• Identify the key components of the JED Campus Framework for suicide prevention and mental health promotion.
• Describe three or more specific strategies for suicide prevention in higher education settings.
• Apply one or more strategies discussed to other educational settings.

About the Presenters:

Gary Petiprin, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist, with a doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology from Indiana State University (1993)He has worked over 30 years in university settings and has served as a counseling center director for more than 23 years, including appointments at East Tennessee State University (1998-2004), Hanover College (2004-2007), and Bellarmine University (2007-present). His professional areas of interest include: integrative therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, resilience, cultural diversity, gender issues, clinical supervision and suicide prevention.

Pam Cartor, Ph.D. is the Associate Dean of Bellarmine College and Associate Professor in Psychology, completed her B.A. in Psychology at Stetson University, her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville), and her pre-doctoral internship at the Bingham Child Guidance Center in Louisville, Kentucky. She teaches the more clinically focused courses including Abnormal Psychology and Counseling & Psychotherapy. One of her favorite things about her job is working with students on career and graduate school preparation and she loves teaching the Professions in Psychology course and supervising internships.Her research interests have included parenting behavior and conduct disorder in children, clergy child sexual abuse, personality factors and student performance, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. She is an active member of the Kentucky Psychological Association (KPA) and currently serves as Treasurer of the KPA Board.

 Audience

This workshop is appropriate for Psychologists, Social Workers, Other Mental Health Professionals

Registration Fees

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Event Location
Virtual - via Zoom, attendees will receive instructions on accessing this workshop upon registration.

It is important to note that APA continuing education rules require that KPA only give credit to those who attend the entire workshop.  An evaluation of the workshop must be completed. Those who sign in more than 15 minutes after the scheduled start time or leave before the workshop is completed will not receive CE credit. Partial credit may not be given.

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received on/before May 18, 2023 will receive a 90% refund. No refunds are available after May 18, 2023. All refund requests must be in writing to KPA at 8004 Lyndon Centre Way, Suite 202, Louisville, KY 40222 or by email to [email protected].

CE Credits/Attendance

This program has been approved for 1.5 CE credits by the Kentucky Psychological Association (KPA). 

Psychologists: 

KPA is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. KPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content. KPA is also an approved sponsor for the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology. 

Social Workers & Art Therapists:
KPA is an approved sponsor for the Kentucky Board of Social Work, the Kentucky Board of Professional Art Therapists. (Provider #1004)

Pastoral Counselors: 
KPA is approved to offer Continuing Education to Pastoral Counselors as stated in 201 KAR 38:070, Section 3(1)(b) as an approved KBEP provider.