Youth Protection Convenings 2025-26

Youth Protection Forum | October 9, 2025 | 10:00-11:30am | Registration required

Forefront Suicide Prevention

Forefront Suicide Prevention will present LEARN®. Forefront’s proprietary LEARN model follows the standards for gatekeeper trainings laid out by SAMHSA and the CDC. Gatekeeper trainings help professionals and community members identify and support people at risk for suicide, and are a valuable part of comprehensive suicide prevention programming. Forefront works with high-risk industries, special populations, including youth, and professionals working in the mental health field, but also offers general trainings for communities or workplaces looking to strengthen their suicide prevention programming and awareness.

Learning Objectives:

1. Explain the public health issue of youth suicide and why young people may consider suicide.
2. Identify, understand, and be ready to support someone who may be at risk for suicide.
3. Apply the LEARN steps in a practice scenario.

Presenter Bios:

Sam Pacampara joined Forefront Suicide Prevention as a School Mental Health Specialist in Spring 2023. Sam brings six years of school counseling experience in comprehensive high schools in Oregon and Washington. She holds her Masters of Education in School Counseling from Seattle University. Passionate about supporting schools in creating equitable and sustainable systems, she is an advocate for comprehensive mental health supports schoolwide so that all students can be their happiest, healthiest selves. She is honored to partner with school teams in meeting their unique and complex needs, whatever those may be on any given day.

Michelle Flores joined Forefront Suicide Prevention as a School Mental Health Specialist in Spring 2023. She received her BA in Anthropology from California State University, Long Beach and her MA in Marriage, Couple and Family Therapy from Lewis and Clark College. She has worked professionally in independent schools, and her background involves work as a program director in student and residential life. Her work is further informed by her Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

New Mental Health Crisis Resource: Husky Assist

During the fall quarter, the UW Seattle campus will be launching Husky Assist, a new service that will provide on-demand, in-person mental health and substance use support to campus members (students, faculty, staff, campus daycare kids, etc.).  The team, comprised of mental health clinicians,  can both co-respond with UW Police, or respond solo, depending on the situation. Hours of operation will be Monday-Friday 11:00am-8:30pm.

Presenter: Jennifer Magnani is a licensed, clinical social worker who is the new director of the Husky Assist program, and has over 20 years of clinical and supervisory experience.

Youth Protection Forum | January 15, 2026 | 10:00-11:30am | Registration Required

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Youth Protection Forum | April 9, 2026 | 10:00-11:30am | Registration Required

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