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Vermont Suicide Prevention Symposium
August 18th, 2020
Location: TBD
(In-person event or virtual TBD)
Preventing Suicide and Increasing Resilience in Communities
The Symposium will engage a broad array of stakeholders to expand community based and cross sector approaches to suicide.
Audience:
Healthcare, social services, substance misuse and mental health providers across a continuum of care, representatives of community based organizations and state agencies that serve youth, families and adults across the lifespan, local and state policy makers, people with lived experience
Objectives:
1) Empower and engage community-wide stakeholders in Zero Suicide strategies, evidence-based practices, and lessons learned.
2) Facilitate connections between substance misuse and suicide prevention stakeholders and programs to advance effective prevention strategies.
3) Share community-based approaches to suicide prevention including new ways to form innovative collaborations.
4) Increase knowledge about risk and protective factors and recommended strategies for working with vulnerable populations.
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