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Course Description

This online distance learning course provides an overview of suicide prevention for clinical settings. The course content covers suicide related statistics; risk factors, myths, and warning signs; working with vulnerable populations; intersections between mental illness and suicide; effective evidence based treatments; conducting a suicide risk assessment; using the crisis intervention model; and creating a safety plan with a client. Continuing Education Credit is available for this course; please refer to the Continuing Education Information section below for more details on the types of CE credits being offered.

What You'll Learn

After completing this training, participants will be able to:

  • Identify suicide risk and protective factors. Name specific considerations for working with vulnerable groups, including youth.

  • Conduct a suicide risk assessment using the crisis intervention model. Build a safety plan with a client who is experiencing thoughts of suicide.

  • Name evidence based treatment options for suicidal ideation. Identify strategies for supporting survivors of suicide.

Instructor(s)

Sandri Kramer

Senior Director of Community Relations & Special Projects

Sandri Kramer, a founding member of the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Network (LASPN), has over 25 years of experience in suicide prevention/intervention and crisis center work. As Didi Hirsch’s Senior Director of Training & Community Engagement, she oversees the Suicide Prevention Center’s Crisis Line Training and Training & Outreach programs, as well as its Alternative Crisis Response team, and focuses on Innovation, Program Development, Community Partnerships, and Public Awareness/Training. After many years of grassroots work with law enforcement partners, overseeing the launch of LAPD’s 911 call diversion project is one of her proudest achievements. She is also currently working on strengthening and expanding the center’s collaborative partnerships with numerous law enforcement agencies on alternative crisis response and suicide prevention trainings, the implementation and growth of 9-8-8, and supporting the Los Angeles communities in the recovery from the devastating 2025 wildfires. She serves on numerous coalitions and task forces, including as a member of the LASPN Leadership Team, as a SME/advisor on SAMHSA’s “Advising People on Using (988 v 911: Practical Approaches for Healthcare Providers,” as a member of the Board of the Emergency Network Los Angeles (ENLA), as a lead trainer for CopLine, and as a member of LA’s Office of Violence Prevention (OVP) Community Partnership Council.

Instructor(s)

Nathan Lichtman

Director of Training & Community Engagement

Nathan Lichtman (he/him/his) began his crisis line journey as a volunteer in 2017, after losing a close friend to suicide in 2008. Since then, he has served the Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center as a Shift Supervisor, the Training and Volunteer Coordinator, and now the Training and Outreach Program Manager. He serves as an International Council for Helplines accreditor, and he is also an Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) trainer. He is on the leadership team for the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Network. He has been a speaker at several American Association of Suicidology conferences, CrisisCon, and the California Mental Health Advocacy for Children and Youth Conference. He is a sought-after presenter on suicide prevention and volunteer engagement topics, with presentations to the L.A. County Department of Mental Health + UCLA Wellbeing for L.A. Learning Center, the Los Angeles Veterans Collaborative, behavioral health agencies, universities/schools, and many other organizations. Nathan is a deeply-rooted ally for oppressed populations, and strongly believes in countering injustice. He earned his Master of Social Work degree with distinction from Arizona State University, and he lives in Los Angeles with his spouse and their growing family.

Continuing Education Information

  • Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services is approved as a continuing education award sponsor by the following accrediting organizations:

  • This course meets the qualifications for 6 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (CAMFT Provider #125787). Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

  • We are unable to offer CE credits to substance use counselors at this time.

  • Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

  • California Board of Registered Nursing, provider #CEP14799 for 6 contact hours.

There is no commercial support for this continuing education course. Courses are coordinated by the Training Director: Giselle Collins, PhD. If you have any questions, concerns or grievances regarding this seminar or our continuing education program, please contact Giselle Collins at [email protected].

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