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Webinar Information
Event date(s) and time(s): Thursday, October 8, 2026, from 11am to 12pm CST
Location: Virtual via Microsoft Teams Webinar
Cost per person: $25: student cost $20
Continuing education credits: 1 hour
Webinar Description
This webinar will present a developmentally informed, evidence-based framework for engaging adolescents in a suicide risk assessment. Emphasis will be placed on shifting away from “predicting suicide” to an approach that simultaneously evaluates risk, strengthen engagement, and builds a therapeutic relationship. Best-practice strategies for eliciting and conceptualizing risk to support outpatient intervention and care will be shared.
Learning Objectives
After attending this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Identify developmentally informed risk assessment interviewing strategies that enhance disclosure and engagement
- Describe how their risk assessment can guide clinical intervention
Blossom, J. B., Ridge-Anderson, A., Adrian, M. C., & Jobes, D. A. (2022). A developmentally informed approach to the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicide (CAMS) for adolescents (CAMS-4Teens) and engaging parents in treatment. Practice Innovations, 7(4), 303.
Hawton, K., Lascelles, K., Pitman, A., Gilbert, S., & Silverman, M. (2022). Assessment of suicide risk in mental health practice: shifting from prediction to therapeutic assessment, formulation, and risk management. The Lancet Psychiatry, 9(11), 922-928.
King, C. A., Foster, C. E., & Rogalski, K. M. (2013). Teen suicide risk: A practitioner guide to screening, assessment, and management. Guilford Press.
Ward, K., Ansloos, J. P., & Sanchez‐Morales, D. (2026). Between Protocol and Presence: Clinicians’ Work in Suicide Risk Assessment. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 26(3), e70189.
Who Should Attend
This introductory offering is appropriate to mental health professionals across all levels of training and experience.
About the Presenter
Dr. Jennifer Muehlenkamp is a licensed clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Dr. Muehlenkamp has been working in the area of suicide prevention for over 20 years, having published over 100 research papers and book chapters. She is trained in evidence-based treatments for suicide including dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and the collaborative assessment and management of suicidality (CAMS). Dr. Muehlenkamp’s work has been awarded numerous grants from the National Institute of Health and she has been recognized with professional awards from the American Association of Suicidology and the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury.
Continuing Education Information
- The Center for Behavioral Medicine is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Center for Behavioral Medicine maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
- The Center for Behavioral Medicine has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7442. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Center for Behavioral Medicine is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Please note that no partial credits will be given. To receive continuing education credits, participants must attend for the entire length of the webinar. This webinar will be recorded.
Cost per person: $25; Student cost $20
Registration: Please use one of the links below to register and pay for the workshop. After you submit your payment, you will receive an emailed Microsoft Teams Registration Form to complete.
*NO refunds for cancellations made within 24 hours of the Webinar or if the Webinar was not attended*
Registration will close on Wednesday, October 7th at 3:00 p.m.