Strengthening Tribal Communities Suicide Prevention Workshop
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March 16, 2010 through March 17, 2010 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
General Events
IAIA, CLE, 83 Avan Nu Po Road, Santa Fe, NM 87508 (Click here for a map)
This workshop is to assist tribes and communities in suicide prevention. Open to mental health, behavioral health and education practitioners, as well as the general public.
At the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
• Develop an awareness of tribal cultural perspectives of suicidal death and how this may either present challenges or support community based suicide prevention plans
• Identify local partners and mobilize resources to develop community based suicide intervention and prevention plans, (Special one day workshop for tribal teams);
• Examine responses to social pressures and other forms of trauma that are often linked to youth suicide
• Use evidence based programs as in the American Indian Life Skills Development Program and Peer to Peer programs to support school and community based prevention and intervention strategies
• Discover holistic methods of coping and healing from the grief, stress and loss experienced by survivors of suicide loss
• Become knowledgeable of “core principles” based on the work of Viktor Frankl to understand the critical links between happiness, resiliency, engagement, health and wellness
• Understand emerging trends of violent individual and social behavior among youth and how to create programs to address these behaviors in the school and community
• Develop an understanding of combat trauma and the needs of veterans
• Recognize protective factors important in planning prevention and interventions for tribal and at-risk populations
Keynote speakers include:
Alex Pattakos, Ph.D. Founder of the Center for Meaning in Santa Fe and author of the international best seller Prisoners of Our Thoughts, Dr. Pattakos shows how world renowned psychiatrist, Viktor Frankl’s philosophy and approach can help participants/readers find meaning in every moment of their lives. Drawing on the entire body of Frankl’s work, to include Man’s Search for Meaning, Dr. Pattakos elaborates seven “core Principles” and demonstrates how these may be applied to everyday life and work. These meaning-focused principles include the ultimate freedom to choose our attitude no matter what the situation, the idea most closely associated with Frankl. Pattakos applies each of the seven principles to various situations, enabling readers to relate personally to the principal and learn when and how to use it. By making Frankl’s seminal thoughts accessible and relevant to a wide audience, Prisoners of Our Thoughts opens up new opportunities for finding personal meaning through living an authentic life.
Rick Thomas, M.S. (Santee Sioux) is a Vietnam combat veteran, spiritual leader and co-founder of the “Red Road to Recovery." His work has spanned the spectrum of health and healing and includes cultural training for youth, elders, nursing associations, veterans, universities, prisons and Native American health care providers.
The fee for participating is $50.00/person.
Click here to download Agenda and Registration Form!
For more information please call 505.424.2387.
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