ASIST Training
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training Workshop
14 contact hours Continuing Education Credit and Graduate credit available.
Skills-based workshop that will equip you for an effective suicide intervention should you encounter someone at risk. The emphasis is on suicide first aid -- helping a person at imminent risk stay safe and seeks further help.
You should attend if:
- You have responsibility for others in the workplace or
- You would like to become more confident in knowing when to be concerned about possible suicide risk;
- You want to translate your concern into knowledge and skills about how to help promote safety;
- You are familiar with general suicide intervention 'tips' but realize that you need more practical tools to help;
- You want to establish or strengthen links with others in your industry/ community committed to preventing suicide.
COST: $150.00 per person
ASIST Tune Up
This four hour refresher of the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training workshop is priceless for networking with others who have also saved lives using the skills developed in ASIST.
COST: $75.00 per person
safeTALK
Complementing ASIST, safeTALK: suicide alertness for everyone, helps to create suicide-safer communities. safeTALK is a 2.5-3.5 hour training for everyone in the community designed to ensure that persons with thoughts of suicide are connected to helpers who are prepared to provide first aid interventions. safeTALK is designed to be used in organizations and communities where there are already ASIST-trained caregivers. Suicide alert helpers are part of a suicide-safer community.
COST: $200.00 for up to 35 participants
For more on ASIST, TuneUp and safeTALK, visit www.livingworks.net
ASIST Testimonials
On Saturday morning my husband and I were in the car together. He mentioned off-handedly that an old high school friend of his had posted some ominous statements regarding the pain he was in following the death of his 25 year old daughter. He talked about never being the same, withdrawing from facebook, and so on. My first reaction was "Why didn't you tell me! You know I just spent two days in ASIST class!".
We got home that night and sent a private message to his friend using the skills I learned in class. We first showed our compassion for his pain. We gave him the "1-800-273-TALK" phone number and because of the training I knew the importance and had the courage of asking him directly. We had no phone number to contact him directly, so had to rely on this means of communication.
It was such a relief the next morning to get a lengthy communication from the man promising that he would not need the 'talk' phone number, as he has 2 other children and fears God's wrath too much to hurt himself. We are convinced that suicide is not an option for him from his note and he said he might call my husband at sometime just to talk.
It felt so comforting to have the skills to be able to step in and engage this man in conversation. Many people on the facebook page showed their love for him following his statements. But we were able to ask the direct question of suicide, which I never would have thought to do, even following the suicide of my own brother, without your training.
Thank you that situation came up so quickly that I feel that these are skills I will use again in my life. Blessings for this wonderful program being brought to us! Kim
"I wanted to say thanks again for the great workshop. I really found the information worthwhile and useful. As a matter of fact, I put it to use within a few hours after finishing the class. I think that I mentioned that I was on my way to a part-time "hobby" job. There was a customer that I was assisting that obviously in distress, and after I spoke to him for a while I found his wife had just moved away with his children. He was very angry and distressed, so I began exploring where he was going with his emotional state. He did tell me he was not suicidal, but I felt better when he left knowing that I had ask." Chad, ASIST Graduate
"I really enjoyed the ASIST training. I have never thought about what I would do in the situation of someone contemplating suicide coming to me for help, or even just encouraging someone on the edge. Suicide has touched my life, but never directly and after this training, some of my feelings have changed. I feel like I have some level of comfort if I was ever put in the situation where I needed to help someone. Going into the training I assumed that it would be something that I could catch onto or something I would never have to do. But after the training I feel like they have laid a foundation with me as to what I need to do. I would have to say the AHA moment was that it is very likely I will come across a suicidal person more than once in my life. I always just though if it as something that happens to other people and suicidal people are not just in a mental hospital." Mesa State College Nursing Student
"I felt the training was really valuable and rewarding. I learned a lot about myself and my opinions about suicide. I really did not have any concrete conceptions of what to expect other than learning how to handle a suicidal patient, yet I learned more than that. It was not as easy as I had anticipated. I had someone really close to me try to commit suicide and it came as a complete surprise. My thought at the time were how could they even contemplate the idea, let alone try to go through with it. It was during this training that I realize that anyone can be at risk. I feel more confident in my ability to recognize a person who maybe at risk and to try to help them to the best of my ability." Mesa State College Nursing Student
