AMSR Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk

***The registration deadline for this training is April 9 to allow time to order training workbooks. Registrants can arrange a time to pick up their workbook from Stephanie Bentley at 1400 Cleveland Street, Greenville.

Attendance is limited to chosen representatives from each agency of Region 1. Contact your Agency's Region 1 Committee Member to be considered as a representative for your agency. 

Spartanburg Mental Health: Cynthia Perry. Anderson Mental Health: Jessica Lyle. Gateway: Heather Keadle. Forrester Center: Jamison Smith or Shan Jones. Cherokee: Bob McCully. Westview: Jill Longshore. Cornerstone: Barbara Robinson. Phoenix Center: Priscilla Wilson. HUBHS: Natausha Dendy. AOBHS: Shannan McKinney. BHSPC: Susanna Deming

When:   May 21, 2021 (Deadline to Register is April 9)

Time: 9:00AM to 4:00PM 

Where:  Virtually via Zoom

Presenter:  Carly Patterson, LPC

The Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR) training teaches best practices recommended by the nation’s leading experts in the research and delivery of suicide care.

AMSR’s research-informed risk formulation model helps health and behavioral health professionals feel confident navigating challenging conversations and offers key strategies for providing compassionate care to people at risk for suicide. Authorized expert trainers lead half-day and one-day AMSR trainings, teaching professionals essential skills through videos, live demonstrations, and paired and written practice.

AMSR has been working since 2006 to train clinicians on how to provide effective treatment for patients and clients who are at risk of suicide.

Topics include:

· Approaching Your Work

· Understanding Suicide

· Gathering Information

· Formulating Risk

· Planning & Responding

Objectives: At the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Improve the core knowledge of maintaining a positive attitude and approach, collecting concise data for assessment, formulate risk, developing a plan of care and managing care.

2. Increase skill set for those who provide care for individuals at risk of suicide.

3. Increase capability for those working with those at risk for suicide to improve treatment outcomes.

Trainer: Carly Patterson, LPC, is the Coordinator of Children, Adolescent & Family (CAF) services for Anderson-Oconee-Pickens Mental Health Center. She has been employed with the Department of Mental Health since 1998 and the CAF Coordinator since 2013.  Carly began teaching AMSR in 2018.

Credit: 6 Hours

Audience:  Art Therapists, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors, Licensed Professional Counselors, Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, School Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Medical Professionals

Fee: Subject to agency of employement. See below.

Employees of agencies not part of Region 1: Please purchase a Standard $75 Ticket

Employees of Region 1 301 Agencies: Please purchase a Region 1 Employee Ticket (A/OBHS, BHSPC, CCCADA, The Forrester Center, HealthyU, Phoenix Center, Cornerstone, Westview, Gateway, Spartanburg Area Mental Health Center and Anderson/Oconee/Pickens Mental Health) 

Payment options:

         Offline payment (Preferred): 

 Checks made out to BHSA Region 1 and mailed to:

                                      Attn. Stephanie Bentley PO Box 1948 Greenville, SC 29602. 

          Pay online with credit card

 (refunds subject to 2.9% + 0.30 processing fee and will be refunded via check)