Speaker : Tracy Nugent, HSE Resource Officer for Suicide Prevention (South East).
Tracy Nugent will show you how to mind yourself and your family when confronting suicide and self harm situations. She will give strategies for parents to help you to address depression and suicidal thoughts.
Tracy is based at the HSE South East Suicide Resource Office and works in the area of suicide prevention, intervention and postvention. She coordinates the development and implementation of "Connecting for Life, Ireland's National Strategy to Reduce Suicide 2015-2020" at local level. The office delivers a range of suicide prevention and self-harm training including "safeTALK","Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training" (ASIST) and "Understanding Self-Harm". It also supports other organisations working in the area of mental health with advice, training and information and sign-posting to services.
Date & Venue : Wexford Town Library, Thursday Septmber 6th 2018 at 7pm.
Bookings : All are welcome to attend this series of talks, workshops and panel discussions. There is no admission fee, however places are limited and pre-booking is required. If special supports are required for those attending, please inform the library staff at the time of booking.
Contact : Email: wexlibrary@wexfordcoco.ie / Tel. 053 9196760