Colleagues,
As you know, September is #SuicidePreventionAwarenessmonth. VNS Health in New York City has been awarded a 5-year grant to provide suicide prevention training and clinical behavioral health support. The program, Safe Pathways, is led by Deirdré De Leo, MA,LCSW, Alex Karydi, PhD, LMFT and their incredible team.
Licensed clinicians from VNS Health are available in all 5 boroughs to provide screenings, education about suicide, safety planning and supportive counseling to increase coping skills for LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC youth. If you know of organizations, school mental health professionals or others who could use this support, please share this with them.
In addition, as part of Safe Pathways mission, we are excited to provide FREE Zoom and online trainings to anyone in New York who serves youth. To that end, VNS Health is hosting a live webinar on October 4th at 3pm EST. The one hour workshop is titled "How to Teach '5 Minute Mindfulness'" and will focus on the evidence-based model that has been deployed in clinical, school and community settings for 20 years.
Free CE's are available for any LPC (through NBCC) and for New York licensed social workers and nurses (through VNS Health). NYC educators are invited to attend to learn practical strategies for deploying #mindfulbreathing activities at the classroom level, as required by NYC DOE.
Learn more / register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/h...57?aff=oddtdtcreator
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