Here is the information for this year’s Healing After Suicide Conference, an annual event that is co-sponsored by the American Association of Suicidology and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention/Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN USA).
This year’s conference — on Sat., April 24, in Orlando, Fla. — will feature keynote speaker Donna Schuurman, executive director of the Dougy Center for Grieving Children & Families in Portland, Ore. The luncheon speaker is Thomas Joiner, Bright-Burton Professor of Psychology at Florida State University and a survivor of his father’s suicide.
This year’s theme is “Families, Community Systems, and Suicide: Focusing on Survivor Grief, Healing, and Action.” Designed for survivors of suicide loss, support group facilitators, mental health professionals, and interested others, the purpose of the conference is to:
- Provide assistance to facilitators of survivor support groups.
- Provide survivors with educational tools and resources to help with their individual journey of healing and transform their experience into action.
- Assist mental health professionals and other caregivers in understanding the needs of survivors.
The Healing After Suicide Conference features a number of concurrent workshops in the afternoon, including
- “The 5 Tasks of Grief”
- “Survivors Working in Suicide Prevention: A Dialogue”
- “After a Suicide: Helping the Children Heal”
- “Suicide Loss and the Military” (Panel)
- “Men’s Grief” (Panel)
- “Survivors in Action: Finding Your Role in Suicide Prevention and Advocacy”
The all-day conference closes with a healing ceremony, which will be led by Iris Bolton, author of the classic My Son, My Son.
SPNAC readers may download the registration brochure. Registration is also available online.
The Healing After Suicide Conference is held in conjunction with the American Association of Sucidology’s 43rd Annual Conference, Apr. 21-24 in Orlando.
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