Family Therapy (ACE APPLICATION DRAFT)
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Please be advised recording will take place during this live CE program for commercial use. See https://pcfttc.com/policies/ for further details

Synchronous Distance Learning – LIVE ZOOM

Friday September 29th, 2023, 9:00 am to 11:00 am EST

Suicide Behaviors & Systemic Family Therapy

Jennifer Benjamin, PhD, LPC & Pinky Patel, LMFT

(see bio below)

About This Course:

The competent evaluation of suicide behaviors requires Assessment, Intervention and Monitoring (AIM) through a systemic lens. This introductory level program will demonstrate how the professional works with the client and their broader social ecology to reduce isolation and disconnection to set the stage for promoting attachment and cultivating nurturance. Using a recorded role play case participants will identify how the social ecology of the family aids in defining second order change in the family to reduce symptomology.

Learning Objectives:

Define how Assessing, Intervening, and Monitoring (AIM) is applied to suicidal behaviors in a family therapy.
Differentiate first order change to complete an assessment of safety, from second order change to block the negative patterns of interaction creating the crisis response.

Intended Audience:

Social Work, Psychologists, Mental Health Professionals, Marriage & Family Therapists, Counselors, and Human Service Providers.

Instructional Level:

Introductory/Beginner Level

*Attendees should have experience evaluating life threatening behaviors.

CE Credit Hours are available:

2.0 ACE CE Credit Hours- Clinical

Cost:$40.00 for program and CE credits.

*Maximum of 150 participants

Policies/Refunds/Cancellation:

ACE Continuing Education Policies (DARFT FOR ACE APPLICATION)

*Please be advised recording will take place during this live CE program.

Completion Requirements:

This is an interactive course. Participants must complete their attendance, attest to their participation, attend the entire session, & participate in all discussions, to receive CE credits and certificate. Assignments- None.

YOU WILL RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK TO THE WEBINAR THE DAY PRIOR & WILL ALSO BE LOCATED UNDER YOUR “MY ACCOUNT” TAB IN THE LEARNING PORTAL (courses.pcfttc.com).

*There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support for the CE program, presentation, or instructor.

*EMAIL training@pcfttc.com for additional information regarding training contents and questions.

ADA: if you have special needs or accommodations please contact Jennifer Benjamin, training@pcfttc.com

AGENDA

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Digital attendance is taken.

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Introduction of case study, social ecology & life-threatening behaviors, Teaching Assessment, Intervention, and Monitor (AIM), differentiating first and second order change in family therapy to unbalance the structure and address interactional pattern sustaining the crisis.

10:30 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. Watch video facilitated small groups identify which best practices for assessing suicide where used, Watch video and large discussion identification of AIM incorporated into second order change.

11:10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Apply case study to AIM and documentation best practices.

11:30 a.m. – Complete evaluation and attestation

REFERENCES

Brodsky, B. S., Spruch-Feiner, A., & Stanley, B. (2018). The zero suicide model: applying evidence-based suicide prevention practices to clinical care. Frontiers in psychiatry, 9, 33.

Clossey, L., Simms, S., Hu, C., Hartzell, J., Duah, P., & Daniels, L. (2018). A pilot evaluation of the Rapid Response Program: A home based family therapy. Community Mental Health Journal, 54(3), 302-311

Brown, G. K., Brenner, L. A., Galfalvy, H. C., Currier, G. W., Knox, K. L., Chaudhury, S. R., Bush, A. L., & Green, K. L. (2018). Comparison of the Safety Planning Intervention With Follow-up vs Usual Care of Suicidal Patients Treated in the Emergency Department. JAMA psychiatry, 75(9), 894–900. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.1776

Flores-Kanter, P. E., Alesandrini, C., & Alvarado, J. M. (2023). Columbia suicide severity rating scale: evidence of construct validity in Argentinians. Behavioral Sciences, 13(3), 198.

Jones, C. W. (2019). Setting the stage for change: An eco-systemic approach to in-home family-based treatment (2nd ed.). The Center for Family Based Training.

Labouliere, C. D., Stanley, B., Lake, A. M., & Gould, M. S. (2020). Safety Planning on Crisis Lines: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Perceived Helpfulness of a Brief Intervention to Mitigate Future Suicide Risk. Suicide & life-threatening behavior, 50(1), 29–41. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12554

Ronquillo, L., Minassian, A., Vilke, G. M., & Wilson, M. P. (2012). Literature-based recommendations for suicide assessment in the emergency department: a review. The Journal of emergency medicine, 43(5), 836-842.

Instructor – Jennifer Benjamin, PhD, LPC

Dr. Jennifer Benjamin received her doctorate degree (PhD) in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Capella University and a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology from Immaculata University. She is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) an independent practitioner in the greater Philadelphia Region. Dr. Benjamin is the Clinical Fidelity Specialist for the Philadelphia Child and Family Therapy Training Center. Her responsibilities include oversite of continuing education programs, curriculum development, researching the ESFT model and assessment tools, and developing the organizational practices to ensure the integration of social ecology and family culture across all trainings, supervisions, case conceptualizations, and clinical consultations. As a former Clinical Director Dr. Benjamin led a comprehensive Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) program for youth (11–18 years old) in Pennsylvania, and an in-home systemic family therapy program in Delaware for severally emotionally disturbed youth in life altering circumstances and life-threatening behaviors. While in this role she provided program implementation/development/training, systemic supervision, emergency consultation, oversaw the doctoral practicum students, parent training, and site management of treatment outcomes. Finally, as a former adjunct Dr. Benjamin taught in the Graduate Counseling Program and the Undergraduate Psychology Program at Rosemont College.

Instructor – Pinky Patel, LMFT

Ms. Pinky Patel has a Masters of Arts Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from LaSalle University, and is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She is an approved American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) supervisor. Currently, she is a Program Director at Creative Health Services overseeing an in-home systemic family therapy program, with 24/7 crisis response, severally emotionally disturbed youth in life altering circumstances and life-threatening behaviors. She is the Associate Director of the Philadelphia Child and Family Therapy Training Center where she oversees organizational development, provides executive consultation for program implementation, clinical training, licensure supervision, and continuing education courses. Ms. Patel has several specialty certificates. She is a Certified Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapist and has a certificate of training in both Family Based Mental Health Services & Trauma Informed Yoga Practice. She is also a community trainer for QPR (suicide prevention training). Formerly, she was the Director for the post-graduate certificate program in ecosystemic structural family therapy (ESFT). This program was accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) of the AAMFT.

Philadelphia Child and Family Therapy Training Center, Inc., Provider #1234, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 04/04/2018-04/04/2021. Social workers completing this course receive 2.00 clinical continuing education credits.