ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) – In Person – Portland (MC)
ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)
Attendance: Please note that the ASIST workshop is a two-day in-person class, and as a participant, you must attend the full training (8:30 am-4:30 pm) on both days to receive a certificate of completion.
Parking Instructions: Please use street parking. The parking lot is very limited and if you do so, please make sure you review the signs in the parking lot since half is reserved for the apartments and unauthorized vehicles will be towed.
Who Should Attend?
- Anyone aged 16 and over is encouraged to take ASIST. It provides a suicide first-aid intervention model for relationships with family, friends and co-workers.
- It can also be incorporated into more formal helping roles such as counseling, health care, crisis services, or chaplaincy. You can play a vital role in creating Networks of Safety from suicide.
What Will You Learn?
- In ASIST you will learn how to help someone thinking about suicide develop a personalized SafePlan to keep safe-for-now and connect with further help.
- Learn to apply a Safety Framework to guide the development of this SafePlan through a collaborative helping relationship.
- You will also consider how personal and community attitudes about suicide affect someone’s openness to seek help and your ability to provide it.
- This workshop will increase your willingness, confidence, and capacity to provide suicide first-aid.
How Will You Learn?
- We aim to provide a safe learning environment.
- Trainer presentations and powerful videos to stimulate discussion and support learning
- Extensive opportunities for skills practice
- Shared participant experiences that enrich learning
- Trainer-facilitated workgroups to optimize participation
What Else
- Direct and honest discussion about suicide is encouraged. While sometimes challenging, this prepares helpers to openly approach people with thoughts of suicide, and to help them keep safe.
- More information about ASIST can be found here: LivingWorks ASIST
*** In addition to the registration confirmation email, a pre-training email will be sent 3 days prior to the training with further details and instructions.***
Bookings
Bookings are closed for this class.