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Palm Beach SEC to host Free Suicide Awareness Seminar featuring Renowned NSU Expert, June 16
NSU is hosting a free suicide awareness seminar on Saturday, Jun. 16 at the Palm Beach Student Educational Center. Scott Poland, Ed.D., associate professor and co-director of NSU’s Suicide and Violence Prevention Office, will present and discuss various aspects of suicide. Attendees will receive a certificate of participation. The free seminar will be held from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the SEC, 11501 North Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens. Continental breakfast will be provided. For additional information or to RSVP, call 561-805-2100 or email nsu-palmbeach@nova.edu. The deadline to RSVP is Friday, Jun. 8.
Topics to be addressed include:
• Bullying and suicide prevention
• Techniques on identifying at-risk individuals
• The psychological impact of suicide on family, friends, and the community
• Coping with the aftermath of suicide
• Review of counseling options
• NSU’s psychological services available to the community.
Suicide can be traced to unrecognized, untreated, or poorly treated mental illness. It can happen to people of any gender, race, ethnicity or economic status. Awareness and knowledge of warning signs in order to help people in need to access the appropriate resources are crucial in the attempt to prevent suicide and violence.
Poland is a nationally recognized expert on school crisis, youth violence, suicide intervention, self injury, school safety, threat assessment, parenting and the delivery of psychological services in schools. A faculty member at NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies, he has lectured and written extensively on these subjects, appeared on all major television network news programs, and has presented at more that 1,000 workshops in every state and numerous foreign countries.