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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 links to the relevant PowerPoint® presentation and/or handouts.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Welcome: Anne Mathews-Younes, Ed.D., Director, Division of Prevention, Traumatic Stress, and Special Programs, SAMHSA/CMHS

Plenary: Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention

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

Presenters: Hyden Shen, J.D., Special Assistant, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA
H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA

9:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Concurrent Workshops

Happily Ever After: Project Management Tips and Tricks
Moderator: Nancy J. Davis, Ed.D., Public Health Advisor, SAMHSA/CMHS

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

Resource Experts: Gwendolyn Simpson, Lead Grants Management Specialist, Division of Grants Management, SAMHSA
Krista Fletcher, Program/Grants Management Liaison, SAMHSA/CMHS
Gary Neumann, Project Manager, Native Aspirations 2, Kauffman & Associates

Gatekeeper Training: Scientific, Programmatic, and Legal Issues
Moderator: Effie Malley, M.P.A., Senior Prevention Specialist, SPRC

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

Presenters: Phil Rodgers, Ph.D., Evaluation Specialist, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Peter Wyman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (University of Rochester grantee)
Christine Canty-Brooks, Maine Youth Suicide Prevention Program (Maine grantee)
Elaine de Mello, L.I.C.S.W., Training and Education Director, NAMI New Hampshire (New Hampshire grantee)

Resource Experts: Frank Campbell, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., Executive Director, Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention Center, Inc. and the Crisis Center Foundation
Gloria Guillory, M.S.W., Project Manager, Native Aspirations, Kauffman & Associates

Strategies for Facilitating Community-based Prevention
Facilitator: Lloyd Potter, Ph.D., M.P.H., Director, SPRC

Presenters: David Litts, O.D., Associate Director of Prevention Practice, SPRC

Major Steven E. Pflanz, M.D., Chief, Air Force Suicide Prevention Program
Kenneth Norton, L.I.C.S.W., Director, Frameworks Youth Suicide Prevention Project (New Hampshire grantee)
Jane Latan, M.Ed., Project Director, SAMHSA/CSAT Targeted Capacity Expansion Program (Tohono O'odham Nation grantee)
Linda Fayuant, B.S.W., Prevention Coordinator (Tohono O'odham Nation grantee)

Resource Expert: Paulette Running Wolf, Ph.D., Community Intervention Director, Native Aspirations, Kauffman & Associates

Working in Rural Communities
Facilitator: Joyce Sebian, M.S.Ed., Senior Policy Associate, Center for Child and Human Development, Georgetown University

Presenters: Neal Horen, Ph.D., Co-Director, Training and Technical Assistance, Center for Child and Human Development, Georgetown University
John Gale, M.S., Research Associate, Institute for Health Policy, Maine Rural Health Research Center,
Ann Kirkwood, M.A., Senior Research Associate (Idaho grantee)
Ila McKay, M.U.R.P, Program Manager, Native Aspirations, Kauffman & Associates

Cross-Site Evaluation - Cohort I
Moderator: LaVonne Ortega, M.D., M.P.H., Prevention Support Coordinator, SPRC

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

Presenters: David Goldston, Ph.D., Associate Professor Medical Psychology, Duke University School of Medicine, Cross-site Evaluation Team
Holly Echo-Hawk, M.S., Senior Mental Health Consultant, Cross-site Evaluation Team, ORC Macro
Mary Madden, Ph.D., Research Professor, College of Education and Human Development, University of Maine (Maine grantee)
Gail Wasserman, Ph.D., Director, Center for the Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice (CPMHJJ), Columbia University (New York grantee)
Larkin McReynolds, Ph.D., Research Coordinator/SeniorData Analyst, CPMHJJ, Columbia University (New York grantee)
Hana Musabegovic, M.A., Research Project Manager, CPMHJJ, Columbia University (New York grantee)

ORC Macro Cross-site Evaluation Team:
Shannon CrossBear, Elana Light, M.S., Candace Fleming, Ph.D., Ebony Montgomery, M.P.H., Stacy Johnson, M.P.H., Jennifer Wallach, M.P.H., Kathleen Jones, M.P.H., Christine Walrath, Ph.D., M.H.S.

Disaster Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
Moderator: Wendy Cyprien, M.P.A., Prevention Specialist, SPRC

Facilitator: Cynthia K. Hansen, Ph.D., Special Expert, SAMHSA/CMHS

Presenters: Alex Crosby, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Darrin Donato, Technical Assistance Team Manager, Disaster Technical Assistance Center, Educational Services, Inc.
Rachel Kaul, L.C.S.W., Public Health Analyst, Crisis Counseling Program, Emergency Services and Traumatic Stress Branch, SAMHSA/CMHS
Brenda Scafidi, Ph.D., Director of Children's Mental Health (Mississippi grantee)
Farris Tuma, Sc.D., M.H.S., Chief, Traumatic Stress Disorders Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health
Xan Young, M.P.H., Training Coordinator, SPRC

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2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Concurrent Workshops

Ensuring Cultural Competence
Moderator: Lisa McCarthy, M.P.H., Prevention Specialist, SPRC

Facilitator: Barbara Bazron, Ph.D., Managing Director, American Institutes for Research

Presenters: Lygia Williams, M.A., Office of Youth Services, Tennessee Department of Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities, (Tennessee grantee)

Resource Experts: Shannon CrossBear, Cross-site Evaluation Team, ORC Macro
Larke Huang, Ph.D., Special Advisor to the Administrator, SAMHSA
Andy Hunt, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W., Public Health Advisor, Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch, SAMHSA/CMHS
Ila McKay, M.U.R.P, Program Manager, Native Aspirations, Kauffman & Associates

Screening: Scientific, Programmatic, and Legal Issues
Moderator: Lloyd Potter, Ph.D., M.P.H., Director, SPRC

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

Presenters: Juan Pena, Ph.D., University of Rochester Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide
Paul Granello, Ph.D., L.P.C.C., Associate Professor, Ohio State University (Ohio grantee)

Strategies for Working with the Juvenile Justice System.
Moderator: Katherine Wootten, M.P.H., Prevention Specialist, SPRC

Facilitator: Pat Shea, M.S.W., M.A., Public Health Advisor, SAMHSA/CMHS

Presenters: Gail Wasserman, Ph.D., Director, Center for the Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice, Columbia University (New York grantee)
Judith Cox, M.A., Consultant (mental health services for correctional populations)

Expert: Gary Neumann, Project Manager, Native Aspirations 2, Kauffman & Associates

Engaging Practitioners (Mental Health, Primary Care, & Paraprofessionals) in Outpatient Settings
Moderator: Nancy J. Davis, Ed.D., Public Health Advisor, SAMHSA/CMHS

Facilitator: David Litts, O.D., Associate Director of Prevention Practice, SPRC

Presenters: Matthew Wintersteen, Ph.D., Children's Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
Kenneth Norton, L.I.C.S.W., Director, Frameworks Youth Suicide Prevention Project (New Hampshire grantee)
John Draper, Ph.D., Director, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Local Evaluation - Cohort 2
Facilitators: Phil Rodgers, Ph.D., Evaluation Specialist, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Linda Langford, Sc.D., Evaluation Specialist, SPRC

Resource Experts: Christine Walrath, Ph.D., Project Director, Cross-site Evaluation, ORC Macro
Angela Sheehan, M.P.A., Deputy Project Director, Cross-site Evaluation, ORC Macro
Hendricks Brown, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of South Florida (University of South Florida grantee)

Working with Young Adults
Facilitator: Anara Guard, M.S., Associate Director, SPRC

Presenters: Alison Malmon, Director, Active Minds on Campus
Keri Lubell, Ph.D., Behavioral Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Pat Smith, M.S., Violence Prevention Program Coordinator, Michigan Department of Community Health (Michigan grantee)
Jane Wiggins, Ph.D., Director, Central Shenandoah Youth Suicide Prevention Program (Virginia grantee)

Expert: Kirk O'Brien, Ph.D., Senior Research Analyst, Casey Family Programs, Seattle, Washington

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