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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.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Concurrent Workshops

Leaving a Legacy: Sustaining Change in Your Community
Facilitator: Nancy J. Davis, Ed.D., Public Health Advisor, SAMHSA/CMHS

Presenters: Deborah Haber, M.Ed., Director, National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention
Nancy Kelly, M.S., Technical Assistance Specialist, National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence

Handouts 1, 2, and 3

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

School-based Projects
Moderator: Gayle Jaffe, M.P.H., M.S.W., Prevention Specialist, SPRC

Facilitator: Susan Keys, Ph.D., Chief, Prevention Initiatives and Priority Program Development Branch, Division of Prevention, Traumatic Stress, and Special Programs, SAMHSA/CMHS

Presenters: John Kalafat, Ph.D., Professor, Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
Jeff Inman, M.S., Coordinator, Prevention/Intervention Center, Cobb County Public Schools (Adolescents at Risk/University of South Florida grantee)
Norma Vasquez, B.A., New Mexico Youth Suicide Prevention Coordinator (New Mexico grantee)

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

States and Tribes Working Together
Moderator: Lloyd Potter, Ph.D., M.P.H., Director, SPRC

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

Presenters: Lieutenant Governor Jefferson Keel, First Vice President, National Congress of American Indians
Deborah Henderson, R.N., Project Director, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (Montana grantee)
Don Wetzel, Jr., Tribal Liaison and Data Coordinator (Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council grantee)
Franklin Cook, M.A., Community Liaison, Native American Initiative, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
John Draper, Ph.D., Director, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Resource Experts: Ginny Gorman-Gipp, M.A., Senior Advisor for Tribal Affairs, Office of the Administrator, SAMHSA
Cynthia K. Hansen, Ph.D., Special Expert, SAMHSA/CMHS
Andy Hunt, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W., Public Health Advisor, SAMHSA
Dale Walker, M.D., Director, One Sky Center, University of Oregon Health Sciences Center

Suicide Prevention and Foster Care
Moderator: Pat Shea, M.S.W., M.A., Public Health Advisor, SAMHSA/CMHS

Facilitator: Effie Malley, M.P.A., Senior Prevention Specialist, SPRC

Presenters: Delilah Bruskas, R.N., M.N., Foster Care Alumnus, Tacoma, WA
Julie Collins, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Director of Mental Health, Child Welfare League of America
Kirk O'Brien, Ph.D., Senior Research Analyst, Casey Family Programs, Seattle, Washington
Alan Holmlund, Suicide Prevention Program Director, Massachusetts Department of Public Health (Massachusetts grantee)
Lane Simpson, J.D., Executive Assistant to Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Children's Services (Tennessee grantee)

Hospital/Emergency Room Projects
Moderator: Wendy Cyprien, M.P.A., Prevention Specialist, SPRC

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

Presenters: Joan Asarnow, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Dawn Alpert, Project Manager, Texas Youth Suicide Prevention Program (Texas grantee)
Julie Cerel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky College of Social Work (Kentucky grantee)
Jessica Hawkins, Prevention Program Manager, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (Oklahoma grantee)
Lisa Millet, M.S.H., Injury Prevention and Epidemiology Section Manager, Oregon Public Health (Oregon grantee)

Resource Experts: Patrick Cook, Project Manager, Lifeline Communications Team, Social and Health Services
Ila McKay, M.U.R.P, Program Manager, Native Aspirations, Kauffman & Associates

Evaluation Q&A
Facilitators: Phil Rodgers, Ph.D., Evaluation Specialist, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Linda Langford, Sc.D., Evaluation Specialist, SPRC
Christine Walrath, Ph.D., M.H.S., Project Director, Cross-site Evaluation, ORC Macro
Angela Sheehan, M.P.A., Deputy Project Director, Cross-site Evaluation, ORC Macro

Cross-site Evaluation Liaisons: 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.

11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Closing Plenary

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

SAMHSA's Multimedia Anti-stigma and Suicide Prevention Campaigns
Mark Weber, M.B.A., Associate Administrator for Communications, SAMHSA

Leadership for Suicide Prevention
Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director, Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA

Closing Remarks
Richard McKeon, Ph.D., M.P.H., Special Expert, SAMHSA/CMHS

American Indian/Alaska Native Closing Ceremony
White Oak Singers

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Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Wednesday, December 13, 2006

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