This webinar is offered regularly by Calgary Counselling Centre. Stay tuned for upcoming registration dates for professionals interested in attending this course.
If you are interested in this course for your organization or work team, please contact student.program@calgarycounselling.com.
This live webinar provides an overview of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), a growing clinical and public health concern. The course discusses the functions and underlying neurobiological mechanisms and identifies the related risk factors and signs. It provides practical guidance to risk assessment and immediate risk management for service providers in a community-based setting. The webinar is interactive: participants will have designated time to ask questions and initiate discussions.
Target audience: Social workers and Clinical psychologists
Content level: Beginning
Credit: 1 continuing education credit
This is recognized as one ACSW Category A continuing education credit in Alberta, Canada.
About the instructor
Sarah Rosenfeld, MSW, RSW is a Registered Social Worker with a Bachelor of Social Work from McGill University and a Master of Social Work (Clinical Specialization) from the University of Calgary. She has over twenty years’ experience working in mental health, child protection, and health care settings. Sarah has held numerous counselling and leadership positions in the not-for-profit sector. Currently, she is the Associate Director of Counselling at Calgary Counselling Centre. Sarah regularly provides accredited courses to helping professionals, and customized workshops to organizations.
Learning objectives
After attending this course, participants will be able to:
Define non-suicidal self-injury and list its most common forms.
Explain the functions of self-harm.
Identify the risk factors and signs that would make you think that the client may self-harm.
Compare and contrast suicidal and non-suicidal self-harm.
Apply appropriate risk assessment and risk management strategies and techniques in their practice.
Course outline
Functions of NSSI – Why do people self-harm?
Risk factors and signs – Who self-harms? When to think of it?
Risk assessment – Who is at risk of serious injury/suicide?
Immediate risk management – What to do?
Registered participants will receive a course handout by e-mail at least 24 hours before the course date.
Course interaction
This live webinar is fully interactive. Attendees may ask questions throughout the presentation and there is a dedicated 15-minute Questions and Discussion session at the end of the webinar.
System requirements
Operating systems: Windows 10 or higher, MacOS 10.12 or higher, Android 7.0 or higher
Internet browser: Microsoft Edge (modern), Google Chrome 89.0 or higher, Firefox 87.0 or higher
Broadband internet connection: Cable, high-speed DSL & any other high-speed medium that is internet accessible.
Registration
Registration Fee: $25
(Additional charge for CE certificate)
This course is free of charge (including CE credit) for Calgary Counselling Centre staff, interns, and residents.
Stay tuned for upcoming registration dates.
Cancellations are allowed up to the day before the course. To cancel your registration, please e-mail student.program@calgarycounselling.com.
Course completion & CE information
Course completion requirements: To earn CE credit, participants must attend the whole webinar and complete an online anonymous course evaluation. Web links to the online evaluation form will be distributed by e-mail, and the completed evaluation must be submitted online within 7 days. No partial credit is allowed.
Certificates of credit will be emailed within 10 business days of course completion and evaluation.
Calgary Counselling Centre, provider # 1758, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period:11/19/2021–11/19/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 1 general continuing education credit.
If you have any questions, please email student.program@calgarycounselling.com.