Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training- ASIST

ASIST is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first-aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may be at risk of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. Although ASIST is widely used by healthcare provides, participants do not need any formal training to attend the workshop – ASIST can be learned and used by anyone.

Detail	Information
Length:	2 days (7 hrs/day)
Cost:	$290/registrant
Registration:	Click here to register for this session

Over the course of the two-day workshop, ASIST participants learn to:

• Recognize that caregivers and people are affected by personal and societal attitudes about suicide.
• Provide life-assisting guidance to a person thinking about suicide in a flexible manner.
• Identify what needs to be in a person thinking about suicide’s plan for safety.
• Demonstrate the skills required to provide suicide first aid to a person thinking about suicide.
• Appreciate the value of improving community resources including the way that they work together.
• recognize that suicide prevention is broader than suicide intervention and, includes life promotion and self care for people thinking about suicide and for caregivers.

Please Note:

*ASIST is open to anyone 16 years of age and older.
This training is not recommended for individuals who have recently experienced a significant loss trauma related to suicide, as the content may be emotionally distressing.*