Teen Suicide: Practical Interventions for Adolescents in Crisis(IACAbb2)

Course overview

Topics included in this course are: Contracting; Warning Signs; The Thinking and Feeling Statements Technique; The Dos and Don'ts Technique for Supporting Others; The Round Robin Family Technique; Hook Technique; The Speaking Directly Technique; The Empty Chair; Passive Listening for Parents; Parenting Skills for Setting Limits; Parenting Skills for Fostering Independence; The Safe Place Technique; Communication After the Attempt; Choice Points; Adolescent Suicide Risk: Four Psychosocial Factors; Understanding the Association Between Gay Adolescents and Suicide; Im Sick of Being Me: Developmental Themes in a Suicidal Adolescent; Understanding Suicide Attempts by Adolescent Hispanic Females; Assessment and Treatment of Adolescent Depression and Suicidality; Understanding Adolescent Suicide: A Psychological Interpretation of Developmental and Contextual Factors; The Wish to Die and the Wish to Commit Suicide in the Adolescent; Legal and Ethical Challenges in Counseling Suicidal Students.