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    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:03:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Knowing the Risk: Suicide Prevention and Assessment (October 24, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000FF"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Knowing the Risk:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000FF" style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Suicide&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Prevention and Assessment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3 style="line-height: 14px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#0000FF" style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Saturday, October 24th from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

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&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia"&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Presented by: Erin Chamberlain, MS, LCMHC&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" face="Georgia" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About this Event:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" face="Georgia" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Learn to identify at-risk populations here in New Hampshire with the most up-to-date data available, and how to conduct a caring, supportive, culturally competent suicide risk assessment. In this training, we will explore the role of social media in suicide risk assessment, examine the current landscape of available resources in the state, and discuss what makes a good (or bad!) safety plan.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" face="Georgia" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Training Objectives:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" face="Georgia" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;After this training, participants will be able to:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia"&gt;Identify suicide risk factors&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia"&gt;Identify at-risk populations and groups in New Hampshire and nationally&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia"&gt;Understand how to conduct a supportive, culturally competent suicide risk assessment&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NBCC: NHMHCA is approved in NH as a Category A Continuing Education Provider for all licensees under the NH Board of Mental Health. ACEP No. 2067.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://www.nhmhca.org/event-6841517</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Determining Ideal Clients: Evaluating Referral Needs and Competency in Clinical Settings (November 17, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h1 style="line-height: 23px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Determining Ideal Clients: Evaluating Referral Needs and Competency in Clinical Settings&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;h3 style="line-height: 14px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000FF" face="Georgia"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tuesday, November 17th from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM EST&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 14px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B"&gt;3 credit hours&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1F272B" face="Georgia" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Presented by: Scot Wilson, LCMHC, LMHC, LPC, LCPC, ACS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" face="Georgia" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About this Event:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This training will identify the means clinicians can determine if the services provided are within their scope of practice, and how to refer potential or current clients to other practitioners or higher levels of care.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"&gt;Training Objectives:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#212121" face="Georgia" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;After this training, participants will be able to:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;1.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 9px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Clinicians will be able to determine what factors would lead to a referral outside of personal practice&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;2.&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Clinicians will be able to name two tools which can help determine the level of care needed&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;3.&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Clinicians will be able to identify the way current environments may inhibit choices for care&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri, sans-serif"&gt;4.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Calibri, sans-serif"&gt;Clinicians will be able to construct a process, based on environment, that is used to consider care in their individual practice settings&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NBCC: NHMHCA is approved in NH as a Category A Continuing Education Provider for all licensees under the NH Board of Mental Health. ACEP No. 2067. All registrants are required to attend the FULL training. No reimbursements or partial credits will be offered. If the training is via Zoom, all registrants are required to keep their camera on for the duration of the training. If the event is in person, all registrants must check in at the start of the day.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.nhmhca.org/event-6879949</link>
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