Foundations in the Safety Planning Intervention for Clinicians

Skill: Advanced

Type: Clinical Intervention

Duration: 2.5Hrs

Clients at risk of suicide need strategies they can use to navigate suicidal crises outside of session. This course presents the Stanley-Brown Safety Planning Intervention, which is created collaboratively in session and used by the client to reduce suicidal risk. Showcasing the expertise of Dr. Barbara Stanley and Dr. Gregory Brown, the creators of the Stanley-Brown Safety Planning Intervention, this course will prove a valuable asset to many clinicians who treat suicidal clients. After finishing this course, clinicians will understand the tools commonly used for risk screening, assessment, and stratification and effectively create personalized safety plans with their clients. Learners will have access to three modules full of live filmed roleplays, interactive slides, and practical assessments, as well as printable templates and other paper and video resources. 

LEARNING HUB OVERVIEW:

• Estimated Course Length:  2 hrs. and 30 mins.
• CE Credits: 2.50 continuing education hours for social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, physicians, and nurses / 1.50 continuing education hours for counselors
• Course Includes: 3 modules consisting of a mixed media approach with roleplays, video interviews with subject matter experts, animation explainer videos, knowledge games and more 
• Provider videos: 2 provider videos to highlight key concepts
• Client videos: 3 client videos for psychoeducation
• Supplementary PDFs: 13 downloadable PDFs expanding on relevant course topics
• Target Audience: Mental Health Providers (licensed professional counselors, licensed clinical social workers, licensed psychologists, licensed marriage and family therapists, psychiatrists, behavioral health nurses); Physicians; Nurses
• Level of Instruction: Advanced
• Prerequisite: None
• Instructional Method: Self-paced, interactive, hybrid of audio, text, video, and learning checks 
• Accessibility Accommodations: Closed captioning of all audio and video components. In order to request further accessibility accommodations, please email support@psychhub.com.
  
  

*Disclaimer: This course is intended for providers who are licensed or pursuing licensure, as listed above in the target audiences. The education provided in this course is one step toward competency in using the clinical intervention(s) described, but it should be combined with additional supervision, consultation, and/or training. Completion of this course does not give you permission to consider the specific populations, treatment approaches, or clinical concerns as within the scope of your practice capabilities. It is recommended that you consult the appropriate jurisdictions, licensing bodies, and professional code of ethics relevant to your specific licensure type to determine further action needed prior to implementing any of these clinical interventions or treating any of the clinical concerns or presenting issues depicted in the course.

COURSE LEARNING TARGETS
Course Objectives

What the learner should be able to describe and employ upon course completion:

1. Critically appraise risk screening, assessment, and stratification tools utilized in determining client levels of suicide risk.  

2. Recognize and formulate a plan for management of: adaptations for adolescents, cultural humility, client reluctance, and challenging settings.

3. Create personalized safety plans in collaboration with clients at risk for suicide and provide psychoeducation on the utilization and storage of their  safety plan. 

MODULE OVERVIEWS:

Module 1: BEGINNING CARE AND IDENTIFYING RISK

Case study synopsis; course introduction; Aliyah’s story; beginning care; identifying risk; risk screening with Aliyah (roleplay); discussing the topic of suicide; risk and protective factors. 

Module 2: SAFETY PLANNING

Psychoeducation about the importance of safety planning; step 1 of safety planning (recognizing the warning signs of an impending suicidal crisis); psychoeducation on safety planning, the suicide narrative, the suicide risk curve, and step 1 with Aliyah (roleplay); step 2 of safety planning (using your own coping strategies), step 2 with Aliyah (roleplay), step 3 of safety planning (contacting others to distract from suicidal thoughts), step 4 of safety planning (contacting family members or friends who many help resolve the crisis), step 4 with Aliyah (roleplay), step 5 of safety planning (contacting mental health professionals or agencies), step 6 of safety planning (making the environment safer), step 6 with Aliyah (roleplay), before the encounter ends, evidence for the safety planning intervention.  

Module 3: CONSIDERATIONS AND CHALLENGES OF SAFETY PLANNING

Adaptations for adolescents, cultural humility, clinical encounters, challenging settings, being aware of negative reactions, clinician anxiety around treating suicidal clients.

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

This continuing education activity is provided through a collaboration between Psych Hub and AffinityCE. Through this collaboration, this activity will provide continuing education for physicians and nurses; through Psych Hub’s  independent accreditation, this activity will provide continuing education for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, social workers, and counselors.

For inquiries regarding CE policies related to CMEs or CNEs, please contact ce@affinityced.com.

For inquiries regarding CE policies related to CEs for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, social workers, and counselors, or for more information on Psych Hub's continuing education programs, email ce@psychhub.com.

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• Estimated Course Length:  2 hrs. and 30 mins.
• CE Credits: 2.50 continuing education/contact hours for social workers, psychologists, physicians, and nurses / 1.50 continuing education hours for counselors and marriage and family therapists
• Course Includes: 3 modules consisting of a mixed media approach with roleplays, video interviews with subject matter experts, animation explainer videos, knowledge games and more 
• Provider videos: 3 provider videos to highlight key concepts
• Supplementary PDFs: 5 downloadable PDFs expanding on relevant course topics
• Target Audience: Mental Health Practitioners (licensed professional counselors, licensed clinical social workers, licensed psychologists, licensed marriage and family therapists, psychiatrists, behavioral health nurses); Physicians; Nurses
• Level of Instruction: Advanced
• Prerequisite: None
• Instructional Method: Self-paced, interactive, hybrid of audio, text, video, and learning checks 
• Accessibility Accommodations: Closed captioning of all audio and video components. In order to request further accessibility accommodations, please email support@psychhub.com.
• Completion Requirements: To obtain your CE certificate, you must complete a pre-test (not scored), progress through all course segments, complete a participant evaluation, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post-test quiz. Learners are expected to complete the quiz within 3 attempts. If unable to do so, the learner will need to re-review the course segments.
• Financial/Commercial Support Statement: This course has no commercial support.
• Conflict of Interest: This course has no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support. Psych Hub's conflict of interest statement is found in the footer of the training center.
• Grievance and Refund Policies: Grievance and refund policies are found in the footer of the training center.
• Participation Costs: The cost to participate in this CE activity is included in the subscription registration fee.

Course Objectives

What the learner should be able to describe and employ upon course completion:

1. Critically appraise risk screening, assessment, and stratification tools utilized in determining client levels of suicide risk.  

2. Recognize and formulate a plan for management of: adaptations for adolescents, cultural humility, client reluctance, and challenging settings.

3. Create personalized safety plans in collaboration with clients at risk for suicide and provide psychoeducation on the utilization and storage of their  safety plan. 

Module 1: BEGINNING CARE AND IDENTIFYING RISK

Case study synopsis; course introduction; Aliyah’s story; beginning care; identifying risk; risk screening with Aliyah (roleplay); discussing the topic of suicide; risk and protective factors. 

Module 2: SAFETY PLANNING

Psychoeducation about the importance of safety planning; step 1 of safety planning (recognizing the warning signs of an impending suicidal crisis); psychoeducation on safety planning, the suicide narrative, the suicide risk curve, and step 1 with Aliyah (roleplay); step 2 of safety planning (using your own coping strategies), step 2 with Aliyah (roleplay), step 3 of safety planning (contacting others to distract from suicidal thoughts), step 4 of safety planning (contacting family members or friends who many help resolve the crisis), step 4 with Aliyah (roleplay), step 5 of safety planning (contacting mental health professionals or agencies), step 6 of safety planning (making the environment safer), step 6 with Aliyah (roleplay), before the encounter ends, evidence for the safety planning intervention.  

Module 3: CONSIDERATIONS AND CHALLENGES OF SAFETY PLANNING

Adaptations for adolescents, cultural humility, clinical encounters, challenging settings, being aware of negative reactions, clinician anxiety around treating suicidal clients.