$208.95 ($199 + GST) - After April 30th

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Coast Hotel | Venue Web Site
526 Mayor Magrath Drive S | Map and directions

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Holiday Inn Red Deer South (Gasoline Alley) | Venue Web Site
37471 Queen Elizabeth II Highway | Map and directions

$198.45 ($189 + GST) - On or before May 11th
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Delta Toronto East | Venue Web Site
2035 Kennedy Road | Map and directions

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Four Points Sheraton | Venue Web Site
1150 Wellington Road South | Map and directions

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Holiday Inn Toronto Airport | Venue Web Site
970 Dixon Road | Map and directions

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Workshop from 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | What to Expect at the Workshop

Hilton Garden Inn Ottawa Airport | Venue Web Site
2400 Alert Road | Map and directions

Shawn Christopher Shea, M.D. is an internationally acclaimed innovator in the fields of suicide prevention, creating resiliency, and clinical interviewing, having given over 850 presentations worldwide. He has been a recipient of an Outstanding Course Award presented by the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Shea is the author of six books and numerous articles including one of the classic texts in the field of suicide prevention, The Practical Art of Suicide Assessment. Dr. Shea is also the author of Psychiatric Interviewing: the Art of Understanding, which was chosen by the Medical Library Association for the Brandon/Hill List as one of the 16 most important books in the field of psychiatry. His works have been translated into a variety of languages including French, Greek, Japanese, and Chinese. His book on creating resiliency in difficult times, Happiness Is was chosen as a Brodart Library Gem, a Bowker's title to watch, and as the Philosophy Book of the Month by the Radical Academy. Dr. Shea is the Director of the Training Institute for Suicide Assessment and Clinical Interviewing (www.suicideassessment.com) and is in private practice.

Suicide assessment and prevention remains one of the most challenging and important of all tasks for health care professionals across all disciplines. As one of the leading innovators in the field, Dr. Shea is the creator of the highly acclaimed strategy for uncovering suicidal ideation and intent – the Chronological Assessment of Suicide Events (the CASE Approach), and he will be both describing the CASE Approach and illustrating by video, his use of it in clinical practice. Dr. Shea will also explore a variety of innovative approaches for treatment planning, risk formulation, documentation, and creating resiliency not only in our clients but in ourselves.

Preventing Suicide by Creating Resiliency in Difficult Times
- A New and Clinically Useful Definition of Happiness
- The Biopsychosocial Model Re-Imagined: Matrix Treatment Planning
- Recognizing Damaging Matrix Effects; Using Healing Matrix Effects
- Uncovering Red Herring Effects to Prevent Suicide

Risk and Protective Factors in Suicide Assessment
- Are They Really of Any Value? If so, How?
- Which Risk and Protective Factors are of Relevance, and Why?
- Uncovering Psychotic Risk Factors
- Better Formulation of Suicide Risk

The Art of Sound Documentation and How It Can Save a Life
- The Seven Golden Principles of Documentation & Therapeutic Implications
- Creating Forensically Sound Records that Keep You Out of Court

Innovative Interviewing Techniques for Uncovering Suicidal Ideation and Other Sensitive Material
- Descriptions and Video Demonstrations of Six Techniques for Improving Validity Including Shame Attenuation, Gentle Assumption, and Denial of the Specific.
- Using these Validity Techniques to Explore Sensitive and Taboo Topics, Such as Incest and Antisocial Behaviours
- Techniques to Uncover Substance Abuse and Violent Ideation

The Delicate Art of Eliciting Suicidal Ideation and Intent – The Chronological Assessment of Suicide Events (CASE Approach)
- Description and Video of How to Use the CASE Approach for Uncovering Suicidal Ideation, Planning, Behaviour, and Intent

- Nurses, Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatric Social Workers and Counsellors, and allied staff who work in mental health, psychiatric, and forensic settings; Managers & Educators
- Staff in adult or juvenile forensic and/or correctional settings