The early bird tickets end 13/9/19
Australia’s only national youth suicide prevention-focused summit, this event focuses on evidence-based multi-stakeholder approaches to youth mental health. You will be connecting with a diverse range of workers throughout the country to tackle this important issue to learn from one another and further develop a national approach to youth suicide prevention together.
At this event we will cover:
- Latest developments in evidence-based suicide prevention
- Strong case examples of multi-stakeholder approaches to suicide prevention
- Improving coordinated responses to suicide crisis at postvention stage
- Policy & public health led approaches to youth suicide prevention
- Youth mental health promotion & early intervention in schools & education institutions
- Empowering Aboriginal-led approaches to suicide prevention in Indigenous communities
The summit will also allow you to hear from some key speakers including:
- Professor Ella Arensman, Chief Scientist, National Suicide Research Foundation (Ireland)
- Warwick Smith, Director, Youth Mental Health (NMHS), Department of Health WA
- Dr Peggy Brown, Senior Clinical Advisor, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
- David Wild, National Clinical Advisor – Be You, headspace
- + many more
In addition to the summit, you have an opportunity to attend interactive workshops, maximising your time out of the office:
- Workshop A: Mental health first aid for the suicidal person
- Workshop B: safeTALK: Suicide alertness for everyone
- Workshop C: Aboriginal cultural safety training with VACCH
- Australian Youth Suicide Prevention Summit