ASIST is a two-day skills-building workshop that prepares caregivers of all kinds to provide suicide first aid interventions. Professionals, volunteers and informal helpers all need to know how to help persons with thoughts of suicide in ways that increase their suicide safety.
Participation in the full two days is required. Enjoy small group discussions and skills practice based on adult learning principles; experience powerful videos on suicide intervention; feel challenged and safe; learn suicide first aid.
Learning Objectives:
Over the course of their two-day workshop, ASIST participants learn to:
Focusing upon the role of ASIST caregivers in a suicide-safer community, the goal of ASIST is to train caregivers who are willing, ready and able to provide life-assisting, suicide first aid.
ASIST is a comprehensive program of LivingWorks. The Hope Learning Centre has a certified trainer for this course.
** Please note that ASIST is not a Hope Learning Centre course; this is why the course has a fee. **
Course Dates |
Course Details |
August 17th & 18th, 2022 |
Wednesday / Thursday 8:30 am to 4:40 pm |
October 3rd & 4th, 2022 |
Monday / Tuesday 8:30 am to 4:40 pm |
December 7th & 8th, 2022 |
Wednesday / Thursday 8:30 am to 4:40 pm |
January 25th & 26th, 2023 |
Wednesday / Thursday 8:30 am to 4:40 pm |
March 23rd & 24th, 2023 |
Thursday / Friday 8:30 am to 4:40 pm |
Course Sections |
Details |
Section 1 Preparing |
Sets the tone, norms, and expectations of the learning experience over the two days. |
Section 2 Connecting |
Enables participants to reflect on their own attitudes towards suicide. This creates an understanding of the impact that attitudes can have on the intervention process. |
Section 3 Understanding |
An overview of the intervention needs of a person at risk. The trainers focus on providing participants with the knowledge and skills to:
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Section 4 Assisting |
Presents a model for effective suicide intervention. Participants develop their skills through observation and supervised simulation exercises in large and small groups. |
Section 5 Networking |
The trainers share information about resources in the local community and promote participant commitment to encouraging the transformation of local resources into helping networks. |
Space is limited so please only sign up for this course if you intend to attend the course.
We do offer cancellation on any booking. We require notice of at least 24hrs prior to this workshop beginning. Preferably more notice is better.
Cancelling with less than 24hrs of notice will result in the withholding of 50% of the initial cost of the course.
If no notice is given and you do not show up for the workshop, you will not be refunded as we will not have made arrangements to fill your seat.
If you would still like to attend this workshop but the date you registered for no longer works with your schedule, we are happy to move your registration to an alternative date.
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$200.00 | Mar. 23/24, 2023 |
We are no longer accepting registration for this event
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$200.00 | Mar. 23/24, 2023 |
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$200.00 | Mar. 23/24, 2023 |
We are no longer accepting registration for this event
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$200.00 | Mar. 23/24, 2023 |
We are no longer accepting registration for this event
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$200.00 | Mar. 23/24, 2023 |
We are no longer accepting registration for this event
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Private Group Booking |