Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
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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): October 26th & 27th, 2023
- Start Time: 9:00 a.m.
- Facilitators: Nikki Schultz, Megan Schwartz
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Nikki Schultz has been a part of the Marymound team since 2010, working first as a front line Youth Care Practitioner and transitioning to the role of Clinical Case Manager with the Independent Options/ Young Parents Program in 2013. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Developmental Psychology and Conflict Resolution Studies, and is an active member of the Winnipeg Suicide Prevention Network. Nikki has both personal and professional experience with the child welfare system and has always sought a career in the field of Child and Youth Care. She strives to teach youth the tools to advocate and achieve success for themselves, while also providing necessary training and coaching to her team, when challenges arise. Nikki has been training ASIST since 2019 and has goals to expand her training portfolio in the future. |
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Megan Schwartz has worked in the child welfare field for over ten years, with her last seven serving as a Clinical Case Manager in the Treatment Foster Care Program at Marymound. She holds a Bachelor of Social Work Degree and a Bachelor of Arts Degree Majoring in Conflict Resolution. First being introduced and trained in Applied Suicide Intervention Training in 2009 as a participant, Megan has continued to remain certified and found the training to be invaluable in helping children, youth and adults who experience thoughts of suicide, both professionally and personally. In 2022 Megan took the five day intensive course in order to become a certified LivingWorks ASIST Trainer and has been facilitating training regularly at Marymound since. Megan has loved facilitating this training and believes that everyone has the ability to make a difference in helping individuals who are struggling with thoughts of suicide. |
Location
Marymound Training Centre, 442 Scotia Street