The American Association of Suicidology (AAS) has been approved as a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) prevention provider for the Integrated Primary Prevention Workforce Credentialing Program for Prevention Personnel (IPPW D-CPPP) Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits, expanding access to accredited suicide prevention training for the DoD and affiliated workforce.

Several sessions at the 59th Annual Conference have already received DoD approval, with additional workshops under review.

Approved Workshops:

• (PERD) Applying Thirty Years of Suicide Prevention Research to Community-Based Solutions
• (PERD & PHB) Breaking Down the Silos: Community-based Development of a Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention Community Helper Training
• (PERD) Determining the Relative Importance of Risk Factors for Suicide Attempts in a Sample of Residential Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Using Dominance Analysis
• (PERD) From First Response to Prevention: Coordinated Crisis Care in Rural & Frontier Communities
• (PERD) Growing Together: Enhancing Community Engagement Strategies for Veteran Suicide Prevention
• (LEAD) Quiet Battles: What Military Leaders Carry—and How Moral Health Heals
• (PHB) Restoring Mission, Restoring Lives: A Community-Centered Strategy for Veteran Suicide Prevention
• (PHB) Rewiring Hope: How Neuroscience Explains Mindfulness as a Lifeline in Suicide Prevention
• (PHB) What We Learned After the Unthinkable: Postvention, Healing, and Suicide Prevention

Approved (Category Pending as of April 28, 2026):

• 15 Years of Zero Suicide: Looking Back — Looking Forward
• A Cultural Infusion Implementation Framework for Sites Using the Zero Suicide Approach, With Lessons from New York State
• Factors Impacting Officer Suicide and Effective Interventions
• First Responders / Service Members Paper Session 1
• Beyond PTSD: How Lived Experience, Moral Injury, and System Leadership Shape Suicide Prevention
• Mission Connect Vermont: A Governor’s Challenge Initiative to Prevent Suicide Among Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families
• QPR Gatekeeper Training to Support Law Enforcement
• Silent Aftershocks: Mental Health and Suicide Prevention for First Responders and National Guard During Natural Disasters

Pending Second Review:

• 988 Update — Progress and Future Directions
• Clinical Innovation for Suicide Prevention in Systems of Care: What’s Working for Whom
• Contemporary Treatment for Complicated Grief through Meaning Making in Suicide Loss Survivors
• From AI Tools to Clinical Impact: Achieving (and Measuring) Results in Responsible Ways
• From Training to Practice: Using Structured Mentorship to Strengthen Crisis Counselor Confidence and Suicide Prevention Care
• Integrating Narrative Identity in Suicidology: A Clinical Exploration of Story, Identity, and Suicide

These offerings are part of the AAS26 Annual Conference, taking place May 17–22 in St. Louis. This year’s theme, Moving Forward Together: Advancing Suicide Prevention through Science and Lived Experience, highlights the integration of research, practice, and lived experience.

Registration is open through May 17. Learn more at suicidology.org/conference