Homestudy Program: Helping Caregivers of Suicidal Teens (Butler, orig. 12.16.2022)
7/15/2024 - 12/31/2050
Location: Virtual Event
Event Description
We are pleased that you are interested in IPA's Homestudy Continuing Education Programs!
This process is straightforward: Watch the recording. Complete the evaluation and pass the short test. Receive CE certificate via email.
After registering you will receive a confirmation email, including a critical link and confirmation code. At the very bottom of the email message, you will find an Attendee Confirmation Code for (name) and a link to Log in to event portal at (link). Once logged in, you will see instructions and links to the recording as well as the evaluation and test.
Enjoy!
Originally offered as:
IPA 2022 Webinar Series
1.0 Hour of Category I CE credit Friday, December 16th, 2022 at Noon
Helping Caregivers of Suicidal Teens
This webinar will provide practical tools adapted from Adolescent Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy for helping parents and caregivers with suicidal teens and/or teens who struggle with non-suicidal self-injury. There will be a special focus on tools for helping caregivers communicate with their suicidal teen including a list of "Things Never to Say to a Suicidal Teen." Other tools covered will focus on distress tolerance skills, self-care skills, and safety planning.
Learning Objectives
By completing this program, participants will able to:
1. identify specific communication strategies that can be helpful for caregivers of suicidal teens.
2. list different distress tolerance strategies caregivers can use with their suicidal teens.
3. describe how to address caregiver self-care when working with caregivers of suicidal teens.
4. summarize common elements of a safety plan and how to apply and utilize with caregivers of suicidal teens.
Presenter Bio: Melissa Butler, Ph.D., HSPP
Melissa Butler, Ph.D. is a child and adolescent psychologist who has spent over 20 years of her career specializing and working with high-risk populations of children and adolescents, including those who are suicidal or engage in self-harm behavior and those who have serious mental illnesses or significant behavioral issues. She has done so across a variety of settings including in a state hospital, an acute inpatient unit, a traditional outpatient clinic, a primary care clinic, an adolescent juvenile correctional facility, and private practice. Dr. Butler currently works as a youth psychologist in a state hospital setting at the NeuroDiagnostic Institute and Advanced Treatment Center. Dr. Butler has held several leadership positions within the Indiana Psychological Association including President, Continuing Education Committee Chair, and Fall Conference Chair. In her personal life, Dr. Butler is married and has two children and enjoys crafting, playing board and computer games, and traveling.
Dr. Melissa Butler
Special Note to Conference Attendees
The Indiana Psychological Association (IPA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Indiana Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Indiana State Psychology Board and Indiana Behavioral Health Board:
IPA is an approved provider of Category I continuing education for psychologists.
IPA is an approved provider of Category I continuing education for LSW, LCSW, LMFT, LMHC, LMFTA, LCAC and LAC.
Licensees must judge the program’s relevance to their professional practice. Non-Indiana licensees are also advised to check with their state's licensing board to assure their state accepts continuing education programs approved by entities approved by the APA.
We ask that all participants watch the entire recorded presentation, and complete the post-program evaluation form and homestudy test at the conclusion of the program. Dr. Butler and IPA have not received any commercial support for this program or its contents and will not receive any commercial support prior to or during this program.
CE certificates will be distributed via email within two weeks after a passing test (75+%) is submitted.
