ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)
Course Information
Category
Health and Wellness
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Location: On-campus, Room C121, Synchronous
Start Date: 6/3/2025
End Date: 6/4/2025
ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)
Synopsis
Tuesday, June 3rd & Wednesday, June 4th from 8:30am-4:30pm. This course is offered in-person on-campus over two (2) days and participants must commit to attending all hours to register for this course.Course Overview
ASIST is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first-aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may be at risk 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 workshop—ASIST can be learned and used by anyone.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the workshop, participants will be better able to:
By the end of the workshop, participants will be better able to:
- Identify people who have thoughts of suicide
- Understand how beliefs and attitudes can affect suicide interventions
- Understand a person at risk’s story about suicide as well as recognize turning points that connect the person to life
- Conduct a safety assessment and develop a plan that will keep the person at risk safe-for-now
- Confirm the person at risk’s faith in the safeplan and their intent to follow it through
- The Role of ASIST in a Suicide-Safer Community
- ASIST caregivers complete the process that safeTALK helpers start, providing life-assisting, suicide first-aid intervention.
Instructors
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Melissa Gordon JosephCounsellor, Counselling Services and Welcome Centre |
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Nadine McLeanCounsellor, Counselling Services and Welcome Centre |