TISA ANNOUNCEMENTS and
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS for 2010

TISA Website Celebrates its Tenth Year!
Upcoming Venues for 2010
Announcements

Brand New: CASE Certification and Experiential Training in the CASE Approach

2009 was a great year for us here at TISA with workshops and trainings throughout North America, including numerous presentations at VA centers. The keynote on suicide prevention and the creation of hope, based upon my book on finding resiliency in difficult times, "Happiness Is." has become one of my most popular venues and is truly fun to give. I am also particularly excited by the recent expansions to our training offerings. In addition to our full-day workshop on suicide assessment, treatment planning, and building resiliency, "Unlocking Suicidal Secrets: New Ideas on Old Problems in Suicide Prevention", we are now offering a brand new full-day experiential course on the Chronological Assessment of Suicide Events (CASE Approach) which combines principles of microtraining and macrotraining role-playing to bring groups of clinicians to a remarkable level of clinical skill in applying the CASE Approach. Intense, yet great fun. Each participant is involved in nearly twenty role-plays related solely to learning the nuances of the CASE Approach.

In addition we have trained our first set of TISA macrotrainers, who will be able to provide certification in the CASE Approach to individual supervisors and clinicians. The TISA trainers employ macrotraining to create a unique, remarkably practical and intense 3-4 hour training session. The session is individualized with one trainee and one TISA trainer to maximize learning. Participants learn the true ins and outs of effectively using the CASE Approach to uncover suicidal ideation, planning and intent.

By the way, I am looking for new trainers. If you have an interest in potentially becoming a TISA macrotrainer (must have a masters degree, several years of clinical experience post-graduation and love role-playing) please contact me.

Training Physicians, Nurses, Medical Students and Nursing Students in Effective Ways for Collaborating with Patients About Their Medications: the Medication Interest Model (MIM)

Finally, and certainly not least in importance, I am very excited about the continued response to the Medication Interest Model (MIM) as described in the book, "Improving Medication Adherence: How to Talk with Patients About Their Medications.". I had the pleasure of making a twelve-city tour presenting on the MIM to primary care clinicians, that touched down on cities as diverse as San Francisco, Detroit, and New Orleans. I learned a lot at each site and received great interviewing tips from clinicians at every venue, that have helped to keep our collection of MIM interviewing tips growing. Thanks to everyone for the clinical interviewing tips. I should add that we were very grateful, and feel quite lucky, that "Improving Medication Adherence: How to Talk with Patients About Their Medications" was chosen by Doody's for their "Core Titles List" of the most important books for medical and nursing libraries in 2009. Our selection was a most pleasant surprise.

Thanks again to everyone,
Shawn Christopher Shea, M.D.
Director, TISA

UPCOMING VENUES FOR DR. SHEA

Below are a few announcements of upcoming events around the country. These workshops will be open to mental health professionals, substance abuse counselors, and school counselors, being sponsored by various unrelated agencies. In each case we have provided the contact information through which you could register for the programs, and if a website is available with the sponsoring agent, a link has been provided for you. If you would like to invite Dr. Shea to provide a workshop, keynote or full-day set of workshops for a local association or institute, please contact TISA through any of the e-mail buttons provided on this website.

1. Regional Training - State of New York Office of Mental Health
Title of Workshop Series: Unlocking Suicidal Secrets: New Thoughts on Old Problems in Suicide Prevention
Format: Full Day of Workshops
Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Location: Ogdensburg, New York
Sponsor: State of New York Office of Mental Health
Contact for Information and Registration: www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/suicide_prevention/regional_events/cny
Phone: (800) 597-8481

2. Regional Training - State of New York Office of Mental Health
Title of Workshop Series: Unlocking Suicidal Secrets: New Thoughts on Old Problems in Suicide Prevention
Format: Full Day of Workshops
Date: Monday, March 15, 2010
Location: Bronx, New York
Sponsor: State of New York Office of Mental Health
Contact for Information and Registration: www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/suicide_prevention/regional_events/cny
Phone: (800) 597-8481

3. Regional Training - State of New York Office of Mental Health
Title of Workshop Series: Unlocking Suicidal Secrets: New Thoughts on Old Problems in Suicide Prevention
Format: Full Day of Workshops
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Location: Buffalo, New York
Sponsor: State of New York Office of Mental Health
Contact for Information and Registration: www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/suicide_prevention/regional_events/cny
Phone: (800) 597-8481

4. 39th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS)
Title of Workshop: The Delicate Art of Eliciting Suicidal Ideation
Format: Half Day Workshop
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Location: Orlando, Florida
Sponsor: American Association of Suicidology
Contact for Information and Registration: American Association of Suicidology
Phone: (202) 237-2280
Website: www.suicidology.org/web/guest/education-and-training/annual-conference

5. Keynote Speaker - Simmons School of Social Work Alumni and Professional Development Day
Title of Keynote: The Mysteries of the Human Matrix: The Quest for Resilient Happiness in the Prevention of Suicide
Format: Keynote is one hour and 15 minutes
Date: Saturday, May 8, 2010
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Sponsor: Simmons School of Social Work
Contact for Information and Registration: Office of Alumni Relations & Annual Giving
Telephone: (800) 831-4284

6. Regional Training - Grand Wayne Center - Ft. Wayne, IN
Title of Workshop Series: Transforming Challenging Clinical Gremlins: Reaching the People Behind the Diagnosis
Format: Full Day of Workshops
Date: Friday, May 14, 2010
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Sponsor: Park Center,Inc
Contact for Information and Registration: www.parkcenter.org/workshops.htm
Telephone: Fran Howard, Workshop Registrar (260) 482-9125, ext. 2019

7. Regional Training - San Francisco, California
Title of Workshop Series: Unlocking Suicidal Secrets: New Thoughts on Old Problems in Suicide Prevention
Format: Full Day of Workshops
Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Location: San Francisco, California
Sponsor: Contra Costa Crisis Center

8. Regional Training - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Title of Workshop Series: Unlocking Suicidal Secrets: New Thoughts on Old Problems in Suicide Prevention
Format: Full Day of Workshops
Date: Friday, September 24, 2010
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sponsor: Aurora Health Care

9. Regional Training - Rochester, New York
Title of Workshop Series: Unlocking Suicidal Secrets: New Thoughts on Old Problems in Suicide Prevention
Format: Full Day of Workshops
Date: Friday, October 22, 2010
Location: Rochester, New York
Sponsor: Unity Health Center