Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

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; and,
• recognize that suicide prevention is broader than suicide intervention and, includes life promotion and self care for people thinking about suicide and for caregivers.

This certificate training is offered at a cost of $250 per participant.

To view upcoming ASIST sessions, see our Events calendar. 

The Canadian Mental Health Association–Sudbury/Manitoulin offers closed ASIST sessions to groups upon request.
Contact us at (705) 675-7252 ext 225 or email [email protected] to request an ASIST training for your organization or community group.