Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention for California Clinicians (6 Hours)
- 1 Section
- 8 Lessons
- 2 Quizzes
- 6h Duration
Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention
- Course Overview and Introduction
- Module 1: Understanding Suicide: Data, Theory, and Risk and Protective Factors
- Module 2: Screening and Suicide Risk Assessment
- Module 3: Lethality, Lethal Means Safety, and Firearms in California
- Module 4: Safety Planning, Crisis Intervention, and Suicide-Specific Treatments
- Module 5: California Law, Ethics, and Documentation in Suicide Care
- Module 6: Care Transitions, Telehealth, Culture, Postvention, and Clinician Well-Being
- References
- Post Test: California Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention
- Program Evaluation
This 6 hour home study course covers suicide risk assessment and intervention for California LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and BBS associates. Participants review current national and California suicide data and theory; screening with the ASQ, PHQ-9, C-SSRS, and SAFE-T; risk formulation and documentation; lethal means counseling and California firearm law; the Stanley-Brown Safety Planning Intervention and suicide-specific treatments such as CAMS, brief CBT, and DBT; 988 and mobile crisis; California confidentiality, 5150, and minors' consent law; care transitions; telehealth; cultural considerations; and postvention. Each module has an information section, a practical section with a step by step tool, California case studies, and a summary.
This course is written for the one-time 6 hour suicide risk assessment and intervention requirement in Cal. Bus. and Prof. Code 4980.396, 4996.27, and 4999.66. It is designed around the suicide risk assessment and intervention requirement of the California Board of Behavioral Sciences but not approved or endorsed by the Board.
See my California CE requirements guide for everything your renewal includes.
Dr. Paulson Professional Counseling LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7987. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Dr. Paulson Professional Counseling LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
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