This two hour training will be held as a live, interactive webinar on November 14, 2024 from 1:00 - 3:00PM ET.
Designed to help schools learn how to address non-suicidal self-injury in students, it will include recommendations on specific signs to look for, what types of behavior is considered self-harm, the difference between self-harm and suicidal thoughts, and more.
The session will be led by Dr. Janis Whitlock, the founder and director of the Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery. She is the author of over 70 papers and co-author of the books,
Healing self-injury: A compassionate guide for parents and other loved ones and the just released
Oxford Handbook on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury. She also created and supports the
Self-Injury and Recovery Resources website which houses resources for individuals with self-injury experience, youth serving professionals, caregivers, and schools -
including how to develop and implement a school protocol.
Training Description
Self-injury is intentionally hurting the body (e.g. cutting, burning etc..) but without suicidal intent. Because it often looks like a suicidal gesture it tends to evoke fear and confusion. Its very nature seems to defy deep instinctual human drives for self-preservation as well strong social taboos related to self-inflicted injury. It is, after all, quite puzzling. Why would someone choose to cut up or otherwise hurt his/her body? Why would they do this in way that looks like a suicide attempt but then insist that it actually has nothing to do with suicide at all? How do we understand this, let alone effectively respond to it?
Learning Objectives.
- Identify key features of self-injury epidemiology and function
- Explain the difference between NSSI and suicide
- Discuss implications of the above for development of protocols and intervention strategies
- Identify core principles and practices in effective self-injury detection and intervention
- Identify useful NSSI resources (articles, books, websites
Continuing Education:
Applications for 2 hours of continuing education credits will be submitted for Social Workers, LMFTs, and Nurses in MA. Please contact Tamiya McAuley (tmcauleyriversidecc.org) for the status of the CE accreditation.
2 hours of continuing education are available for Psychologists and Counselors.
Riverside Community Care is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor education for Psychologists. Riverside Community Care maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Riverside Trauma Center has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6992. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Riverside Trauma Center is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
100% attendance is required to obtain full CE credit. No partial credit can be given. Attendance is confirmed via Zoom attendance reporting. After completing the training, participants will be provided a link to complete the CE Evaluation and indicate which CE they are requesting. Please allow time for us to confirm attendance. Once certificates are available, participants who successfully complete all CE requirements will be notified by email and given further instructions to access their certificate via our learning management system, DigitalChalk. For virtual trainings, social workers are also required to prove they paid attention by passing a posttest in DigitalChalk.
This training is targeted towards Advanced, Intermediate, and Beginner practitioners.
For registration, questions, or to request accommodations please contact Tamiya McAuley tmcauley@riversidecc.org. For grievance information, visit Riverside Grievance Policy
There is no commercial support or conflict of interest known for programs/instructors listed in this training.
