Half Day Morning Session: 8:30 am to 12:00 pm (Check in begins at 8:00 am)
REGISTER FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND POSTVENTION
Participants will have the opportunity to hear firsthand from Anne Moss Rogers, and work through scenarios and discussions to strengthen their ability to gain insight, tools, and resources to work through one of the most difficult topics those working with students face. This 3.5 hour training will focus in three parts on:
Anne Moss Rogers is an emotionally naked® public speaker, TEDx storyteller, certified suicide prevention trainer, NAMI Virginia board member, and the award-winning author of Diary of a Broken Mind. After her 20-year-old son, Charles died by suicide on June 5, 2015, Anne Moss chronicled her family’s tragedy in a newspaper article that went viral, and her blog, Emotionally Naked, has reached millions. Her second book, Emotionally Naked: A Teacher’s Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk, with co-writer Dr. Kimberly O’Brien was published August 24, 2021, through Wiley Publishing.
She has been featured in the New York Times and was the first non-clinician ever invited to speak on suicide at the National Institute of Mental Health. A UNC-Chapel Hill alumna, Anne Moss currently lives in Richmond, VA with her husband. Her surviving son, Richard, is a filmmaker in LA.
She delivers in-person and virtual professional development training for teachers, inspires young people through speaking at schools and on college campuses, captures hearts and delivers hope at conferences and summits.
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