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Suicide Prevention Trainings ASIST: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training The ASIST community suicide prevention program is nationally and internationally recognized as being the best of its kind. ASIST is a proactive endeavor that seeks to integrate the subject of suicide prevention into community life. Workshops are offered in order to prevent suicide by teaching the most up to date, state of the art prevention practices designed to enable persons to recognize individuals who are at risk, and to intervene so as to help prevent the risk of suicidal thoughts from becoming suicidal behaviors.
The training, which is 2 full days, is designed to help anyone, professional or not, identify individuals at risk for suicide and successfully intervene to prevent the immediate risk of suicide. The ASIST intervention skills taught can also be useful in other ways - good contact/connecting, collaborative problem solving/understanding, referrals/assisting; once trained, the acquired skills are applicable to other settings - work, friends, family, and many others. The next ASIST training scheduled in Ithaca is October 18 & 19, 2008. For more information or to register, contact SPCS at (607)272-1505. The cost of the ASIST workshop is $300, with some scholarships available.
For further information about the ASIST programs at SPCS: ASIST in Ithaca ASIST information SafeTALK: Complementing ASIST, safeTALK helps
to create suicide-safer communities. safeTALK is
a 2.5–3.5 hour training for everyone in the community designed to ensure
that persons with thoughts of suicide are connected to helpers who are prepared
to provide first aid interventions. safeTALK is designed to be used
in organizations and communities where there are already ASIST-trained
caregivers. Suicide alert helpers are part of a suicide-safer community.
For more information or to register,
contact SPCS at (607)272-1505. The cost of the SafeTALK workshop is
$75, with some scholarships available. |