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DHS Provider Q&A
Second Tuesday of each month, 11:30a–12:30p
Online: Zoom
Listen in as DHS leadership share important information with providers and respond to your questions live. Agenda includes updates in policy, practice and procurement and an opportunity for providers to share their feedback. Recordings of past meetings are available here.
Safe and Effective Messaging for Suicide Prevention
Anytime
Free Online Training
Watch the recording of Safe and Effective Messaging for Suicide Prevention here.
As a follow up to the release of the Utah Suicide Prevention State Plan for 2022–2026, the Utah Suicide Prevention Coalition is hosting quarterly free virtual webinars and live Q&A on suicide in Utah, and how the plan and data are used in prevention efforts.The most recently recorded webinar covered:
- Why safe messaging is crucial in suicide prevention
- Best practices for images and language to reduce stigma, inspire positive action, and increase hope in your audience
- Resources available to support safe messaging for social media, news reporting, stories of recovery, data communications, public health messaging, and communications
Learn more about the plan and view our three previous webinars here.
Trauma Informed Approach Training
Anytime
Free Online Training
The Utah State Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health has a free webinar on the Trauma-Informed Approach along with other resources on trauma which are available to the public. Locate the Trauma Informed Approach Training on their website.
Stereotypes & Bias
Monday, 4/18, 5/23, or 6/20 at 1:00 p
Virtual, one-hour webinar
Stereotypes & Bias: An in depth perspective of how our stereotypes, prejudices, and bias dictate how we see and interact with others. Taught by Daniel Dukes from the Office of Health Disparities from the Utah Department of Health. To register, email ddukes@utah.gov.
Introduction to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, & Accessibility
Wednesday, 4/27, 6/1, or 6/29 at 2:30 p
Virtual, one-hour webinar
Intro to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, & Accessibility: A broad approach to better understand EDIA and how this knowledge improves cultural competency and communication with organizations and communities. Taught by Daniel Dukes from the Office of Health Disparities from the Utah Department of Health. To register, email ddukes@utah.gov.
Intersectionality
Friday, 5/6 or 6/10 at 10:00 a
Virtual, one-hour webinar
Intersectionality (Understanding multiple social identities) : Focusing on the complex, cumulative way in which the effects of multiple forms of discrimination (such as racism, sexism, and classism) combine, overlap, or intersect especially in the experiences of marginalized individuals or groups. Taught by Daniel Dukes from the Office of Health Disparities from the Utah Department of Health. To register, email ddukes@utah.gov.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
DISABILITY SERVICES
PARTNER EVENTS / RESOURCES
(not sponsored by DHS)
Promising Youth Conference
Thursday, May 12 & Friday, May 13, 8:30a-4:30p
In-person, Snowbird Utah
Founded in 1980, the Annual Conference of Agencies and Organizations Serving Promising (formerly Troubled) Youth has always been, as the name indicates, an interagency and multidisciplinary meeting of professionals from education, the juvenile court, human services, juvenile justice, and public/private treatment resources who all deal with children and youth, at-risk and under-resourced, who are experiencing educational, legal, behavioral, and/or mental health challenges. Register
Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM-Utah)
Free one-hour online course / Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Teaches you how to have effective and sensitive conversations with at-risk patients regarding their access to firearms and other highly fatal methods.