Our Mission:
The New Mexico Suicide Prevention Coalition is devoted to suicide
prevention, intervention and postvention; and provides education,
support and advocacy to reduce the suicide rate in New Mexico.
Please join us in our work for suicide prevention in New Mexico. Membership, donations of time and/or money, your thoughts and ideas are all appreciated.
Joan Murphy, Chair
NMSPC
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Dear Coalition Members,
It seems that every time we turn around, our partners at the Office of School and Adolescent Health/DOH, are coming up with another way to raise awareness and help our professionals and community members take action against suicide.
This time they are bringing Dr. Scott Poland (see bio below) to New Mexico during National Suicide Prevention week, which is September 7th through 13th this year. He will be here for two full days, September 8th and 9th, and everyone should try to take advantage of his free presentations taking place in Albuquerque.
There is a reception for Scott on Tuesday evening, the 9th, that the Coalition is hosting. This will be a great opportunity to hear Scott Poland, but better yet, to speak with him and all the others from Albuquerque and surrounding communities who are interested in suicide prevention. Our schools, businesses, and helping agencies will all be there ready to network and share information to move suicide prevention forward in New Mexico. Please come! See more information on our website to see what we've got in store to lure you to come!
Registration for all events is free, but in order to plan for the number coming, pretty please register on-line. It's safe and easy. Just click here. This will take you to our website where you can register quickly and also check out what our website has to offer. Please remember that we are always interested in what you think we can add to make it better.
Hope to see you!
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HINT: The incredible door prizes to be given away at the reception on the 9th will make it even more worth your while! (The Hyatt Regency Albuquerque and Hyatt Regency Tamaya are a few of the door prize donors, so you'll want to be there!)
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About Dr. Scott Poland
When Scott Poland presents, he draws a large audience. He's an interesting speaker with an amazing amount of knowledge and experience. We hope you'll be able to join us for one or more of his presentations scheduled for Prevention Week.
Dr. Poland is on the Psychology
Faculty and is the Crisis Coordinator for NOVA Southeastern University in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida and was previously the President of the National
Association of School Psychologists.
A nationally recognized expert on school crisis, youth violence and
suicide inter-vention, he has lectured and written extensively
on the subject, has conducted approximately 900 media interviews, has
appeared on all major television network news programs, and has been
quoted in a number of publications including Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post.
Dr. Poland has also presented over 1000 workshops in
every state and numerous foreign countries on crisis intervention and
related subjects to an estimated 200,000 people.
He is
currently the Chair of the National Emergency Assistance Team for the
National Association of School Psychologists and serves as the Prevention
Division Director for the American Association of Suicidology.
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