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The agenda for upcoming meetings will be posted on this page prior to the meeting.

Meetings of the Suicide Prevention Advisory Committee (SPAC) are held at the Department of Mental Health, Conference Room A, 1706 E. Elm Street, Jefferson City, MO, unless otherwise stated. Conference call meetings originate from the same location. For additional information call (573) 526-3065.

AGENDA

September 22, 2009 Tuesday

10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

10:00 a.m.       General Business

• Call to Order
• Roll Call, Introductions and Membership
• Welcome new member – Shelly Moore, Dept of Corrections
• Resignation of Dr. Susan Calloway
• Appointments to Committee
• Review of Minutes
• Biannual Report to be sent to public officials
• Use of SPAC as an endorsement

10:40 a.m.       Youth Suicide Prevention Grant Updates: Scott Perkins & Elise Hammond

• Post - Review of Suicide Prevention annual conference
• Grant awards
• Second Chance Assemblies presentation update
• Suicide Presentations since last meeting
• Professional Registration
• Suicide Prevention Awareness events
• Webinar available today at 2:30 p.m. on Myths & Facts regarding Youth Suicide
• Members are invited to stay for the webinar
• Other business

11:15 a.m.       Updates from Rita McElhany

• Media Award
• Stigma Spotters program

11:30 a.m.       Lunch Break

Lunch will be catered for Committee Members.  Guests and visitors are welcomed to eat with the Committee, however they will need to pay for their own meal or make other arrangements.  Please contact Renee Anderson at 573-526-3065 or by email at Renee.Anderson@dmh.mo.gov.  Those attending by videoconference are not eligible for meal or mileage reimbursement.

12:30 p.m.      MIMH Updates:  Ginny Weil and Liz Sale

• GLAD – PCT Toolkit
• US Adolescent Depression Primary Care I & II
• Gun Access update

1:00 p.m.        Call for Proposals: Joellyn Becker

• Pathways Call for Proposals
• “Examiner” Articles

1:10 p.m.        Developing Recommendations to State Agencies on Youth Suicide

                        Prevention: Sheri Williams

• Violence Related data
• Self-Injury data
• Youth Suicide Trends
• Final SHS 2009 End of the Year Report

1:50 p.m.        Public Forum – Comments from Visitors

2:00 p.m.        Wrap-up and Other Business

2: 15 p.m.       Adjournment

2:30 p.m.        Webinar: Myths and Facts regarding Youth Suicide

Internationally regarded expert in youth suicide David A. Jobes, Ph.D., ABPP will deliver a special webinar and online chat. The webinar, “Myths and Facts: Suicide in Adolescents,” is sponsored by the Wyoming Dept. of Health under its Well Aware™ Wyoming program, brought to Wyoming stakeholders with federal funding under the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act. Well Aware is a program of the PDV Foundation.

The Department now has free internet access within portions of the building.