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• SEPT 6
• Thursday 2:30pm - 4:30pm
• Center for Teaching Excellence
• Thomas Cooper Library, Room L511
  

Description

Why get trained to recognize suicide signs? Faculty and TAs are more likely to interact with a student in emotional distress or experiencing a suicidal crisis than a student in cardiac arrest or choking. Yet approximately 80% of college students who die by suicide were never seen in the college counseling center. Attending this workshop will help you to: enhance your awareness, knowledge, and skills concerning college student suicide prevention; learn the signs to identify students at risk; improve your skills and gain confidence in your ability to intervene; stay informed about mental health resources on campus. Join the USC community in helping to identify those at risk and get them connected with services, and to create an atmosphere of caring and responsiveness.

About the Facilitator

Jennifer Myers is the Coordinator of Suicide Prevention Services in the Counseling and Human Development Center. She has a Master’s degree in Counseling and is a Licensed Professional Counselor in South Carolina. Jennifer has years of experience as a mental health clinician working mostly with adolescents and young adults. She firmly believes that if we just get real about mental health issues we can create a healthier environment on our campus.

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