JuneĀ 20-21, 2024Ā | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Faith Bible Church, 5505 Research Forest Dr, The Woodlands TX 77382
Course Purpose
ASIST is a two-day 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 one of the most widely used, acclaimed and researched suicide intervention training workshop in the world. ASIST prepares professionals, volunteers and informal helpers to know how to help persons with thoughts of suicide in ways that increase their suicide safety. Trainers are certified by Living Works, Inc. as accomplished practitioners in suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention.
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. Although ASIST is widely used by healthcare providers, participants don't need any formal training to attend the workshopā€”anyone 16 or older can learn and use the ASIST model.
Since its development in 1983, ASIST has received regular updates to reflect improvements in knowledge and practice, and over 3,000,000 people have taken the workshop.Ā Studies showĀ that the ASIST method helps reduce suicidal feelings in those at risk and is a cost-effective way to help address the problem of suicide.
CAREForce is excited to continue to offer SuicideĀ Intervention training fromĀ LivingWorks, the premier provider of Suicide Intervention Training Worldwide.Ā Over 3,000,000 people have been trained internationally with Applied Suicide Intervention Skills training (ASIST).
Topics Covered
- Identify people who have thoughts of suicide
- Understand how your beliefs and attitudes can affect suicide interventions
- Seek a shared understanding of the reasons for thoughts of suicide and the reasons for living
- Review current risk and develop a plan to increase safety from suicidal behavior for an agreed amount of time
- Follow-up on all safety commitments, accessing further help as needed.
- Increase knowledge and confidence to respond to a person at risk of suicide
- Recognize invitation for help
- Demonstrate the skills required to intervene with a person at risk of suicide
- Apply a suicide intervention model
- Link people with community resources
Learning goals and objectives
Over the course of their two-day workshop, ASIST participants learn to:
- Understand the ways that personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide and interventions
- Provide guidance and suicide first aid to a person at risk in ways that meet their individual safety needs
- Identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it
- Appreciate the value of improving and integrating suicide prevention resources in the community at large
- Recognize other important aspects of suicide prevention including life-promotion and self-care
Workshop features:
- Presentations and guidance from two LivingWorks registered trainers
- A scientifically proven intervention model
- Powerful audiovisual learning aids
- Group discussions
- Skills practice and development
- A balance of challenge and safety
Newly Released
On Demand
Virtual programs
LivingWorks Start (90 minutes)
LivingWorks Faith (5-6 hours)
