Upcoming Events and Trainings

Youth Centric Lethal Means Safety Training

There are two different versions of this training, one for direct service or clinical providers, and one for community members or those working in youth-serving organizations. Both trainings examine best-practices regarding lethal means safety and lethal means safety counseling and integrate what we know about youth development and how youth experience suicidality differently than adults.

The trainings will: review different types of lethal means; address the importance of TIME and SPACE while intervening when someone is in crisis; introduce safety planning as on opportunity to open conversations; examine the theoretical and practical considerations around access to lethal means.

These trainings are FREE, and participants are eligible for 1.5 hours of Continuing Education (more info under “Details” tab on registration page). 

The direct service training focuses on providers or clinicians who will be working directly with youth or their caregiver(s) to provide lethal means safety counseling.

The community training focuses on individuals who may be supporting youth or their caregiver(s) who may be experiencing suicidality or other mental health challenges, outside of a clinical role.

Training for Direct-service providers, register here.
The trainings are taking place:
Tuesday May 16, 2023 - 11:30 AM- 1:00 PM
Wednesday June 7, 2023 - 11:30 AM- 1:00 PM

Training for Community members, register here.
The trainings are taking place:
Wednesday May 31, 2023 - 11:30 AM-1 PM
Thursday June 15, 2023 - 12:30 PM-2 PM

 

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2023 Maine Tobacco Treatment and Prevention Conference

Join with other tobacco treatment, prevention, and policy stakeholders at the Maine Tobacco Treatment and Prevention Conference. This year’s conference on Health Equity: Strategies to Reduce Tobacco-Related Disparities will be held virtually on June 6-7, 2023.

Registration is now open for the 2023 Conference. The event will feature a keynote speaker, Brian King, Ph.D., MPH, Director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, providing “Tobacco Product Regulation in the United States: An Update from FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products.” A pre-conference workshop designed for those who are currently providing or planning to provide treatment, "Listening Deeply When You Really Want Someone to Change” will be presented by Stephen Andrew, LCSW, LADC, CCS.

View the full agenda and register at CTIMaine.org/Conference.
 

The MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence provides education and training on evidence-based tobacco treatment to healthcare and behavioral health professionals in Maine on behalf of the Maine Center for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services.