Suicide Awareness & Prevention:

A Community Coming Together to Foster Hope!

Waukesha County Technical College School of Health, Waukesha County
Department of Health and Human Services & the National Alliance of Mental Illness
(NAMI) of Waukesha County, are please to present this educational offering
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Welcome Kevin Hines as the keynote speaker! Kevin is a suicide prevention and mental health advocate. His
unlikely story of survival will be moving, inspirational and informative.
Learning outcomes for this program are:

Learn from experts about local, state and national epidemiology research about the prevalence of
suicide.

Explore the myths, risk factors and warning signs of suicide along with evidence-based interventions
with an emphasis on children and young adults.

Target Audience:
This seminar is intended for nurses, counselors, social workers, students and any health care professional.
Accreditation and Contact Hours:
Waukesha County Technical College is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin
Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Centers Commission on
Accreditation.
Participation awards will be provided to all conference participants who attend the entire program. This program is
being offered for 5.5 contact hours.
Details:
Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Time: 8:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m.
Location: WCTC, 800 Main Street, Pewaukee WI,
Richard T. Anderson Education Center, College Center
Cost: $89.00
Student Cost: $15.00, Students register by October 7, 2016

This conference is partially sponsored by the State of Wisconsin DHS; Department of Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Services Collaborative Crisis Services for Youth Grant

Registration: Go to: www.wctc.edu/business-and-community/CBPS

Click on Workshops and Seminars, Click on Nursing

For more information contact Ann Cook at: Acook@wctc.edu

AGENDA
7:30 am 8:30
am
8:30 am 8:40
am

8:40 am 9:00
am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Welcome
Ann Cook, MSN, RN
Prevalence of Suicide in Waukesha
County
Dr. Bob DuBois
Keynote Address: Cracked Not Broken
Kevin Hines

9:00 am - 10:00
am

Break

10:00 am 10:15
am

The Art of Wellness Workshop

Kevin Hines
Lunch (Provided by Lancer Catering)

10:15 am 11:45
am
11:45 am 12:45
pm
12:45 pm 1:45
pm

1:45 pm 2:00
pm
2:00 pm - 3:00
pm

3:00 pm 3:30
pm

Breakout Session Workshops (Choose 1 of

the 3):
1. Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR)
2. Suicide Risk and Protective Factors
3. The Semicolon Project: Amy Bleuel
Break
Breakout Session Workshops (Choose 1 of
the 3):
1. Youth Mental Health Crisis in Wisconsin:
USA Today
2. LGBTQ: Angela Hook
3. Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale
Wrap up and Evaluation

Planning Committee:
Ann M. Cook, MSN, RN, Health Education Specialist, WCTC
Dr. Bob DuBois, PhD, LPC, Social Sciences Faculty, WCTC
Donna Goelz, MSN, RN, Nursing Faculty, WCTC

Mary Madden, Executive Director, NAMI Waukesha, Inc.