Suicide Prevention Learning Opportunities

Mental Health Awareness Month Webinar: Integrating Indigenous Worldviews into Clinical Practice: The Sweetgrass Method

The Sweetgrass Method Training is an immersive, culturally anchored professional development program designed to equip clinicians and educators with the competencies needed to deliver truly responsive care and support for American Indian, Alaska Native, and First Nations communities. Participants will gain practical strategies for integrating Indigenous-informed frameworks into assessment, intervention, and classroom settings, ensuring that services are not only clinically effective but also culturally safe and ethically grounded.

Presenter: Dr. Mark Standing Eagle Baez, Ph.D., LSP, LADC, CCBT, MS/MA, Bemidji State University

Date and time: Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 10:30 a.m. - noon CST

Registration: Integrating Indigenous Worldviews into Clinical Practice: The Sweetgrass Method

Facilitator training: Changing the Narrative

Changing the Narrative on Mental Health and Suicide is an interactive conversation that empowers participants to change perceptions of mental health towards hope and resilience. At this facilitator training, participants will be prepared to facilitate the full suite of Changing the Narrative on Mental Health and Suicide presentations including Changing the Narrative for Youth and Adults, The Mental Health Continuum, The Eight Dimensions of Wellness, and The Role of Natural Helpers. Trained facilitators are asked to complete a minimum of two training courses from the suite per year to maintain their trainer status.

• Day 1: Participate in and practice the primary Changing the Narrative presentation.
• Day 2: Learn the supporting presentations in the training suite and review trainer supports and expectations.

Light refreshments and snacks will be provided. Lunch will be on your own. Participants must attend both days to become certified facilitators. Space is limited to 15 participants.

Dates and time: Thursday, May 28 and Friday, May 29, 2026, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. both days

Location: St. Cloud, MN

Registration: Changing the Narrative Facilitator Training Registration

For more information or questions, please contact health.suicideprev.mdh@state.mn.us

Online Course: Suicide and Intimate Partner Violence: Screening and Safety Planning With Adults

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) developed this self-paced, two-hour course for clinicians seeking to increase their clinical knowledge and confidence in conducting screening and safety planning with clients at risk of both IPV and suicide. The course presents tools and strategies for screening and safety planning and provides scenarios and example clinical scripts to demonstrate ways to introduce these tools and discuss them with clients in practice. The course also includes tips on supporting the therapeutic alliance between a clinician and client in this context. Certificate of Completion Available, 1 Hour CE Available.

• Registration: Suicide and Intimate Partner Violence: Screening and Safety Planning With Adults
  
  For questions about these learning opportunities, reach out to health.suicideprev.mdh@state.mn.us.