ASIST: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training August 26 & 27, 2010
About the training
Applied ... Suicide... Intervention... Skills... Training...
ASIST is a two-day interactive workshop that trains professionals and other
community providers in suicide "first-aid". Participants are trained how to recognize and assess the potential risk of suicide. This workshop also equips the participant with the intervention skills to keep the person safe until the appropriate level of ongoing help can be accessed.
ASIST is the most widely used, acclaimed, and researched suicide intervention training in the world Over 1500 Oregonians have taken ASIST in recent years. In addition to learning the knowledge and skills of suicide intervention, participants report improved comfort, confidence, and competence doing interventions. ASIST is not therapy. It is "first-aid" designed to keep a person safe until they can receive further intervention.
Participants will be able to:
- Recognize attitudes about suicide
- Identify suicide factors and estimate risk
- Intervene with a person at risk to make them safe
- List resources available to a person at risk
- Commit to help coordinate social support for a person at risk
Who should take this training?
This training is for any person in a position of
trust. This includes:
- School Nurses
- Teachers
- Counselors
- Mental Health Professionals
- Physicians
- Police and Corrections staff
- Juvenile and Adult Court staff
- School support staff
- Youth workers
- Coaches
- Community volunteers
- Anyone in a position to help a person at risk for suicide.
Trainers
- Michael Leeds, Ph.D.
- Lucy Zammarelli, M.A.
Cost
$100.00. Cost includes all materials for the class, continental breakfast, and snacks.
Registration & additional information
Registration deadline: August 16th. Space is limited, so reserve your spot by registering now.
This is a two-day interactive workshop.
Pre-registration and attendance for the two full days is required.
To register, complete and mail the attached registration form.
Questions? Contact: Sandy Moses at Sandy.Moses@co.lane.or.us; 541-682-3650.
For more information about ASIST visit http://www.livingworks.net
