CRMGTPV X018 - Strengths-Based Assessment for Suicide and Self-injury

Crisis intervention workers and mental health providers have an ethical obligation to promote clients’ safety. It is important for helping professionals to understand how to have hard conversations with clients about their thoughts of self-harm. All clients have strengths that can be used as part of the assessment process. In this training, attendees will learn how to engage in the strengths-based assessment of both suicidal and nonsuicidal self-injurious behavior. Attendees will leave equipped with detailed assessment strategies they can use when assessing this population.

What You'll Learn

After completing this training, participants will be able to...

• Describe strengths-based suicide and nonsuicidal self-injury assessment and why it is helpful and important.
• Develop strategies that can be used to assess clients’ strengths and integrate these into the assessment process.
• Describe specific assessment techniques that can be used to assess for those at risk of suicide or those who engage in nonsuicidal self-injurious behavior. 

What You'll Earn

This training is approved for 3 CE clock hours for counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists, as well as substance use counselors in domain TR1 - treatment field related (renewals only) in the state of Ohio. 

Additional Information

Development Date: February 2024 

Target Audience: 988 crisis call line staff and other human services professionals

Content Level: Beginner

Training Outline

• Overview of suicide assessment
• The value of a strengths-based approach to suicide assessment and what it is
• Strengths-based, suicide assessment techniques
• Overview of nonsuicidal self-injury and how it differs from suicide
• Strengths-based, nonsuicidal self-injury assessment techniques

Presenter

Victoria Kress, PhD, LPCC-S, NCC, CCMHC

Distinguished Professor and Director of Clinical Mental Health and Addictions Counseling Programs, Youngstown State University

Victoria Kress, PhD, LPCC-S, NCC, CCMHC, Distinguished Professor, is the director of the clinical mental health and addictions counseling programs at Youngstown State University. She served as a governor-appointed member of the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board. She has been the recipient of over 40 professional and community service awards, most of which for her advocacy, leadership, scholarship, community service, and mentorship initiatives. Kress has also received awards for her work with people who have intellectual disabilities, for empowering girls in her community, for her sexual assault prevention efforts and for her child abuse advocacy work. She has published over 130 refereed articles and book chapters, and she has co-authored 5 books on counseling youth and adults. She has been recognized in a number of publications as the top producer/publisher in counseling journals over the past two decades. She served as the associate editor of the Journal of Mental Health Counseling, and as an editorial board member for many counseling journals. She is a past president of Chi Sigma Iota International, the Association for Humanistic Counseling, and the Ohio Counseling Association; she is a past ACA Midwest Region Chair; and she is the current president of the North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. She has volunteered and worked in Malawi, Zambia, Rwanda, and Tanzania, promoting mental health awareness and training, and the professionalization of counseling. 

Continuing Education Approvals 

The Ohio State University College of Social Work provides approvals for continuing education for counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists that are accepted by the state of Ohio Counselor, Social Work, and Marriage and Family Therapist (CSWMFT) Board.

The Ohio State University College of Social Work has been approved by the Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals (CDP) Board as a provider of Continuing Education, approval number: 50-24068.

Certificates & CE Reporting 

CE certificates will be available for download in your learner portal within 1 business day after submitting the evaluation survey.

Hours for those with Ohio licenses that are submitted with the evaluation survey will be reported to CE Broker every 14 days (twice per month). 

⚠️ Note: You may only complete this training once for CE credit. You may revisit the content, but only one certificate will be issued and credit will only be reported to CE Broker one time.

Cancellations, Refunds, Grievances, Accessibility Requests & Learning 

Please visit the Policies section of our website for more information on our processes for cancellations, refunds, grievances, training completions & certificates, participant conduct, and accessibility requests and learning accommodations. 

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you require an accommodation to participate in this training, please contact CSW Accessibility as early as possible and in advance of the training start date by email at csw-accessibility@osu.edu or call 614-688-1657. Requests received at least 14-days prior to the date you plan to begin a training will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the College will make every effort to meet requests that we receive regardless of lead time. 

Contact Us

For questions about the enrollment process, payment options, technology, or training records, please submit an inquiry and our Enrollment Support team will assist you within 24 hours during business days.

Submit an enrollment inquiry

If you have any questions, concerns or feedback about the training content or delivery format, please contact the CSW Office of Continuing Education at cswce@osu.edu. For questions related to the training content, our office will facilitate communication with the training instructor on your behalf and connect you, if applicable. Presenter contact information will be provided within the training for questions, feedback, or comments. 

The Ohio State University, College of Social Work, Office of Continuing Education, 302 Stillman Hall, 1947 College Road, Columbus, OH, 43210.

Phone: (614) 292-3032

Email: cswce@osu.edu 

Website: csw.osu.edu/continuing-education/