Practice Essentials
Suicide Assessment and Intervention
This introductory course will provide the learner with the suicide safety essentials. Participants will learn to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and how to work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety.
Duration
4 hours
Learning tools
Learners
Anyone
Core Skill
Suicide assessment and intervention
Mode of Delivery
Self-paced
Your Instructor:
Cassi Starc MOT
Lesson series
Suicide Assessment and Intervention
Learn to ask the right questions, how to create a safety plan and intervene appropriately.
Cassi Starc
Registered Occupational Therapist
ABOUT Cassi
Cassi is an Occupational Therapist and Mindfulness Teacher. She aims to educate and empower her clients, so they can take an active role in returning to what they need or want to do. Her main areas of practice include concussion and mental health. She is also the founder of You Flourish where Cassi provides healthcare education, mentorship and mindfulness training.
Providing high quality education and mentorship is a particular area of interest for Cassi. She has mentored OT students, new graduates, and experienced OTs transitioning to new areas of practice. She has created and facilitated mental health skill-building groups. She is a member of the CAOT Network for Addressing Suicide in Practice and has presented locally and nationally on the topic. She continues to build courses like this one to support and empower clients and fellow healthcare workers alike.
Providing high quality education and mentorship is a particular area of interest for Cassi. She has mentored OT students, new graduates, and experienced OTs transitioning to new areas of practice. She has created and facilitated mental health skill-building groups. She is a member of the CAOT Network for Addressing Suicide in Practice and has presented locally and nationally on the topic. She continues to build courses like this one to support and empower clients and fellow healthcare workers alike.