The Appalachian Children Coalition in collaboration with Logan-Hocking School District invites you to join us at a Youth Mental Health Summit: Suicide Prevention. The event will take place on Thursday, October 12, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Chieftain Center at Logan High School. Dr. Paul Imhoff, director of government relations for Buckeye Association of School Administrators, will serve as the day's moderator.
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Highlights include keynote addresses by Rebecca Benghiat, President and Chief Operating Officer, The Jed Foundation, and Amberle Prater, Ph.D., LPCC-S, clinical lead supervisor for the Center for Suicide Prevention and Research (CSPR) at Nationwide Children's Hospital, and a group of students from Logan-Hocking Schools discussing their own experiences with current prevention programming. Break out sessions will cover school based health clinics and on-site services for students and families, how to implement suicide prevention education framework in your school, and best-practices from current programming. An optional tour of Logan-Hocking School's new school-based health clinic will be offered at the end of the day.
CEUs available for school personnel, social workers, and counselors.
Breakfast. Lunch. Afternoon Snack.
There is no cost to attend.