VA SAVE Training, VA Suicide Data, Community-Based Interventions for Suicide Prevention, and Lethal Means Safety.
Monday, September 16, 2024
1:00PM - 2:30PM PDT
Veteran suicide is an urgent issue that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), along with its stakeholders, partners, and communities nationwide, must address., the VA agency by itself cannot adequately confront the issue. with Ashley Taylor, MS
Location: Online
Continuing Education: 1.5 (Applied through NASW Oregon)
Cost: Free to RVP Volunteers, Vet Center and VA Staff and Partnering Clinics
$29 for Other Community Providers
Who Should Attend: This training is open to all RVP Volunteer Providers, social workers, mental health counselors, and community providers.
What You Will Learn:
To serve all Veterans, VA must build effective networks of support, communication, and care across the communities in which Veterans live and work every day. We know that suicide is preventable. The National Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide is a ten-year plan and has identified suicide prevention VA’s highest clinical priority.
VA supports the national goal of reducing the annual suicide rate in the U.S. by 20 percent by the year 2025 and is implementing a public health approach to achieve this mission. Suicide is a national public health issue that impacts people from all walks of life, regardless of whether they have served in the military. Community Engagement and Partnership for Suicide Prevention involves a comprehensive strategy to hire and train qualified Community Engagement and Partnerships Coordinators (CEPC) who will collaborate at the community, regional and state levels, to support community coalition building for evidence-informed suicide prevention interventions specific to each locality’s Veteran population.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this presentation, the learner will be able to:
- Have a general understanding of the scope of suicide within the United States & Oregon & Veterans.
- Understand how the VA is addressing suicide with CBI-SP.
- Know how to identify a Veteran that may be at risk for suicide and how to help them.
- Know how to discuss reducing access to lethal means
- Common Myths vs. Realities
- Local resources available to you, to assist with emergent Veteran care
CE Faculty
Ashley Taylor is a Community Engagement and Partnerships Coordinator with Portland VA’s Suicide Prevention Team. She implements community-based interventions for suicide prevention in rural, tribal, and metropolitan areas.
Before joining VA in 2023, Ashley worked in the non-profit sector for ten years specifically focusing on increasing access to mental health services for Veterans and their families.
She has a passion for training community partners on facts surrounding Veteran services as well as Veteran suicide and suicide prevention.
Ashley holds a Master of Science degree in General Studies in Human Behavior and a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Sciences with a minor in Criminal Justice. She is a certified instructor for peer support and suicide prevention trainings.
Ashley is an Army Veteran with two Iraq deployments and lived experience accessing mental health care through VA after transitioning out of the military. Ashley is an active member with the VFW and the American Legion. She currently resides in Columbia County, Oregon with her husband who is an Army Veteran and their son.
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503-954-2259
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