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2-Day ASIST Suicide Prevention Workshop
Sept. 13 & 14.
Space is Limited. Sign-up Today.
ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) is an evidence-based training that helps people effectively recognize and intervene to prevent suicide. So far more than 750,000 individuals have been trained throughout the world. The training is a highly interactive, practical, and practice-oriented, two-day workshop.
The Opportunity
Most people considering suicide share their distress and their intent. Training helps you see and respond to these invitations to help. It gives you the confidence to ask about suicide if you are concerned about someone’s safety. It provides you with the tools to help prevent the immediate risk of suicide.
Sign-Up Now for CrisisLink's next ASIST Workshop, Sept. 13 & 14.
Workshop Cost: $250; Information to support CEU credit is available.
Space is extremely limited. Contact Margaret Mathis at 703-516-6770 or by e-mail with any questions.
CrisisLink’s next ASIST workshop will be offered Jan. 10 & 11, 2009. Special workshops can be arranged for groups of 15 or more. Contact us for details.
The Workshop
ASIST provides practical training for caregivers seeking to prevent the immediate risk of suicide.
ASIST is a required component of our volunteer Hotline Listener training program, but the information is valuable and applicable for many different people.
- Participants often include:
- People concerned about family, friends
- Natural helpers and advisers
- Emergency service workers
- Counselors, teachers, and ministers
- Mental health practitioners
- Workers in health, welfare, or justice
- Community volunteers
Working mostly in small groups of one trainer to no more than 15 participants, ASIST uses many different teaching processes to create a practice-oriented and interactive learning experience.
The Outcome
The emphasis of the ASIST workshop is on suicide first aid, on helping a person at risk stay safe and seek further help. Attendance at the full two days is essential.
Learn how to:
- Recognize invitations for help
- Reach out and offer support
- Review the risk of suicide
- Apply a suicide intervention model
- Link people with community resources
Evaluations have shown that the workshop increases caregivers’ knowledge and confidence to respond to a person at risk of suicide, that intervention skills are retained over time, and that they are put to use to save lives.
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CrisisLink saves lives and prevents tragedies every day by providing those facing life crises, trauma, and suicide with support, information, and links to community resources. Since 1969, CrisisLink has fielded over half a million calls, answered more than 25,000 calls concerning suicide, and provided a quarter of a million referrals. CrisisLink provides youth and senior outreach programs; community training on mental health and suicide prevention; the first comprehensive postvention program in the region with immediate support and support groups for survivors of sudden and traumatic loss; and training for professionals and community members. CrisisLink answers 703-527-4077, 1-800-273-TALK, and 1-800-SUICIDE. For more information, please visit http://www.CrisisLink.org.
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