Cruz & Associates Presents
Suicide Risk Assessment: Clinical Considerations & Challenges
May 5, 2026
10:00am - 1:00pm
CEU: 3 Category I
Presenter: Veronica E. Cruz, LCSW-C
Required Forms
Sign-in Form
Evaluation Form
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
1. Explore the statistics and propensity of suicide, including but not limited to gender differences, warning signs, risk and protective factors.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of issues related to conducting a comprehensive suicide risk assessment.
3. Effectively analyze and explore a variety of intervention and prevention techniques to reduce suicide.
4. Deconstruct various case examples to illustrate how to effectively conduct a suicide risk assessment.
Certificate of Attendance without CEU
- You must complete the Sign-in and Evaluation Forms by midnight
- Attend at least 80% of the online training. The time is calculated through Zoom.
- Certificates are issued 4 business days after the training session.
Certificate of Attendance with CEU
- You must complete the Sign-in and Evaluation Forms by midnight
- Attend 100% of the online training. The time is calculated through Zoom.
- Certificates are issued 4 business days after the training session.
Training Handouts
Speaker Presentation & Resources
Documents will be available until midnight on May 5.
| Handout Name | Handout (PDF) |
| ASQ Toolkit | |
| Informal Risk Assessment Checklist | |
| SAFE-T Flyer | |
| SAFE-T Protocol | |
| Safety Plan | |
| SAK Screener | |
| Suicide Resources | |
| Warning Signs of Suicide | |
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About the Presenter
Veronica E. Cruz, LCSW-C
CEO
Cruz and Associates, LLC
Ms. Cruz is a bilingual (Spanish/English) clinical and forensic social worker who has worked with children, adolescents and families for over eighteen years. Ms. Cruz was employed for ten years, as a forensic social worker at the Office of the Public Defender in Montgomery County. She specializes in presenting ethics and trauma workshops and attributes her sixteen years of hospital work in combination with her extensive forensic experience, in helping her to see a situation and address it from various perspectives. She has extensive experience in inpatient psych and partial hospitalization psych programs. Ms. Cruz specializes in criminal defense mitigation, dual diagnosis, crisis intervention, addiction, trauma and working with diverse ethnic groups.