Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) – CMHA Edmonton
Attending this two-day course will train you to intervene with an individual who is suicidal.
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is an intensive, interactive, and practice-dominated course designed to help caregivers recognize and review risk and intervene to prevent the immediate risk of suicide. It is by far the most widely used, acclaimed and researched suicide intervention training workshop in the world.
Learning Objectives:
Recognize that caregivers and persons at risk are affected by personal and societal
attitudes about suicide
Discuss suicide with a person at risk in a direct manner
Identify risk alerts and develop a safe plan related to them
Demonstrate the skills required to intervene with a person at risk of suicide
List the types of resources available to a person at risk of suicide, including themselves
Make a commitment to improving community resources and networking
Recognize that suicide prevention is broader than suicide intervention and, includes life promotion and self-care for persons at risk and for caregivers
Audience: Ages 18+. Participants can include but are not limited to: parents and caregivers; natural helpers and advisors; educators and ministers; health practitioners; justice, law enforcers, emergency workers, and community volunteers.
For more information: CMHA-Edmonton ASIST
To register: ASIST Upcoming Sessions
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