Tuesday, February 18, 2025
2:00 – 3:30 pm ET

Behavioral Cues, Early Intervention & Referral Strategies

In 2022-2023, 29 percent of college and university students in the United States reported having had non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors in the past year, 14 percent reported suicidal ideation and two percent reported having attempted suicide according to the research collected and published by Statista.

Faculty and staff are uniquely positioned to observe risk factors, triggers and stressors, and warning behaviors that could impact a person’s decision to commit an act of violence towards themselves or others. It also positions them to engage in early intervention and referral, which are essential mitigating factors in preventing acts of violence.

Gather your colleagues from across campus and join us on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, as our expert presenter discusses the evolving mental health profile of today’s students, including outlining the current data regarding suicidal ideation and non-suicidal self-injury behavior. She will help you differentiate between myths and facts as they relate to suicide and will identify the behavioral clues and warning signs of a student who may be in crisis.

Confidently and effectively recognize and successfully intervene with at-risk students exhibiting warning behaviors. 

Topics Covered

Gain crucial, actionable takeaways that will improve the way you:

• Interpret the current data regarding suicidal ideation and today’s college students.
• Differentiate between myths and facts as they relate to suicide.
• Identify behavioral clues and warning signs of someone who may be experiencing a suicidal crisis.
• Gain an understanding of suggested campus post-vention guides should you experience the death of a student by suicide.
• Train faculty and staff to recognize risk factors, triggers and stressors, and warning behaviors to intervene and refer at-risk students confidently and effectively.
• Examine actual campus cases involving suicide deaths. 
  

Presenter

Dr. Meggen Tucker Sixbey is the Assistant Director at the University of Florida’s Police Department, overseeing the Behavioral Services Division which includes a mental health support team of clinicians who respond with law enforcement officers to calls that are determined to present as mental health related.
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