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State, Tribal, and Adolescents at Risk Suicide Prevention Grantee
Technical Assistance Meeting
December 12-14, 2006
North Bethesda, MD

AGENDA

Each underlined speaker or title links to the relevant PowerPoint® presentation and/or handouts.

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Welcome and Introductions
American Indian/Alaska Native Opening Ceremony
White Oak Singers

Welcome and Overall Context of the SAMHSA/CMHS Suicide Prevention Initiative
Welcome: Admiral Eric B. Broderick, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Acting Deputy Director, SAMHSA, Assistant Surgeon General

Videotape Welcome: Senator Gordon Smith, J.D.

SAMHSA Suicide Prevention Initiative
Richard McKeon, Ph.D., M.P.H., Special Expert, SAMHSA/CMHS

What Will it Take to Change the World?
David Litts, O.D., Associate Director of Prevention Practice, Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)

9:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Concurrent Workshops

State/Tribal Grantees, Cohort 2: Orientation
Facilitator: Richard McKeon, Ph.D., M.P.H., Special Expert, SAMHSA/CMHS

Presenters: Katherine Wootten, M.P.H., Prevention Specialist, SPRC
John Draper, Ph.D., Director, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Cross-site Evaluation, ORC Macro, Christine Walrath, Ph.D., M.H.S., Project Director and Angela K. Sheehan, M.P.A., Deputy Project Director

Resource Experts: Wendy Cyprien, M.P.A., Prevention Specialist, SPRC
Linda Langford, Sc.D., Evaluation Specialist, SPRC
Lisa McCarthy, M.P.H., Prevention Specialist, SPRC

State/Tribal Grantees, Cohort 1: Progress and Challenges
Moderator: Pat Shea, M.S.W., M.A., Public Health Advisor, SAMHSA/CMHS

Facilitator: Lloyd Potter, Ph.D., M.P.H., Director, SPRC

Resource Experts: SAMHSA/CMHS Government Project Officer: Nancy Davis, Ed.D.
SPRC Prevention Specialists: Effie Malley, M.P.A., Gayle Jaffe, M.S.W., M.P.H., LaVonne Ortega, M.D., M.P.H.
ORC Macro Technical Assistance Liaisons: Stacy Johnson, M.P.H., Elana Light, M.S., Ebony Montgomery, M.P.H.

Linking Adolescents at Risk for Suicide to Mental Health Services: Grantees
Facilitators: Susan Keys, Ph.D., Chief, Prevention Initiatives and Priority
Program Development Branch, Division of Prevention, Traumatic Stress, and Special Programs, SAMHSA/CMHS
Judy Madden, Ed.D., LCPC, Director, N*COMMON, Mental Health Association of Montgomery County, Maryland
Resource Experts: Paul Brounstein, Ph.D., Public Health Advisor, Office of the Director, Division of Prevention, Traumatic Stress, and Special Programs, SAMHSA/CMHS
Anara Guard, M.S., Associate Director, SPRC
Cynthia K. Hansen, Ph.D., Special Expert, SAMHSA/CMHS
Phil Rodgers, Ph.D., Evaluation Specialist, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Enhanced Evaluation
Facilitator: Keri Lubell, Ph.D., Behavioral Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Participants: Grantees from Maine, Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Tennessee

Cross-site Evaluation Team: Angela K. Sheehan, M.P.A., Deputy Project Director, Cross-site Evaluation, ORC Macro

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1:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Concurrent Workshops

Survivors and Postvention
Facilitator: Lloyd Potter, Ph.D., M.P.H., Director, SPRC

Presenters: Frank R. Campbell, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., Executive Director, Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention Center, Inc. and the Crisis Center Foundation
Barbara Kaminer, M.S.S.W., Training/Education Coordinator, Kentucky Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services (Kentucky grantee)
DeQuincy Lezine, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Rochester, Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide
Jerry Reed, M.S.W., Executive Director, SPAN USA

Resource Expert: Gloria Guillory, M.S.W., Project Manager, Native Aspirations, Kauffman & Associates

Engaging Families
Moderator: Gayle Jaffe, M.S.W., M.P.H., Prevention Specialist, SPRC

Facilitator: Richard McKeon, Ph.D., M.P.H., Special Expert, SAMHSA/CMHS

Presenter: David Henry, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago

Resource Experts: Ann Geddes, Ph.D., Family Advocate, Maryland Coalition of Families for Children's Mental Health (MCFCMH)
Gail Griffith, M.A., Writer, Family Activist
Pat Mosby, Systems of Care Trainer, MCFCMH
Gary Neumann, Project Manager, Native Aspirations 2, Kauffman & Associates
Susan Tager, Director, Baltimore City Office, MCFCMH

Countering Stigma and Discrimination
Moderator: Pat Shea, M.S.W., M.A., Public Health Advisor, SAMHSA/CMHS

Facilitator: Carole Schauer, M.S., R.N., Consumer Affairs Specialist, SAMHSA/CMHS

Presenters: BethAnn Russell, Student, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NAMI North Carolina
Alison Malmon, Executive Director, Active Minds on Campus
Ann Kirkwood, M.A., Senior Research Assistant, Idaho State University (Idaho grantee)
Carlton Speight, Consumer Affairs Specialist, SAMHSA/CMHS
Chris Marshall, M.S.W., Associate Director for Consumer Affairs, SAMHSA/CMHS
Resource Experts: Ila McKay, M.U.R.P., Program Manager, Native Aspirations, Kauffman & Associates

Working in American Indian/Alaska Native Communities
Facilitator: Barbara Aragon, M.S.W., Consultant

Resource Experts: Paul Brounstein, Ph.D., Public Health Advisor, Office of the Director, Division of Prevention, Traumatic Stress, and Special Programs, SAMHSA/CMHS
Tammy Clay, M.S.W., L.I.S.W., Public Health Advisor, Indian Health Service
Shannon CrossBear, Cross-site Evaluation Team, ORC Macro
Kana Enomoto, M.A., Special Assistant to the Administrator, SAMHSA
Candace Fleming, Ph.D., Cross-site Evaluation Team, ORC Macro
Andy Hunt, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W., Public Health Advisor, SAMHSA/CMHS
Dale Walker, M.D., Director, One Sky Center, University of Oregon Health Sciences Center
Paulette Running Wolf, Ph.D., Community Intervention Director, Native Aspirations, Kauffman & Associates

Local Evaluation - Cohort 1
Facilitators: Phil Rodgers, Ph.D., Evaluation Specialist, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Linda Langford, Sc.D., Evaluation Specialist, SPRC

Resource Experts: Keri Lubell, Ph.D., Behavioral Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Christine Walrath, Ph.D., Project Director, Cross-site Evaluation, ORC Macro
Angela Sheehan, M.P.A., Deputy Project Director, ORC Macro
Nancy Davis, Ed.D., Public Health Advisor, SAMHSA/CMHS

Safe and Effective Marketing of Suicide Prevention
Facilitator: Anara Guard, M.S., Associate Director, SPRC

Presenters: Jane Pearson, Ph.D., Chair, National Institute of Mental Health Suicide Consortium
Scott Ridgway, M.S., Executive Director, Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network (Tennessee grantee)

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006
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