See EDC's Barb Gay present at the AABH 56th Annual Training Conference in Austin, TX April 22nd-24th, 2025.
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Zero Suicide Associate Director Barb Gay will present on the Zero Suicide framework at the Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare (AABH) conference.
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Book with Barb Gay
From Vision to Action: Implementing Zero Suicide
Tuesday, April 22nd at 2:45-4:00pm
Barb will lead a presentation to better equip participants to implement Zero Suicide in their organizations by highlighting tools, interventions, and best practices that can be used to reduce or close patient care gaps.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will be able to articulate the core principles of Zero Suicide, including its commitment to suicide prevention and care as a systemic responsibility within healthcare organizations
- Participants will learn practical steps for implementing Zero Suicide within their healthcare settings, including how to integrate the model into existing workflows and patient care protocols.
- Participants will identify and develop strategies to implement innovative system-level change to improve suicide care in their health system
Resources
Videos: Aspire to Zero, Voices of Zero Suicide, Seven Elements of Zero Suicide
Zero Suicide Toolkit: The Zero Suicide framework operationalizes the core components necessary for health care systems to transform suicide care into seven elements. The Toolkit uses research, tools, and videos to walk implementers through putting the Zero Suicide model into practice.
Zero Suicide Outcome Stories: Systems describe their experience in implementing and measuring Zero Suicide approaches.
Zero Suicide Journey Stories: Seven healthcare systems share insights, successes, and lessons learned from a collaborative effort to improve suicide care.
Suicide Care Insights: Stories and tips from Zero Suicide implementers.
Zero Suicide Readiness: Resources and recommendations for helping your healthcare organization get ready for Zero Suicide implementation
Film: After Your Child's Suicide Attempt
EDC Services
EDC offers training and consultation support for systems implementing Zero Suicide. Applications are open for opportunities to join our signature National Zero Suicide Academy training online.
- National Zero Suicide Academy for CCBHCs | Register by July 7, 2025
- National Zero Suicide Academy | Register by January 3, 2026
- AMSR-SUD Training & Training of Trainers | Register by June 9th
- AMSR-Inpatient Training & Training of Trainers | Register by August 26th
Barb Gay is a highly experienced program leader and technical assistance provider who specializes in behavioral health and crisis care administration, suicide prevention system building, substance misuse prevention, social services, strategic planning, financial management, and staff development.