Overdose and Suicide: Co-occurrence, Risks, and Interventions

CEs/Contact Hours

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Trainer

Jennifer Cervi, LCSW, CASAC Related Seminars and Products

Clinical Director

Horizon Health Services

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Jennifer Cervi, LCSW, CASAC, is the Clinical Director of Integrated Services at Horizon Health Services in Western New York. Prior to this role, she served as the Clinical Director of Substance Use Disorder Services for Horizon's outpatient substance use disorder (SUD) clinics, Program Director of an outpatient SUD clinic, and as an SUD counselor. Her current work in the field includes clinical supervision, development of clinical programming, facilitation of agency and community training, and individual therapy. Jennifer is a member of the Erie County Mental Health Subcommittee and is involved in several agency initiatives at Horizon aimed at reducing and addressing patient suicide and overdose risk including training clinicians on dual-diagnosis/integrated care, training/implementation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy programming, and training/implementation of harm reduction resources and interventions. Jennifer was previously employed at Child & Adolescent Treatment Services in Buffalo as a Care Coordinator/Intensive Case Manager in the Wraparound program working with children and their families.

Agenda

Stigma & Language – 9 to 9:15

Overdose Data – 9:15 to 9:30

Opioid/Fentanyl Crisis – 9:30 to 10:00

Overdose Risk Factors – 10:00 to 10:30

                Mid-morning Break (15 min) 10:30 to 10:45

Suicide Data – 10:45 to 11:00

Suicide Risk Factors – 11:00 to 11:30

Overlap of Risk Factors – 11:30 to 12

                Lunch (30 min) 12 to 12:30

Afternoon: Interventions & Resources

Screening & Assessment for SU – 12:30 to 1:00

Harm Reduction for Substance Use & Managing Overdose Risk – 1:00 to 1:30

Screening & Assessment for Suicidal Risk – 1:30 to 2:00

Mid-afternoon Break (15 min) 2:00 to 2:15

Suicide Risk Interventions – 2:15 to 3:00

Suicide Attempt/Accidental Overdose “Post-ventions” – 3:00 to 3:30

Coping After Patient Loss – 3:30 to 4

Completion Requirements

No partial credit is given for partial attendance.

In-Person Completion Requirements

In order to receive a certificate of completion for this course participants must complete the following.

Please note all requirements can be found in your UBCE21 portal.

 - Sign in, stay for the entire training, and sign out. Participation in small group activities is required.

 - After the training, complete the evaluation by clicking on the "Evaluation and Certificate" button for this course.

The certificate of completion will be immediately generated in your account upon completion of all course requirements. Certificates may be downloaded, printed, or left in your account. 

Cancellation and Refund Policy

Cancellation Policy:

Live (In-Person, Online, and Hybrid) Trainings

The cancellation and refund policy below applies to individual courses. If you purchased multiple courses at one time they may be subject to individual processing fees. Participants can make payment or refund inquiries by contacting the Office of Continuing Education by phone 716-829-5844 or by email at sw-ce@buffalo.edu. Standard business hours for the Office of Continuing Education are Monday – Friday 9:00am to 4:30pm. Any requests made outside of these days and times will default to the next business day.

Up to 3 CEs/Contact Hours

• Up to 30 days prior to the training date refund will be issued in the form of (1) a gift card in the full payment amount OR (2) a refund to the original method of payment minus a $25 processing fee 
• 29 days to 2 days prior to the training date refund will be issued in the form of (1) a gift card minus a $15 processing fee OR (2) a refund to the original method of payment minus a $25 processing fee 
• 24 hours or less prior to the training no gift cards or refunds will be issued

3.25 - 5.75 CEs/Contact Hours

• Up to 30 days prior to the training date refund will be issued in the form of (1) a gift card in the full payment amount OR (2) a refund to the original method of payment minus a $25 processing fee 
• 29 days to 2 days prior to the training date refunds will be issued in the form of (1) a gift card minus a $25 processing fee OR (2) a refund of 50% to original method of payment
• 24 hours or less prior to the training no gift cards or refunds will be issued

6-11.75 CEs/Contact Hours

• Up to 30 days prior to the training date refund will be issued in the form of (1) a gift card in the full payment amount OR (2) a refund to the original method of payment minus a $50 processing fee 
• 29 days to 2 days prior to the training date refunds will be issued in the form of (1) a gift card minus a $50 processing fee OR (2) a refund of 50% to original method of payment
• 24 hours or less prior to the training no gift cards or refunds will be issued

12 or more CEs/Contact Hours

• Up to 60 days prior to the training date refund will be issued in the form of (1) a gift card in the full payment amount OR (2) a refund to the original method of payment minus a $50 processing fee 
• 59 to 6 days prior to the training date refund will be issued in the form of (1) a gift card minus a $50 processing fee OR (2) a refund of 50% to original method of payment
• 5 days or less prior to the training      No gift cards or refunds will be issued
• Visit ubswce.ce21.com and refer to the "CEs/Contact Hours" tab on the respective training page to confirm the number of approved CEs/Contact Hours. There may be instances where a special workshop has additional cancellation rules that will be stated in the workshop description.

Online Self-Study Training

• Participants have up to 72 hours from purchase to contact the Office of Continuing Education by phone or email and request a refund for an online course.

Gift Cards

Gift cards can be used as payment toward future trainings. Gift cards expire one (1) year after being issued.

Loyalty Reward Points

• Participants who request a refund will forfeit any Loyalty Reward Points they may have received from that purchase.
• Participants who request a refund on a purchase paid for with Loyalty Reward Points will have those rewards credited back to their account within 5 business days of the refund being processed.

Substitute Attendance

If a registered participant is unable to attend a training and would like another individual to attend in their place the Office of Continuing Education must be called or emailed at least one full business day before the training. Substitution decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Check Refund

Any refund requests for a check payment may take up to 4 weeks to process.

UB Cancelled Trainings

• If the Office of Continuing Education cancels a training, participants will be notified via email and refunds will be paid in full.
• Please be aware that if the University at Buffalo is closed trainings and workshops may still be taking place.
• Please contact the Office of Continuing Education at sw-ce@buffalo.edu or 716-829-5841 if you have any questions or concerns regarding whether or not a training is still being held.

Additional questions and support?

Please email sw-ce@buffalo.edu or call 716-829-5841.

Location

214 Parker Hall, 3435 Main St., Buffalo, New York 14214-8004, United States