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Books by Counselling Centre for sale:

• A Training Manual on Elderly Suicide Management & Intervention in Singapore
• An "Introductory Handbook" on Gerontological Counselling
• Say 'No!' to Elder Abuse

Feel lost when you encounter a suicidal elderly?
Need resources to train your fellow colleagues on prevention/ intervention of elderly suicide?

A Training Manual on Elderly Suicide Management & Intervention in Singapore is now available. This manual is produced by an inter-agency workgroup - the Golden Life Workgroup. Its mission is to prevent suicide amongst the elderly.

The Training Manual serves to:
(1) enhance the knowledge of professionals on the issue of elderly suicide;
(2) sharpen the assessment and intervention skills of professionals dealing with suicidal elderly

Comprising suggested exercises, relevant handouts and overheads to facilitate training, contents of the Manual are:

Chapter 1 - Attitudes
Having the 'right' attitude towards the elderly and how one handles the taboo subject of suicide is of paramount importance in helping suicidal elderly.

Chapter 2 - Knowledge
Topics include 'understanding the ageing process', 'suicide and the elderly', 'factors for elderly suicide', 'the suicide process' and 'the aftermath of suicide'. Such knowledge is necessary to intervene effectively in cases of elderly suicide

Chapter 3 - Risk Assessment
Comprehensive risk assessment tools are made available to facilitate the assessment of suicidal risk amongst the elderly.

Chapter 4 - Skills/ Intervention
A model for effective suicide intervention is introduced to assist the development of skills needed to handle suicidal elderly competently.

Chapter 5 - Resourcing and Referral Process
The various agencies that provide the range of help to the elderly and their families are identified. Referral processes for management of suicidal elderly are introduced.

Chapter 6 - Caring for Professionals
It is acknowledged that professionals working with suicidal elderly and their families can experience a range of overwhelming emotions. In this chapter, types of debriefing programmes are introduced to ensure that professionals receive support so that their work will not be compromised.

The Training Manual is on sale at an affordable price of S$80 per copy.
Call SAGE Counselling Centre at 6354-1191 to place your order now to avoid disappointment.

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An "Introductory Handbook" on Gerontological Counselling (Gero-counselling for short) was published by SAGE COunselling Centre in May 2003. The authors are the Centre's founder-Director and present Senior Consultant, Mrs Helen Ko and NUS Associate Professor, Dr. Kalyani K. Mehta.

The book is the by-product of a research project by the two scholars which analysed the counselling approaches used by Singapore counsellors in dealing with older clients. A total of 18 professional counsellors took part in the analysis of case materials which were from the Counselling Centre.

The book will be used as material in a new course, the Graduate Diploma in Social Work (Specialisation: Gero-counselling) which will be offered from July 2004 by NUS in collaboration with SAGE Counselling Centre.

Said Dr. Lim Chan Yong, President of SAGE, "I congratulate Helen Ko of our Counselling Centre. I welcome our Centre's contribution towards promoting gero-counselling in Singapore. I am very impressed and I recommend the Handbook to all Counsellors. They will benefit from reading it, as I have."

The Handbook is available from SAGE Counselling Centre, Tel: 63541191 at S$30 each.

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