Working with professionals and suicide prevention for all in SUD

Attendees will learn what qualifies a person’s employment as a safety sensitive profession and why they are likely to see an increased need for treatment. We will discuss the ASAM criteria for treatment of persons in safety sensitive professions and how this may differ from other people in treatment.  Possible treatment challenges among this population and interventions will be explored. Attendees will learn about the various professional monitoring boards in North Carolina and how these boards support the person new to recovery and advocate to their licensing board if needed.  Attendees will be presented with several different vignettes to help demonstrate familiarity and knowledge of working with safety sensitive persons and their various monitoring agencies. Most counselors are familiar with suicide intervention with a client, but suicide intervention for a peer, co-worker, family member or friend is a different experience all together. Attendees will examine the uncomfortable nature of the topic of suicide as well as myths and facts related to suicide and interventions. Attendees will learn about covert and overt risk factors and warning signs. Classes are held in person from 1-5:00 pm at the Alumni Outpatient Center in the SECU Lecture Hall on the Fellowship Hall campus.