NYSCHA 2020 Suicide Prevention Symposium
HCI is proud to support the NYSCHA 2020 Suicide Prevention Symposium: Mental Health in the Changing Higher Education Landscape. This is a free, virtual series of presentations, networking opportunities and discussions open to Binghamton University staff, faculty and students meant to enhance knowledge and skills around mental health and suicide prevention especially prevalent in the current environment. Participants may be able to earn continuing education credits for some sessions.
The symposium runs from Dec. 1 through Dec. 10. The registration fee is covered for all SUNY faculty, staff and students but you must register to attend. View this web page for more details and to register.
All Binghamton University attendees will receive a gift from B-Healthy!
Sessions of particular interest:
- Resilience as a Means of Improving Distress Tolerance with Keith Anderson, PhD, FACHA, Staff Psychologist/Outreach Coordinator, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Mindfulness Groups for Addressing College Student Anxiety with Dina Nunziato, MSW, LCSW, Sarah Lawrence College
- Play Pause Stop: The Important Skill of Giving Yourself Permission to Take a Break with Rebecca Harrington, MA, SUNY Oneonta
- Suicide Prevention at the Intersection of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter with Kevin Readdean, MSEd, LMHC, Associate Director Health and Counseling Services, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- The Current Collegiate Mental Health Landscape: Trends, Psychosocial Development, and Academic Impact with David Reetz, PhD, Rochester Institute of Technology
- Anxiety in the Classroom: The Surge of Mental Health Symptoms Among College Students with Jim Zians, PhD and Rebecca Harrington, MA, SUNY Oneonta
- QPR (Question, Persuade, and Refer) Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention with Brianna Maher, MPH, Office of Mental Health and Drew Anderson, PhD, University at Albany-SUNY
See the full schedule of programs here.
