In Person Seminar – Best Practices for Student Re-Entry After Hospitalization – Mar. 3, 2026

PDPs and CEUs are not being offered for this event.

March 3, 2026 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Registration closes February 24, 2026 at 11:59 pm

Registration: 8:30 – 9:00 am
Seminar: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Attend In Person

Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical School
215 Fitchburg St.
Marlborough, MA 01752

Speaker

Jim McCauley, LICSW, Co-Founder and Senior Consultant, Riverside Community Care

Description

Student re-entry is a particularly anxiety-provoking and overwhelming time for high-risk students returning to school after hospitalization. There are many parties who need support: primarily the student, but also parents, peers, teachers, and others involved in the individual’s life.

Using best practices and a trauma-informed lens, this training will review the core elements and key considerations in planning for student re-entry as well as review collaborative suicide safety planning, common challenges engaging caregivers, and foundational principles of suicide prevention.

After this training, attendees will be able to:

• Apply trauma-informed practices to build safe and collaborative re-entry plans for students
• Review safety plans with students and families / caregivers as a collaborative step toward suicide prevention
• Engage faculty and staff in suicide awareness and prevention best practices

About the Speaker

Jim McCauley, LICSW, (he/him) provides mental health support for schools, workplaces, and communities affected by traumatic events. He provides consultation and training on assessing suicide risk, suicide postvention services, suicide clusters, and suicide prevention coalitions. He has presented at statewide, national, and international conferences on these topics. He also has extensive experience providing therapy to children, adolescents, and adults and previously managed outpatient mental health clinics and programs for children for more than 20 years. Jim is a graduate of the Boston University School of Social Work and was a Senior Lecturer in the Sociology Department at Suffolk University for more than 30 years. An army veteran, he has a special interest in developing and providing services for returning veterans.

Membership Information

Most MPY webinars are available ONLY to current staff from member districts and organizations. Public school memberships include police and fire personnel. Former and retired employees and members of committees, including but not limited to, PTO/PTA, PAC, School Improvement Councils, Health Councils, Drug/Alcohol Councils, and school volunteers, are not considered MPY members.

PDPs and CEUs

PDPs and CEUs will not be offered for this seminar.

Event Cancellation Policy

If you are unable to attend a MPY webinar you must cancel, through Bonnie Mullen at bonnie@mpyinc.org, one business day before the webinar.

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