Saving a Life: Youth Suicide Prevention Virtual Summit

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Virtual Summit Agenda

Speakers

Jennifer Leydecker, MS, LMFT

Clinical Program Manager, RISE Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program, Children’s Health Council

Jennifer Leydecker, MS, LMFT is the Clinical Program Manager for the RISE Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program at Children’s Health Council, a partnership program with Stanford Children’s Health, working daily to support adolescents and their families navigate the difficult path following a crisis. Jennifer is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, providing full model DBT in an IOP setting for complex, multi-diagnostic adolescents. As a founding member of the RISE IOP Team, she has supported approximately 300 families in post-crisis stabilization and developing a life worth living.  In addition to providing clinical care, Jennifer oversees the DBT-Linehan Board Certification process for the RISE staff and program, integration of measurement informed care for quality improvement, and also co-leads the RISE DBT Training program for capstone psychiatry fellows, and masters and doctoral level clinicians in training, supporting new clinicians in effectively using DBT in their clinical practice and working with high risk youth.

Lisa Morgan, LCSW-CC, M.Ed.

CAS Founder, Lisa Morgan Consulting LLC Certified Autism Specialist Co-Chair, Autism and Suicide Committee, American Association of Suicidology

Lisa Morgan is a trauma-informed consultant specializing in crisis supports and suicide prevention for autistic people. Lisa is founder and co-chair of the Autism and Suicide Prevention Workgroup and has led the development of several autism specific resources for communicating and supporting autistic people in crisis.  A self-advocate with a passion for strengths-based solutions, Lisa has authored several books, articles, and resources all available on her website: www.autismcrisissupport.com. She is a community council member of AASET (Autistic Adults and other Stakeholders Engaged Together). Lisa has a master’s degree in Social work and in the Art of Teaching, is a Certified Autism Specialist, a research consultant, and owner of Lisa Morgan Consulting LLC.

Peggy Rajski

Special Advisor to the CEO at The Trevor Project, Philanthropic Leader, Oscar-winning Filmmaker-Entrepreneur, and LGBTQ+ Ally Activist

Peggy Rajski (she/her) is an Oscar-winning filmmaker, educator, and passionate LGBTQ+ ally. A longtime feature film producer, she made her directorial debut with Trevor (1994), a poignant comedy about a teen who, after being outed at school, struggles with thoughts of suicide. Winning the Oscar for Best Live Action Short opened the door to something bigger—founding The Trevor Project in 1998 to ensure LGBTQ+ young people in crisis had somewhere to turn. Today, it’s the world’s leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ youth in the U.S. and Mexico.

Rajski has served on TTP’s Board since day one and recently served as Interim CEO. She remains deeply committed to its mission, working to ensure young people have the support and resources to navigate crises, build resilience, and envision a brighter future. Beyond activism, she’s produced multiple award-winning feature films, overseen NYU’s Graduate Film producing program, advanced the LMU School of Film & TV while Dean, and continues to champion emerging storytellers, believing in the power of film and media to inspire change.

Petra Steinbüchel, MD, FAAP

Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Director, California Child & Adolescent Mental Health Access Portal, Cal-MAP

Dr. Petra Steinbuchel is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the California Child and Adolescent Mental Health Access Portal (Cal-MAP), a Child Youth Behavioral Health Initiative CalHOPE program powered by UCSF that is aimed at increasing access to timely, culturally responsive and evidence-based mental health care within lower-stigma primary care settings.

She has held key leadership and teaching positions at UCSF and has led efforts to implement expanded access of evidence-based interventions to diverse and vulnerable populations, including developing collaborative partnerships between behavioral health and pediatric primary care providers in medical inpatient, outpatient and school-based settings.

Renee Wachtel, MD, FAAP

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF, AAPCA1 Chair of the Committee of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics and the School Health Committee

Dr. Wachtel is a Developmental-Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Pediatrician. She is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF School of Medicine and is on the Medical Staff of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. Dr. Wachtel is one of the founding members of the Bay Area Autism Consortium (the BAAC) and is a Board Member. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is on the Board and chairs the California Chapter 1 American Academy of Pediatrics Committees on Development and Behavior and School Health. She also chairs the Community Health Committee for the Alameda and Contra Costa Medical Association (ACCMA) and is a member of the ACCMA Council. She was a member of the State of California Autism Task Force, and has served as an autism expert consultant for the California Health Policy Center and the US Department of Defense autism grant review program.

Suzanne Rybczynski, MD

Chief Medical Officer & Vice President for Medical Programs, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Interim Chair & Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Dr. Suzanne Rybczynski is the Chief Medical Officer and Vice-President for Medical Programs at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee.  She is the Interim Chair and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville. She is a graduate of University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and the University of Mississippi School of Medicine.  She completed her pediatrics training at the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine in Dallas, Texas.  Following completion of her training, Dr. Rybczynski has worked as a general pediatrician in Australia, New York, and in Maryland.  Prior to her position in Tennessee, she worked as a pediatric hospitalist at Kennedy Krieger Institute on the acute pediatric comprehensive neurorehabilitation unit.  It was there that she developed her passion for suicide prevention.  Her research interest focuses on suicide risk screening in youth with neurodevelopmental disabilities.  She has served as the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Foundation for Youth Suicide Prevention Ambassador for the state of Maryland.

Taun Hall

Executive Director, The Miles Hall Foundation

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CME Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and California 1 Chapter of the AAP.  The American Academy of Pediatrics is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

• AAP designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• This activity is acceptable for a maximum of 3.5 AAP credits. These credits can be applied toward the AAP CME/CPD Award available to Fellows and Candidate Members of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
• PAs may claim a maximum of 3.5 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM  from organizations accredited by the ACCME or a recognized state medical society.
• This program is accredited for 3.5 NAPNAP CE contact hours of which 0 hrs contain pharmacology (R_x) content, (0 related to psychopharmacology) (0 hours related to controlled substances), per the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) Continuing Education Guidelines.

Thank you to our sponsors!

Thank you to our Planning Team!

• Renee Wachtel, MD, FAAP
• Danica O’Leary
• Erica Buhrmann, MD, FAAP