Education and Training
Community Training
32nd Annual Healing After Suicide Loss Conferences Recorded Webinars
Aug 11, 2020 - Aug 11, 202132nd Annual Healing After Suicide Loss Conference
Connecting Paths: Foundation and Growth After Suicide Loss
To view this Free Video Conference Recording click on this link:
Suicide in Ohio: Conversations
Dec 20, 2020 - Dec 20, 2021Ohio's Voice for Suicide Prevention have partnered with Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OMHAS), VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and others to create these four-part video series on suicide prevention.
These videos will give a closer look into the mental health crisis and impact it has on our state. We are hoping these personal stories will help raise awareness and prevent future deaths. We will also discuss the effects COVID-19 has had on Ohioans, and ways to get help if you are struggling.
NAMI Peer to Peer
Feb 2, 2021 - Mar 23, 2021
6:00 pm - 8:00 amNAMI Peer-to-Peer is an 8-session educational program for adults living with a mental health condition or mental illness. Each session is a combination of lecture and interactive exercises and closes with mindfulness practices. Each session builds on the previous one, so attending each meeting is strongly encouraged.
What You’ll Gain:
- An advance directive
- A relapse prevention plan to help identify telltale feelings, thoughts, behaviors or events that may warn of impending relapse
- Mindfulness exercises to help focus and calm thinking
- Survival skills for working with providers and the general public
- Up-to-date information about mental illness and mental health
- Learn how to access resources to help with your recovery
Tell Me More About The Course
- Registration is required
- No cost to attend or register
- Meets for two hours weekly for 8 weeks.
- Is led by trained NAMI Program Leaders who are in recovery from a mental health condition
- Follows a structured format in a relaxed and confidential setting.
What Else Does The Course Include?
- Information about the challenges and benefits of medication.
- Discussion about stigma, mental illness as traumatic experiences, and not blaming yourself or others for mental illness.
- Guidance on how to survive a hospital stay.
- Accounts of wisdom and strength, hope and joy.
- And more…
Questions? Call (513) 351-3500
SEE MORE COMMUNITY TRAINING EVENTS
Education Videos and Resources
Dr. Laura Stith, Behavioral Health Division Officer and Chief Clinical Officer for Child Focus explains how to talk to your kids about COVID-19: Ways to Talk and Support Your Kids During COVID-19
"Window of Tolerance" is a term created by Dr. Dan Siegel which demonstrates the window in which an individual responds and functions most efficiently. It is often within this zone that individuals are able to process information and make rational decisions without any signs of difficulty or struggle: Window of Tolerance
Child Focus is committed to preventing child abuse and neglect before it starts through programming and community training: Child Abuse Prevention
Recorded Trainings
Coming soon. Please check back.
Training Room Rentals
Professional, accommodation and affordable conference rooms with AV equipment rental options for any successful meeting, training, or other event.
Kitchenette and restrooms directly across from conference rooms. Location easily accessible right off I-275 in Mt. Carmel with free parking.
Contact: Melanie Palmer, Training Officer at Mpalmer@Child-Focus.Org or (513) 752-1555.
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Suicide Awareness, Education and Response Contact List
We would like to collaborate and partner with any person, agency, business, school, faith community and/or organization to help save lives. Please use the link below to add your contact information to stay informed about these efforts in our community.
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Our Training Team
Melanie Palmer
Training Officer
Melanie Palmer is an Independently Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with Supervisory Status and American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Approved Supervisor. She has worked in the outpatient and school-based programs at Child Focus and has over 25 years of experience working with clients on a variety of issues in many settings. Melanie is a certified instructor for Keeping Children Safe: Child Abuse and Neglect Curriculum for Early Childhood Professionals, Stewards of Children Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program and Youth Mental Health First Aid. She is also a certified instructor for QPR, a Gatekeeper Suicide Prevention Program, QPRT Suicide Risk Assessment and Management program, QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Instructor's Master Trainer and Assessing, Managing Suicide Risk: Core Competencies for Behavioral Health Professionals (AMSR) Trainer, Working Minds Suicide Prevention in the Workplace as well as a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) trainer. Melanie develops and facilitates trainings on a variety of topics including trauma-informed care, suicide education, family relationships, parenting, stress management and self-care, communication, and more. She collaborates and partners with several systems including mental/public health agencies, schools, judicial, law enforcement, business, faith based and other communities in efforts to expand and enhance knowledge to improve the quality of life for all.
Shelley Drummond
Training Center Office Manager
Shelley started at Child Focus in 1991 in accounts receivable and worked in the fiscal department for 10 years. Shelley then left the agency to pursue a career in property insurance and has taken several courses and exams to receive her Certificate of Insurance and an Associate Underwriter Designation. Shelley returned to Child Focus in 2014 as the Training Center Office Manager. Shelley brings her experience of customer service and compassion of community volunteering to Child Focus and is honored to be part of an organization that helps bring hope and healing into our children’s lives.