Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) uses internationally recognized best practices customized to be relevant to students, employees or concerned citizens. Instructors maintain a balance of challenge and safety.

As an ASIST trainee, you will be better able to:

• Recognize and assist a person at risk to avoid suicide
• Discuss suicide with a person at risk in a direct manner
• Demonstrate the skills required to intervene with a person with thoughts of suicide
• Recognize that caregivers and persons at risk are affected by personal and societal attitudes about suicide
• Learn risk alerts and develop a safe plan related to them
• List the types of resources available to a person at risk of suicide
• Make commitment to advocacy, 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.

A certificate will be provided upon completion.

• Registration Fee: $249 per person
• Max Capacity: 15 persons
• Length: 2 Days (7 Hours each)
• Date(s): November 4th & 5th, 2024
• Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm each day