Date of Next Meeting: November 15, 2019 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Lunch will be served from 12:00 - 12:30 pm Speaker begins at 12:30 pm
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Note: This meeting is intended for social workers only and is not open to all professions. Please only RSVP if you are a Licensed Social Worker, or are currently a social work student.
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November Meeting Location
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Parmer Woods at North Austin
Address: 12429 Scofield Farms, Austin, TX 78758 Website: www.pegasusseniorliving.com Phone: (512) 955-5170 Parking Instructions: There is some parking available in their lot as along Scofield Farms. About Parmer Woods: Parmer Woods at North Austin is serving the greatest generation, and we never take that for granted. We offer assisted living and memory care services with a Texas-sized level of attention and passion for seniors. |
November Speaker and Topic
Overview of the Texas State Suicide Prevention Program
Laura Gold, LCSW-S
Laura is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 20 years working on the community, county and state level in Texas. Her work has strived to improve the mental health of communities. Currently, she oversees the State of Texas Suicide Care Initiative. This is an effort to reduce suicides by enhancing suicide safer care practices and services within Texas’ thirty-nine community mental health centers. She has extensive experience writing and administering federal grants to support mental health services. She has made many local media appearances to discuss suicide prevention and trauma-informed care after critical incidents. She co-authored “How to Spot a Mental Health Crisis” for the Association of Texas Professional Educators and co-presented a MHFA webinar for CSWE's Learning Academy Homelessness in Social Work Education. She has presented on suicide prevention at many state-level conferences.
Laura Gold, LCSW-S
Laura is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 20 years working on the community, county and state level in Texas. Her work has strived to improve the mental health of communities. Currently, she oversees the State of Texas Suicide Care Initiative. This is an effort to reduce suicides by enhancing suicide safer care practices and services within Texas’ thirty-nine community mental health centers. She has extensive experience writing and administering federal grants to support mental health services. She has made many local media appearances to discuss suicide prevention and trauma-informed care after critical incidents. She co-authored “How to Spot a Mental Health Crisis” for the Association of Texas Professional Educators and co-presented a MHFA webinar for CSWE's Learning Academy Homelessness in Social Work Education. She has presented on suicide prevention at many state-level conferences.