Self-paced
1.Participants will review risk factors for suicide in military communities.
2. Participants will explore the key components of suicide prevention/response on Fort Liberty.
3. Participants will identify supportive resources for increasing protective factors and enhancing resilience among military-connected individuals.
PRESENTER:
COL La’Shonia R. White, LCSW, BCD was born and raised in Philadelphia, Mississippi. She has been an Active-Duty Army Officer for over 20 years and a licensed clinical social worker for 15 years. In 1991, she enlisted in the Mississippi Army National Guard in Philadelphia, Mississippi and continued to serve throughout college, reaching the rank of Specialist. COL White earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology in 1996 and Master of Science Degree in Counselor Education with a focus in Rehabilitation Counseling in 1999 from Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS. In 2000, COL White received a direct commission into the United States Army Reserve (USAR) Medical Service Corps. She served in the USAR, 330th Combat Support Hospital in Millington, Tennessee as a Patient Administration Division (PAD) Officer. Within the same year, she was offered a direct commission onto Active Duty as an Army Medical Service Corps Officer.
COL White’s most recent assignment was serving as a staff social work officer for the Army Office of the Surgeon General as Chief, Integration and Prevention, Behavioral Health Division, Falls Church, Virginia. She joined the staff in August 2020, after serving as the Chief, Multi-Disciplinary Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), Landstuhl, Germany. Her previous assignments include: Chief, Family Advocacy Program (FAP), LRMC, Landstuhl, Germany; Chief, FAP and Chief, Behavioral Health Department both during her assignment at Kenner Army Health Clinic, Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia; Behavioral Health Officer (BHO), 3/1 Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Officer in Charge (OIC), Child and Family Behavioral Health Services and Intern, Social Work Internship Program (SWIP) both during her assignment at Landstuhl, Germany; Graduate Student, Army Medical Department Center and School (AMEDD C&S), Master of Social Work Program, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Commander, Bravo Company, LRMC, Landstuhl, Germany; Chief, Enlisted Personnel Program Manager, Headquarters United States Army Europe, and Adjutant, Europe Regional Medical Command (ERMC) both during her consecutive overseas tour in Heidelberg, Germany; Treatment/Medical Platoon Leader, OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Baghdad, Iraq; and Treatment/Medical Platoon Leader, 1st Armored Division, Ray Barracks, Friedberg, Germany.
Enausa Davis Hendley, LCMHC, BCPCC, BCC is a United States Air Force veteran; she served for a total of seven years before being honorably discharged in 2003. After fulfilling her oath to the military, she completed her undergraduate degree in Social Work at Methodist University in 2005 and her graduate degree in Mental Health Counseling at Webster University in 2008. She has been fully licensed as a Professional Counselor since 2011. She is also a board-certified Professional Christian Counselor and a board-certified Personal Life Coach.Mrs. Hendley has served military families in several capacities since being awarded a position with Womack Army Medical Center in 2006. She currently serves as the Outreach Program Coordinator for Child and Family Behavioral Health, linking service members, their families, and the providers who serve them to the resources they need.
PROVIDER INFORMATION:
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