Small Talk is an interactive half-day workshop which examines warning signs in a child and explores intervention strategies through stories and case studies.
This workshop may be offered virtually or in-person.
What our workshops achieve
After attending a workshop, participants feel more confident to identify and willing to help people considering suicide. Anyone can respond to a person thinking about suicide when they’re equipped with information, knowledge, and skills.
52%
of participants feel more willing to help.
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of participants feel more confident to identify.
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The knowledge from this workshop is essential for anyone who works with, or has, children in their lives.
Small Talk Participant
I appreciated working through scenarios developing holistic insight of how to provide support at multi-levels to ensure student safety.
Small Talk Participant
Learning Objectives
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Appreciate how a child’s developmental stage affects their concept of death and suicide;
- Identify protective factors, risk factors and warning signs in children; and
- Confidently transfer care of a child to a caregiver.
Audience
Ages 18+
This workshop provides information and offers practical approaches for those working with children who are working with children who are age 12 or younger and who may be considering suicide.
Participants can include but not limited to: parents and caregivers; family and friends; natural helpers and advisors; educators and ministers; health practitioners; justice, law enforcers, emergency workers, and community volunteers.
Information provided is appropriate for beginner and intermediate social work practice.
Certificate and Accreditation
All participants will receive a participation certificate upon completing 4 hours of instruction hours.
Special Accommodations
Please contact the Centre for Suicide Prevention if you need specific accommodations.
References
Centre for Suicide Prevention. (2008). Tattered Teddies: An interactive handbook about the awareness and prevention of suicide in children. Calgary, AB: Author.
Centre for Suicide Prevention. (2011). Tattered Teddies: Preventing suicide in children. Calgary, AB: Author. Cuddy-Casey, M. & Orvaschel, H. (1997). Children’s understanding of death in relation to child suicidality and homicidality. Clinical Psychology Review, 17 (1), 33-45.
Davis, T. (2004). Counseling suicidal children. In D. Capuzzi (Ed.), Suicide across the life span: Implications for counselors (pp. 211-234). Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
Finzi, R., Ram, A., Shnit, D., Har-Even, D., Tyano, S., & Weizman, A. (2001) Depressive symptoms and suicidality in physically abused children. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 71 (1): 98-107.
Gaylord, R. (1998). A 10-year-old’s suicide and a grieving emergency nurse: Lessons learned. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 24 (1): 52-27.
Greenblatt, P. (2000). Children (under 12 years old) and suicide. The Thanatology Newsletter, 7 (2): 20-23.
Guttierrez, P.M. (2006). Integratively assessing risk and protective factors for adolescent suicide. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviour, 36 (2), 129-135.
Jacobsen, L.K., Rabinowitz, I., Popper, M.S., Solomon, R.J. Sokol, M.S., & Pfeffer, C.R. (1994). Interviewing prepubertal children about suicidal ideation and behaviour. Journal of the American Academyof child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 33 (4), 439-452.
LivingWorks Education Inc. (2014). ASIST: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training participant workbook. Calgary, AB: Author.
MediLexicon International Ltd. (2014, September 26). Medical news today. Retrieved from http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/193026.php
Mishara, B. (1999). Conceptions of death and suicide in children age 6-12 and their implications for suicide prevention. Suicide and Life Threatening Behaviour, 29, 105-118.
Mishara, B.L. (2003a). How the media influences children’s conceptions of suicide. Crisis, 24(3), 128-130.
Mishara, B.L. (2003b). Suicide over the life span: Children. In R. Kastenbaum (Ed.), Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying: Vol.2 (pp. 835-837). New York: Macmillan Reference USA.
Mitchell, W., Wesner, S., Brownson, L., Dysart-Gale, D., Garand, L., & Havill, A. (2006). Effective communication with bereaved child survivors of suicide. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 19 (3), 130-136.
Pompili, M., Mancinelli, I., Girardi, P., Ruberto, A., & Tatarelli, R. (2005). Childhood suicide: A major issue in pediatric health care. Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 28 (1): 63-68.
Tishler, C.L., Reiss, N.S. & Rhodes, A.R. (2007). Suicidal behaviour in children younger than twelve: A diagnos- tic challenge for emergency department personnel. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 14 (9):810-818.
The Understood Team. (n.d.) 6 ways to help your child develop coping skills. Retrieved December 8, 2015 from https://www.understood.org/en/friends-feelings/common-challenges/self-control/6-ways-to-help-your- child-develop-coping-skills
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