HOPE...FOR A BETTER TOMORROW

Thursday April 16, 2015
Geneva Park
5899 Rama Road, Orillia

An educational conference for mental health professionals, consumers, family members, police, teachers, emergency service workers and anyone else interested in suicide prevention.

This self-financed conference is sponsored by:

Byron MacIntyre & Associates
CMHA Barrie / Simcoe Branch
Georgian College
Kinark Child and Family Services
Muskoka / Parry Sound Community Mental Health Service
Nancy Battaglia, Loss & Grief Counselor
Ontario Provincial Police
Seasons Centre for Grieving Children
Simcoe County Suicide Awareness Council
Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care

Suicide Awareness Conference 2014

Morning Workshops

Unfinished Road with John Rice

Transitioning to College and the Risk of Suicide with Karyn Baker and Gregory Taylor

The OPP Crisis Negotiation Program - An Introduction to Negotiating with Suicidal Persons and Related Case Studies with A/Sgt. Kris Size

Supporting LGBTQ Youth: A Toolkit for Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention with D. Ryan Dyck

Afternoon Workshops

Unfinished Road Unplugged with John Rice

Yoga and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction with Dawn Balfour

Soldiers' Children: The Voices of Children in Military Families Living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with Laura Sky

"Suicide - The S Word" with Sarah Cannon

Agenda

8:15 - 9:00 a.m.
  Registration

9:00 - 9:15 a.m.
  Opening remarks

9:15 - 11:00 a.m.
  Dr. Jennifer Brasch, Keynote

11:00 - 11:15 a.m.
  Break

11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  Workshops A to D

12:30 - 1:00 p.m.
  Lunch

1:45 - 3:00 p.m.
  Workshops E to H

3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
  Break (transition to Auditorium)

3:15 - 4:00 p.m.
  Laughing Like Crazy, Closing