ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)

Course Information
Category Health and Wellness
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Location: On-campus, Room T106, Synchronous

Start Date: 6/4/2025

End Date: 6/5/2025

Tags: mentalhealthcounselling

ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)

Synopsis

Wednesday, June 4th & Thursday, June 5th 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:
  • 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.

NOTE: The training is in-person, on-campus from 8:30am to 4:30pm. Participants must attend both full days of the training to receive their certificate.

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