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  • Tuesday, Apr 1st
    2:15 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    After Your Child's Suicide Attempt: An Honest Discussion with Parents and Clinicians
    Location: Kojo Kamau Ballroom C, 4th Floor, Tower 402
    Speaker: Julie Goldstein Grumet, PhD (she/her/hers) – Education Development Center
    Speaker: Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW (She/Her/Hers) – University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work
    Speaker: Deidre Arms, BC-APRN, FNP
    Speaker: John Ackerman, PhD, ABPP – Nationwide Children's Hospital
    Speaker: Susan Todoroff – National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Washtenaw County, MI
    Lived Experience / Loss Survivor
     CE: 1
  • Tuesday, Apr 1st
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    A Tale of Two Clinicians
    Location: Pheoris West B, 3rd Floor, Tower 402
    Speaker: Emily L E Ribnik, PhD, LPCC-S (she/her/hers) – Light After Loss
    Speaker: Shannon Ortiz, LPCC-S – Light After Loss
    Lived Experience / Loss Survivor
     CE: 1
  • Wednesday, Apr 2nd
    11:00 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Grief & Loss: Sharing Personal Experiences of the Crisis Worker
    Location: Pheoris West B, 3rd Floor, Tower 402
    Speaker: Michael Reading, MS, NCC, LMHC (he/him/his) – International Council for Helplines
    Lived Experience / Loss Survivor
     CE: 1
  • Wednesday, Apr 2nd
    1:30 PM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Creating Social Connection through Community Living Rooms
    Location: Pheoris West B, 3rd Floor, Tower 402
    Presenter: Sara A. Kohlbeck, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Medical College of wisconsin
    Lived Experience / Loss Survivor
     CE: 1
  • Wednesday, Apr 2nd
    2:00 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Mental Health Outcomes of Suicide Loss Survivors Following Traumatic Injury
    Location: Pheoris West B, 3rd Floor, Tower 402
    Presenter: Jacey M. Kant (she/her/hers) – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Lived Experience / Loss Survivor
     CE: 1
  • Wednesday, Apr 2nd
    3:00 PM – 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    From Loss to Support: Establishing Lemon Aid Suicide Postvention in Kansas
    Location: Kojo Kamau Ballroom A, 4th Floor, Tower 402
    Speaker: Kate Hardy (she/her/hers) – Six Feet Over
    Speaker: Andrew Brown, MSW (he/him/his) – Kansas Dept. for Aging & Disability Services
    Lived Experience / Loss Survivor
     CE: 1
  • Wednesday, Apr 2nd
    4:15 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Eye of the Survivor: Lessons Learned from United Suicide Survivors International and the Power of Storytelling in Suicide Prevention and Suicide Grief Support
    Location: Kojo Kamau Ballroom A, 4th Floor, Tower 402
    Speaker: Sally B. Spencer-Thomas, Psy.D. – United Suicide Survivors International
    Speaker: Sarah W. Gaer, MA (She/Her/Hers) – SEG Consulting LLC
    Lived Experience / Loss Survivor
     CE: 1
  • Thursday, Apr 3rd
    10:00 AM – 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Experiences and Beliefs about Supports and Interventions for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors: A Lived Experience Perspective
    Location: Pheoris West B, 3rd Floor, Tower 402
    Presenter: Rebecca G. Mirick, LICSW, PhD – Salem State University
    Lived Experience / Loss Survivor
     CE: 1
  • Thursday, Apr 3rd
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    From Their Perspective: Engaging Black Youth in Research to Understand and Address Rising Suicide Risk
    Location: Pheoris West B, 3rd Floor, Tower 402
    Presenter: Tennisha N. Riley, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
    Presenter: Colleen Carpenter, MA, MPH (she/her/hers) – Stop Suicide Northeast Indiana
    Lived Experience / Loss Survivor
     CE: 1
  • Thursday, Apr 3rd
    11:45 AM – 12:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Suicide Postvention as Prevention in the South Florida Muslim Community
    Location: Pheoris West B, 3rd Floor, Tower 402
    Speaker: Waheeda Saif, LMHC (she/her/hers) – Riverside Trauma Center
    Lived Experience / Loss Survivor
     CE: 1
  • Friday, Apr 4th
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    4 Phases of Suicide Loss
    Location: Aminah Robinson Grand Ballroom, 5th Floor, Tower 402
    Speaker: Tracy A. Oeser, MSPsy (she/her/hers) – Postvention Collective, LLC
    Lived Experience / Loss Survivor
     CE: 1
  • Friday, Apr 4th
    1:30 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Saving Lives, Healing Hearts: Supporting Communities in the Aftermath of Suicide Loss
    Location: Pheoris West A, 3rd Floor, Tower 402
    Speaker: Kathleen M. Cromwell, LCSW (she/her/hers) – Hinds Hospice/ Fresno Survivors of Suicide Loss
    Speaker: Candice Wilkins, LCSW (she/her/hers) – Hinds Hospice
    Lived Experience / Loss Survivor
     CE: 1
  • Friday, Apr 4th
    1:30 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Understanding Maternal Suicide Grief: Stories of Loss, Hope, and Post-traumatic Growth
    Location: Pheoris West B, 3rd Floor, Tower 402
    Speaker: Laura J. Albee, DSW, LCSW, BCBA, LBA (she/her/hers) – CIFC Health & Southern Connecticut State University
    Lived Experience / Loss Survivor
     CE: 1