NAMI Ask the Expert: Suicide Prevention Session 1: The AFSP & The JED Foundation OD014

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About The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. They are an alliance of more than 650 local Affiliates and 49 State organizations who work in your community to raise awareness and provide support and education to people with mental illness and their loved ones. Through awareness, advocacy and education, NAMI is committed to building stronger communities and a better future for everyone affected by mental illness.

Course Summary

Practice Level: Beginner

This course, based on the Ask the Expert webinar series by NAMI, is the first session in NAMI’s Suicide Prevention Series. Featuring experts from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and The JED Foundation, the session explores national and community strategies to prevent suicide across diverse populations. Corbin Standley presents Project 2025, AFSP’s bold initiative to reduce the annual suicide rate by 2025 by focusing on four critical areas: firearms, healthcare systems, emergency departments, and correctional facilities.

Dr. Nance Roy highlights JED’s public health approach to suicide prevention for adolescents and young adults, emphasizing resilience, connectedness, early identification, and campus-wide systems change in schools and universities. Together, the presentations underscore evidence-based, systemic, and compassionate strategies that can save lives and reduce stigma.

The course, with an intended audience of social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and counselors, provides actionable tools for building safer, more inclusive systems of care.

Course Format

This course contains a participant guide, practice test, and on-demand video (with a slide deck of the presentation). When you’re ready, purchase the course by clicking the “Add To Cart” or “Enroll” button. This will let you take the test, complete the course evaluation and receive your certificate for CE credits.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the scope of suicide in the United States and the goals of AFSP’s Project 2025.
2. Explain the four critical focus areas of Project 2025 (firearms, healthcare systems, emergency departments, corrections) and their projected impact.
3. Identify risk and protective factors for suicide among adolescents and young adults, including marginalized populations.
4. Analyze JED’s comprehensive, public health framework for suicide prevention in schools and colleges

Course Syllabus

• Introduction and National Context
• AFSP’s Project 2025
• The JED Foundation’s Approach
• Implications for Practice and Collaboration

Current References

Cha, C. B., Franz, P. J., M Guzmán, E., Glenn, C. R., Kleiman, E. M., & Nock, M. K. (2018). Annual research review: Suicide among youth – epidemiology, (potential) etiology, and treatment. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 59(4), 460–482. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12831[opens in new tab]

Grattidge, L., Hoang, H., Mond, J., Visentin, D., Lees, D., & Auckland, S. (2025). The community’s role in rural youth suicide prevention: Perspectives from the field. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 33(2), e70024. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.70024[opens in new tab]

King, C. A., Harness, J., Arango, A. & Czyz, E. Suicide prevention in youth. Current Psychiatry Reports, 27, 500–508 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-025-01620-w[opens in new tab]

Nadeem Parpio, Y., Nuruddin, R., Ali, T. S., Mohammad, N., Khan, U. R., Shahzad, S., Khan, M. M., & Aslam, M. (2025). Suicide prevention program on suicidal behaviors and mental wellbeing among school aged adolescents: A scoping review. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, 1506321. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1506321[opens in new tab]

Nock, M. K., Deming, C. A., Fullerton, C. S., Gilman, S. E., Goldenberg, M., Kessler, R. C., McCarroll, J. E., McLaughlin, K. A., Peterson, C., Schoenbaum, M., Stanley, B., & Ursano, R. J. (2013). Suicide among soldiers: A review of psychosocial risk and protective factors. Psychiatry, 76(2), 225–241. https://doi.org/10.1521/psyc.2013.76.2.97[opens in new tab]

Putri, A. K., McGrath, M., Batchelor, R., Ross, V., Krysinska, K., Hawgood, J., Kõlves, K., Reifels, L., Pirkis, J., & Andriessen, K. (2025). Strategies and evaluation underpinning the implementation of suicide prevention training: A systematic review. BMC Public Health, 25(1), 889. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21999-8[opens in new tab]

Ranapurwala, S. I., Miller, V. E., Carey, T. S., Gaynes, B. N., Keil, A. P., Fitch, C. V., Swilley-Martinez, M. E., Kavee, A. L., Cooper, T., Dorris, S., Goldston, D. B., Peiper, L. J., & Pence, B. W. (2022). Innovations in suicide prevention research (INSPIRE): A protocol for a population-based case-control study. Injury Prevention, 28(5), 483–490. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2022-044609[opens in new tab]

Additional referenced works from presentation:

• AFSP Project 2025 resources: https://project2025.afsp.org [opens in new tab]
  
• The JED Foundation (Set to Go, Seize the Awkward, JED Campus).

Instructors

Corbin J. Standley, Director of Strategic Planning, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Corbin J. Standley is a community psychologist and researcher with more than a decade of experience in research, evaluation and policy. His career has focused on public health and community-level approaches to suicide prevention through capacity building, equitable systems change and policy change. His work prioritizes equity in data collection, analysis and reporting, as well as centering minoritized voices and co-designing equitable solutions with those with lived experience. As an expert voice in suicide prevention, Corbin’s research in schools, health systems and communities has helped to transform systems to save lives. As Director of Strategic Program Planning for Project 2025 at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), Corbin leads the translational science, program development, implementation and strategic planning components of Project 2025 — an AFSP-led initiative to leverage systems change across critical sectors to reduce the national suicide rate 20% by 2025. He collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to create meaningful and lasting change by transforming data and research into insightful and evidence-based action.

Dr. Nance Roy, Chief Clinical Office, JED Foundation

Dr. Roy serves as the Chief Clinical Office of the Jed Foundation and is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale School of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry. She has over 20 years of experience as a psychologist working in college mental health. She served as the Assistant Dean of Health and Wellness at Sarah Lawrence College and most recently was the Associate Dean of Health and Wellness at Rhode Island School of Design. Publications have focused on effective strategies for promoting emotional well-being among teens and young adults as well as treatment and management of at-risk students on college campuses. She has been actively involved in strategic planning initiatives focusing on a holistic approach to education, crisis management and a public health model for delivery of care in high schools and on college campuses. Dr Roy is a senior advisor for the National College Depression Partnership, serves on the Mental Health Task Force for the Ruderman Foundation and has worked on mental health initiatives with the Surgeon General, the Higher Education Mental Health Alliance, the Department of Defense, The Veteran’s Administration, the Milken Institute, the Clinton Health Matters Initiative and college and university systems across the country. Dr. Roy earned a BS degree from the University of Rhode Island, an MS from the University of North Carolina and an Ed.D. from Harvard University.

Nicole Errickson, LCSW

Nicole is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the state of Georgia. She brings over 19 years experience in the social work field, primarily working in school systems as a school social worker and with the McKinney-Vento grant. Over her career, Nicole has had several opportunities to help develop and execute professional development events. Nicole has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of South Alabama and a Masters in Social Work from the University of Alabama.

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