Name
Exhibit Hall CME: Link to Hope
Date & Time
Friday, November 13, 2026, 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Speakers
Garra Lloyd-Lester, The Suicide Prevention CenterCoordinator of Community and Coalition InitiativesMr. Lloyd-Lester is the Coordinator of the New York State Suicide Prevention Community and Coalition Initiatives for the NYS Office of Mental Healths Suicide Prevention Center of New York (SPCNY). As Coordinator, he works with State and County partners, local governmental units, local coalitions, and other systems to build capacity to help reduce suicides across the lifespan. This work is accomplished through systems level planning, coalition building, program development and training among other activities. He facilitates the Lethal Means Safety workgroup as part of the Governors Challenge to Prevent Suicide Among Service Members, Veterans and their Families (SMVF). He facilitated a statewide steering committee to address suicide prevention among first responder disciplines and led the statewide taskforce to develop recommendations on addressing suicide prevention among rural communities in NYS. Garra is also a subject matter expert in postvention, having developed tools and resources to support communities and/or organizations to develop a strategy to build a comprehensive and coordinated postvention response. Garra is an instructor for several suicide prevention programs and has developed content to support local suicide prevention coalitions and partner agencies. He has 40+ years of experience in the field of human services including working with the developmentally disabled, working in the child welfare system and within the mental health system. When he is not working, he enjoys family, his pets, spending time outdoors and collecting whimsical socks.
Description
Your training helps to prepare you to know what to do when you encounter someone experiencing a medical emergency. You are prepared to feel confident and competent to render the necessary care to support civilians experiencing all manner of medical distress. Now imagine you encountered someone experiencing another type of emergency, some sort of emotional crisis or distress. Perhaps so severe they were even thinking about suicide. Are you equally prepared to know how to recognize when someone might be in that level of distress and know how to offer similar lifesaving assistance? Even if it was a coworker? During this workshop we will review some very basic information on suicide and then discuss a practical framework to support someone experiencing thoughts of suicide.
NYS CME: All Levels - Core - Psychiatric
Location Name
Event Center CME Lecture Center
Full Address
Niagara Falls Convention Center
101 Old Falls St
Niagara Falls, NY 14303
United States
Session Type
Exhibit Hall CME Center
