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Suicide and The Older Adult

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Topics: Elder Care, Suicide

Audience: Professional Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Play Therapists, Marriage & Family Therapists (MFT)

1 CE Hours

~~$49.99~~ $29.99

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Jennifer L. FitzPatrick

MSW, LCSW-C, CSP

Elder Care Expert

Author, Intructor, Media Contributor

Course Overview

Via recorded webinar

Course Description:

When someone dies by suicide it’s always a tragic event, not just for the individual but also for families and the community at large. Many therapists struggle to properly address suicide issues with clients. Suicide impacts middle aged and older adults more significantly than any other age group.

This training covers causes, risk factors, and best practices for screening and preventing suicide in the older adult. Also addressed will be the very real phenomenon of suicide contagion and when high-profile stories and media events can contribute to risk. Learn how to proactively and effectively help older adults to improve their lives and increase safety and happiness.

Original recording date: December 21, 2020 Length: 63 minutes

Learning Objectives:

Upon the completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Distinguish normal vs abnormal changes with age
Identify at least 3 risk factors for suicide in the older adult
List 3 strategies for suicide prevention in the older adult

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Course Access Information:

Purchase includes 6 months of access from the date of purchase.

CE Details:

1 CE recorded webinar contact hour(s)

Core Wellness, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0569, for mental health counselors, #MHC-0167 and for psychologists #PSY-0236 and for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0142. Note: This course provides 1 Clinical contact hour(s) self-study credits.

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Core Wellness, LLC, #1745, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 5/18/2024 to 5/18/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 1 Clinical continuing education credits.

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Core Wellness, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Core Wellness, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

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Passing Score and Retest Policy:

Completing the video and achieving a posttest score of 80% or above is required to receive CE award. Open material permitted and one can retest unlimited times. Upon passing, we will email you a completion certificate within one business day. If failed, we will email you a retest in the same timeframe.

Cancellation, Policies and Refunds:

Fee covers: Attendance, course material and CE award to those who complete the course. Registration is open until the course sells out (when this occurs, purchase option is disabled). Please contact us with any questions or for extenuating circumstance and we will try our best to help.

In person/Live webinars: Purchases made within 7 days of an in-person or live webinar are non-refundable. A full refund or site credit is available within 7 days of purchase. In person refunds incur a 10% administration fee after 24 hours pass from the time of purchase.

After the 7-day window, you may: A) Transfer your registration to a colleague B) Access the on-demand version C) Receive site credit valid for one year from purchase date.

On-Demand webinars: You have 7 days from purchase to request a refund. After 7 days—or once a completion certificate has been issued—refunds are no longer available.

Subscriptions: Are non-refundable after the initial 30-day trial, or after any videos have been completed or a single completion certificate has been issued. You may cancel at any time to avoid future renewals; access will continue through the end of the paid billing cycle.

We understand that extenuating circumstances or technical issues may arise, please contact us and we will try to find a mutual solution. For further questions, please see the FAQ section or contact us. In the rare event of a training cancellation, a notification and full refund (for the course fee only) will be automatically sent to you via your email on file.

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To request an accommodation, please contact us with at least 30 days prior notice.

Financial Declarations:

The presenter and Core Wellness hereby declare that no conflict of interest, competing interest, or commercial support for the CE program are present. Presenter receives compensation for program delivery and sales as well as sales of his/her personal books and products.

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