2018 Higher Education Forum

Montgomery McCracken’s Higher Education group is hosting its annual Higher Education Forum on Friday, October 26, 2018 from 8:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. This year’s keynote topic will be Suicide and Campus Mental Health.

• 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. – Registration and Breakfast
• 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Program, Lunch and Ethics Hour

To view the full agenda, click here.

• Suicide and Mental Health on Campus and Beyond
  • Suicide rising in US; depression key issue
  • Preventing suicide: Teen deaths are on the rise, but we know how to fight back
  • ‘Your world stops.’ Whitewater School District ramps up suicide prevention
  • Vital Signs: The Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale
  • When a Community Comes Together, There is Hope
  • What the State Supreme Court Decision about a Suicide at MIT Means
  • Hope for Today: Understanding and Preventing Tragedies
  • His Body Was Behind the Wheel for a Week Before It Was Discovered. This Was His  Life.
  • Anthony Bourdain, Kate Spade, and the Preventable Tragedies of Suicide
  • ‘Sometimes I wish I could die’: CMS suicide screenings have tripled in 5 years
  • Curbing a county crisis
  • Strides in Suicide Prevention
  • Empowering Schools, Campuses & Communities to Prevent Suicide & Violence
    • Part 1
    • Part 2
    • Part 3
  • The Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale
    • Part 1
    • Part 2
  • Video Links
    • Chris Cuomo on the Columbia Protocol 
    • Chris Cuomo CSSRS on Anderson Cooper

• Mental Health Services on Campus 
  • Excerpts from National College Health Assessment
  • Feeling Suicidal, Students Turned to Their College. They Were Told to Go Home
  • When There Is a Mental Health Crisis in Your Dorm
  • CPS is here for you – in three weeks
  • Reach out to us, Columbia
  • HIPPA 45 CFR 164.512, FERPA 34 CFR 99.30, Section 504 and The ADA
  • Joint Guidance on FERPA and HIPAA

• Title IX – What’s up now?
  • Presentation

• Ethics Hour
  • Legal Ethics and Internal Investigations: Two Topical Issues

Credits:

CLE (3 Substantive Credits, 1 Ethics Credit) | PA & NJ

CPE | PA

If you have any topics you would like to see covered this year, please contact John Myers or Cathy Gillespie.

For more information or to register for the event, please contact Emilie Klenk at events@mmwr.com