Presenters and time slots are subject to change
CONTINUING EDUCATION SOCIAL WORKERS continuing education credits approved by NASW-MI Social Work Continuing Collaborative. Course Approval ID: MICEC-0014 Thursday – 7.0 credits Friday – 7 credits (8 credits if the evening play is attended) Thurs and Fri (including play) – 15.5 credits. HUMAN RESOURCE PROFESSIONALS continuing education credits approved by the HR Certification Institute. Activity Approval ID: 366551 Thursday – 7.24 credits Friday – 7.0 credits PSYCHOLOGISTS - Henry Ford Hospital is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Henry Ford Health System maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This educational activity is approved for 13 credit hour(s) for psychologists. Thursday – 5 credits Friday – 8 credits EDUCATORS State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECHs) for Educators approved by an application through the Macomb County Intermediate School District. Michigan Educator Certification System Approval Number: 20185043. Number of Contact Hours: 14 credtis Thursday – 7 Contact Hours Friday – 7 Contact Hours LICENSED COUNSELORS – Continuing education credits approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors.Approval No: SP-3167.-
Thursday - November 8, 2018 - Conference on Suicide - DAY 1
It’s time that we treat suicide like a public health crisis. According to a recently released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, deaths from suicide increased by a whopping 24 percent between 1999 and 2014 among Americans age five and older. While the CDC did not point to definitive reasons for the spike, suicide is now the tenth-leading overall cause of death in the United States.
Speakers will discuss how the increase in suicide represents a real and threatening public health disaster. Understanding the reasons for suicide and interpreting the data can help to develop effective ways to prevent suicide. Attendees will hear about offering suicidal individuals the help they need by targeting risk factors that may be both causal and remediable. Sessions will cover prevention efforts targeting the population at large, and screening methodologies to identify high-risk individuals. Leaders in the field of suicidology will urge that we can better educate doctors, patients, and families alike challenging misguided beliefs and offering better and more efficient care alternatives. Speakers and breakout sessions will also address the impact of suicide in schools and in the workplace and will provide innovative and evidence-based models that can assist with the assessment of suicide risk and to provide access to mental health services.
6:30 – 7:15
YOGA – Grotto
7:00 – 8:00
REGISTRATION – Breakfast in Garden Gallery
8:00
WELCOME and OPENNING REMARKS – Grand Ballroom
8:15-9:00
THOMAS JOINER PhD, Robert O. Lawton Professor of Psychology at Florida State University, author and leading expert on suicide – The Essential Unity Underlying Diverse Forms of Suicidal Violence
9:00-9:45
JILL HARKAVY-FRIEDMAN PhD, VP Research, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention – Suicide Prevention: What Research Tells Us
10:00 – 10:45
ROBERT SHEEHAN, CEO of the Michigan Association of Community Mental Health – Michigan’s Public Mental Health System: A Strong Yet Incomplete Safety Net
10:45 – 11:20
MICHAEL ANESTIS, PhD, clinical psychologist and associate professor of psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi and author – Guns and Suicide: What Do We Know and What Can We Do?
11:30 – 12:45
CHANGE MAKERS PANEL: THOMAS JOINER, PhD, DAVID LLOYD, The Kennedy Forum, COLLEEN CREIGHTON, Executive Director of American Association of Suicidology, STEVE WINDOM, AFSP Michigan Director and NANCE ROY, JED Foundation – Implementing National Strategies To Combat Suicide
1:15 – 2:00
Lunch Presentation – Grand Ballroom
MICHELE REID MD, Chief Medical Officer of Community Network Services and Board Member of the Northeast Guidance Center – Suicide in Michigan: A Hidden Health Problem
2:15 – 2:45
JAMES CRAIG, Chief, Detroit Police Department – The need for peer groups and other mental health tools to assist first responders in dealing with the emotional impact of trauma
2:45 – 3:45
WILL HEININGER, Program Coordinator for the University of Michigan Depression Center and former Michigan defensive lineman – Depression And Suicide Risk For Student Athletes
4:00 – 5:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS
SARAH EMMERSON, MA, LLC, Supervisor, Children Mental Health, The Guidance Center – Childhood Trauma and Resiliency
GIGI COLOMBINI LMSW, Psychotherapist, Founder Institute of Hope and Human Flourishing – Clinician Training Part I
DENNIS LIEGGHIO. Founder KnowResolve – The Power of Youth Driven Spaces
STEPHANIE KASTELY, Wayne State University – University Student Athlete Stress Management and Suicide Prevention
NANCY BUYLE MA, LPC, NCC, Student Assistance Consultant, Macomb County Intermediate School District, and PATRICIA SMITH MS, Violence Prevention Program Coordinator, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Moderator: STEPHANIE LANGE, Student Assistant Consultant, DAKOTA HIGH SCHOOL – Swimming Upstream: Public Health Approaches for Suicide Prevention Focusing on Youth and Schools
KRISTEN SMITH, LMSW, Director of Clinical Operations, Gryphon Place andTANEQUA HAMPTON, BS Suicide Prevention Program Manager, Gryphon Place – The Gatekeeper Program: Gryphon Place’s Youth Suicide Prevention Program
ELLIS JARUZEL II, PsyD, Chief Research Officer, Therapy Live – Why Experiential Mental Health Education is Critical for Today’s High School Students
JOE KORT, PhD, LMSW, Founder and Director Center for Relationship and Sexual Health – Understanding Males Who Have Been Sexually Abused and Why They Attempt Suicide
5:15 – 8:00
VIP RECEPTION and BOOK SIGNING – COMPLIMENTARY FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS for conference attendees and sponsors – CASH BAR
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Friday - November 9, 2018 - Conference on Suicide - DAY 2
Kevin’s Song believes that we have no choice but to take on the formidable challenges presented by the lack of resources and tools for behavioral health professionals. By offering a forum for the sharing of information and education, Kevin’s Song will get closer to its mission of encouraging collaboration between experts in the field, behavioral health professionals, educators, first responders and community leaders –who together with loss and attempt survivors can devise new ways to make practical, meaningful and positive change in order to prevent suicide and save lives.
6:30 – 7:15
YOGA – Grotto
7:00 – 8:00
REGISTRATION– Breakfast in Garden Gallery
8:00
WELCOME and OPENNING REMARKS – Grand Ballroom
8:15-9:00
BART ANDREWS, PhD, clinical psychologist and Vice President of Clinical Operations at Behavioral Health Response in St. Louis, MO- A World Without Us: The current status of suicide prevention and steps to improve our efforts
9:00-9:45
SALLY SPENCER THOMAS, PsyD,clinical psychologist, impact entrepreneur, international mental health and suicide prevention speaker and author – Aspiring to a Zero Suicide Mindset – At Work
10:00 – 10:35
BRIAN AHMEDANI PhD, Director of Psychiatry Research and a Research Scientist at Henry Ford Health System- Zero Suicide Model: Origins, Efforts and Initiatives
10:35 – 10:55
LARRY BURNS, President & CEO at The Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation – A Foundation On The Move
11:15 – 12:15
PANEL A – GRAND BALLROOM – GIGI COLOMBINI, LMSW, Psychotherapist, Founder Institute of Hope and Human Flourishing,JEAN NEMENZIK, MSW, Director of Clinical Services, KADIMA, and JENNIFER M. PLETZER-JONES, PsyD, RN, Henry Ford Behavior Health Services, Emergency Department, HARRY RAI, MD, psychiatry resident physician at the University of Michigan with experience in psychiatry, psychopharmacology and in a variety of psychotherapies – Levels of Care For Patients At Risk Of Suicide
PANEL B – JUDEA ROOM – JODI FREY, PhD, LCSW-C, CEAP, associate professor of social work at the University of Maryland and a principal investigator of the Healthy Men Michigan research project, KERRI PLOEG, Corporate Health Manager, Herman Miller Company, NICOLE BROWN, Program Management and Talent Development, Quicken Loans, and RACHEL KNAPP, MPH, Team Leader of Wellness, Quicken Loans – Suicide Risk Assessment And Prevention In The Workplace Through Wellness And Employee Assistance Programs
PANEL C – WISDOM ROOM – AMELIA LEHTO, Resource and Crisis Helpline Coordinator, Common Ground, SHERRY MCRILL, President and CEO, Northeast Guidance Center, TRAVIS ATKINSON, Crisis Services Advocate and Management Consultant & Trainer, TBD Solutions LLC, and DIANE DI GIROLAMO, LMSW, William Beaumont Royal Oak – Crisis Intervention and Resources In The 21stCentury
OPTION D – NAZARETH ROOM – Working Minds: Suicide Prevention in the Workplace – Part 1
This program conducted by SALLY SPENCER THOMAS, PsyD, consists of two training sessions designed to help workplace administrators and employees better understand and prevent suicide.
Working Minds Training gives participants the tools and skills to appreciate the critical need for suicide prevention while creating a forum for dialogue and critical thinking about workplace mental health challenges. The program builds a business case for suicide prevention while promoting help-seeking and help-giving. REQUIRES SIGN UP AT TIME OF REGISTRATION
12:45 – 1:30
Lunch Presentation – ATRIUM
DR. J. LYNDON GOOD, MD, Vice President, Central Regional Medical Director, New Directions Behavioral Health: Medical Necessity: Mental Health Treatment and Insurance Coverage
1:45 – 2:45
PANEL A– GRAND BALLROOM – DR. BILL RITTER, Birmingham First United Methodist minister, retired, loss survivor and author, RABBI DANIEL SYME, Temple Beth El, Suicide Prevention Advocate, DR. IMAM ACHMAT SALIE, Director, UDMercy Islamic Studies,Brother Jim Boynton, SJ, University of Detroit Jesuit High School – Suicide, Stigma, and the Role of Religious Faith
PANEL B– JUDEA ROOM – ANDREA SMITH MSW,Director of Clinical Practice Improvement, Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority, and DARLENE OWENS, MBA, LBSW, CADC, ADS, Director of Substance Use Disorders, Initiatives, Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority, MONIQUE STANTON, President and Chief Executive Officer, CARE of Southeastern Michigan Addressing the Challenges of the Opioid Crisis
PANEL C- WISDOM ROOM – JODI FREY, PhD, LCSW-C, CEAP, associate professor of social work at the University of Maryland and a principal investigator of the Healthy Men Michigan research project, CHRIS CARTER, Police and Fire Department Chaplain, Dewitt Township, Sgt. JEREMY JAMES, Training Coordinator at the Detroit Police Training Center, PROSTEACH LLC –For Those Who Think of Sirens as Driving Music: Suicide Prevention for First Responder Populations
OPTION D – NAZARETH ROOM – Working Minds: Suicide Prevention in the Workplace – Part 2 REQUIRES SIGN UP AT TIME OF REGISTRATION
3:00 – 4:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS
FRED HOGAN II, LPC-S, EMDR Certified Therapist, Wentworth and Associates – Use of EMDR in helping the survivors of suicide
GIGI COLOMBINI LMSW, Psychotherapist, Founder Institute of Hope and Human Flourishing – Clinician Training Part II
REBECCA PALEN, LMSW, H3-Hope, Healing & Health, LLC- Crisis Intervention from A to Z
CHRISTINE HILTON, LMSW, Supervisor of Behavioral Health Partial Hospitalization, Henry Ford Health System – Dialectical Behavior Therapy Demystified
MELVIN MCINNIS, MD, Director, Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program- Longitudinal Outcomes Research in Bipolar Disorder: The Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program
LAWRENCE WENTWORTH, PhD, LP, LMSW, President and CEO, Wentworth and Associates – Internal Family Systems: How to Work with Suicidal Parts of Clients
JENNY LANDON, Founder, The Lotus Project – Finding Your Purpose through Spiritual Healing
4:15 – 5:15 BREAKOUT SESSIONS
JIM ADAMS, Director of Communications, UofD Jesuit High School – Safe Reporting on Suicide
AMELIA LEHTO, Lived Expertise, Common Ground – Social Media, Suicide Prevention and You
KATHY LEWIS GINEBAUGH, Associate Professor, Western Michigan University, LACEE LYONS, Chief Operating Officer, Gryphon Place and MARICELA ALCALA, Chief Executive Officer, Gryphon Place – It Takes a Community to Save Lives: Creating a collaborative response through local coalitions
NICOLE LAW, Psy-D, LP, Director of Diversity and Clinical Training, Wentworth and Associates – LGBTQ And Youth Suicide
KAREN MARSHALL– Outreach and Training Coordinator, Sacred Bundle Suicide Prevention Program at AIHFSAfrican American Males and Mental Illness – Strength and Spirit: Suicide Prevention Strategies for AI/AN Communities
5:30
COMPLIMENTARY DINNER AND REFRESHMENTS FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDEES – CASH BAR
7:30
EVERY BRILLIANT THING – JUDEA ROOM – CASH BAR AND COMPLIMENTARY SNACKS
EVERY BRILLIANT THING, a Tipping Point Theater production in association with Kevin’s Song and featuring James R. Kuhl
There are many reasons this one-man show is great but the best reason is because no conclusions were drawn about how to solve depression and suicide. It’s one mans approach to coping with bipolar disorder in his family and in himself. It is brilliant in every way. Watch it and if you’ve ever suffered from depression you’ll be glad you took the time.
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Saturday - November 10, 2018 - A JOURNEY OF HEALING AND HOPE
The focus of the Saturday program is for survivors of suicide loss and attempt survivors, support group facilitators, mental health professionals, and others interested in sharing and understanding the lived experience of surviving a suicide attempt/suicidal thoughts, the loss and grief following a suicide. The goal is to provide loss and attempt survivors with information and resources to help with their individual journeys through healing, loss and grief and to assist mental health professionals and other caregivers in understanding the needs of survivors.
How do we survive the death of a loved one by suicide and understand the grieving process? Hear survivors of suicide loss sharing their experience and feelings. What can we do to cope with and survive a suicide attempt? How do we resolve the question, WHY?
7:00 – 8:00
REGISTRATION – Breakfast in Garden Gallery8:00
WELCOME and OPENNING REMARKS – GRAND BALLROOM8:15 – 9:00
KATE HARDY, founder, CEO and President of Six Feet Over, a Michigan based nonprofit – A Weirdo’s Journey: From Loss to Passion9:15 – 10:30
CRAIG MILLER, author, speaker, and suicide attempt survivor – Live, Learn, Grow: Living After a Suicide Attempt10:45 – NOON
BREAKOUT SURVIVOR SESSIONS – Moderated group sessions for loss survivors, attempt survivors and family and friends of loved ones struggling with mental health problems and thoughts of suicideNOON – 1:00
LUNCH – GRAND BALLROOM1:05 – 2:30
Survivor Panel – CHRISTINA RYAN-STOLTZ, RYAN BEALE, HEIDI HANNAN, AMELIA LEHTO & AMANDA STEIN – A panel of loss survivors and an attempt survivor discuss their personal journeys through the pain of loss and the shame and stigma of mental illness. Moderated by national suicide prevention advocate, author and a loss survivor herself, DEENA BAXTER – Grief Affirmations – Healing Hearts with Hope2:30
CLOSING – DEENA BAXTER, Mental Health Advocate, National Alliance on Mental Illness of Collier County, FL, Published Author
