ConQueR Suicide Awareness and Intervention Program
The ConQueR© Program is a suicide awareness and intervention program specifically geared towards law enforcement officers. The 4-hour presentation includes dyadic and practice. The ConQueR© Program examines suicide by the numbers, dispels myths, identifies early indicators, teaches basic listening skills used to connect with the suicidal person, instructs how to ask directly about suicide and explores methods of intervention. The program is designed to improve "suicide self-efficacy" and make law enforcement officers more ready, willing and able to engage with their suicidal partner/coworker.
Instructor: Dr. Stephen Wakschal, PHD
Dr. Wakschal holds a master’s degree in forensic psychology, as well as a master's degrees in education and philosophy. Dr. Wakschal completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Columbia University. He has spent much of his 40+ year career providing suicide prevention training to various agencies and specializes in suicide risk assessment/treatment planning in his private practice. Additionally, he has over 17 years of program development and dissemination on various behavioral/mental health topics for numerous law enforcement agencies. Dr. Wakschal is a NYS Trooper PBA Surgeon and a Certified Grief Counseling Specialist.
Location: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Police Training Institute located in the Emergency Services Training Academy (ESTA) 402 Roycefield Road, Hillsborough, NJ 08844
Date: Friday, February 28, 2025
Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Cost: No Fee
Please contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Police Training Institute (scpti@co.somerset.nj.us) with any questions or concerns. |