TNOTA Live Webinar

Suicide Prevention
June 2025

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This course is free for TNOTA members.

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Suicide Prevention

Saturday, June 13, 2026
9 am (CDT) | 10 am (EDT)
$40 (Free for TNOTA Members)
2 Contact Hours

This course is created by the Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association.

If you need assistance or accommodations, please contact us at Info@AspireOT.us
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This webinar will not be recorded.

This suicide prevention training will equip occupational therapy practitioners to be able to recognize signs of suicidality, talk about suicidal ideation, and provide resources as needed. Due to the sensitive nature of the topic, the course is limited to 60 participants.

Admittance into the course will allowed up until 5 minutes after the indicated start time, but due to the integrity of the course no one will be admitted after that time.

If you realize you won’t be able to attend once you have registered, please contact admin@tnota.org to cancel your registration so that the seat may be made available to the next person on the waiting list. 

Target Audience: Occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, occupational therapy students

Presented by: Kimberly Jessee, OTD, MS, OTR

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Learning objectives
After completion of this occupational therapy continuing education course, participants will be able to:
  • Identify warning signs of suicide.
  • Ask a person if they are having thoughts of suicide.
  • Describe strategies to support a person's safety.
  • Explain how to connect a person to supportive resources.

Instructor bio
Kimberly Jessee, OTD, MS, OTR
TNOTA Guest Instructor

Kimberly Jessee, OTD, MS, OTR joined East Tennessee State University in July 2024 and currently serves as an Instructor of Occupational Therapy. Prior to joining academia, Dr. Jessee served as the Home-Based Primary Care Program Director for a VA Medical Center. Since 2018, her practice focus has been primarily geriatrics with a special interest in end-of-life care, aging in place, and home modifications. In addition to geriatrics, Dr. Jessee has worked in trauma, adult, pediatric and neonatal intensive care, outpatient orthopedics, and neurorehabilitation. Since 2020, Dr. Jessee has served as the Northeast District Chair for the Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association. Professional memberships include the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, the American Occupational Therapy Association and the Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association.


Completion Requirements
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In order to receive the certificate of completion, participants must meet ALL of the following criteria:
  • Complete payment or TNOTA membership log in for course enrollment
  • Attend the live webinar for the full duration
  • Complete the Attendance Attestation exam with a 100% score
  • Pass the course exam with a score of 80% or greater
Please note that no credit or certificate will be issued unless all criteria is met.  Partial credit will not be issued.  
cancellation policy
Live Courses and Webinars
Learner cancellations: In the event that the learner requests to cancel or is unable to attend a course, a refund for the total paid for the course will be granted if Aspire OT is notified via email at info@aspireot.us within 10 business days prior to date of the scheduled course, minus a non-refundable registration fee of 25% of registration price.  If the learner provides notification of cancellation less then 10 business days prior to the scheduled course, the learner will be offered the opportunity to attend the same webinar on an alternate date or enrollment in the recorded on-demand version of that webinar, instead of a refund.  

No refunds will be issued after a course has been attended for more than 30 minutes.  Partial credit will not be issued.  

Provider cancellations: In the event of inclement weather or other event resulting in the inability for a live course to be provided within the scheduled time, learners will be offered an alternate date or a full refund for registration paid.
On-Demand web Courses 
Web courses will remain available to learners for 1 year. No refunds will be available for web courses that have been attended or viewed for greater than 30 minutes. In the event of a refund, the learner will be unenrolled in the course immediately upon issuance of a refund. No refunds will be issued for any course in which a certificate has been issued.  

Course Author

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This occupational therapy continuing education course is being offered as part of Aspire OT's State Association Partnership Program. This course is free for TNOTA Members.