Suicide Prevention Trainings
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ASIST            SafeTALK    Crisisline Volunteer Training  

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The Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day intensive, interactive and practice-oriented course designed to help a wide range of caregivers and community members learn to recognize suicide risk and how to intervene to prevent immediate harm.

Join the more than 750,000 people world-wide who have taken this state-of-the-art training:

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 ASIST training scheduled in Ithaca for early 2010 is:

For more information or to register, contact Christina at (607)272-1505 or email spcscrisisline@verizon.net.   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.

Crisisline Volunteer Training

• how to help people during times of crisis
• how to listen and respond effectively in all areas of life
  
• how to prevent suicide and other violent behavior
• how loss and trauma affect people
• how mental illness impacts life
• about other problems of living and how to help people manage them
  
• about community resources for the wide variety of human needs
• how to manage their own stress  

• skills and knowledge which improve interactions with partners, children, colleagues, students, friends, etc.

• meaning which builds confidence, competence, and joy in living.

• experience which strengthens resumes and applications. Students, people entering the work force, and those contemplating a career change find that SPCS volunteer work is esteemed by graduate schools and employers.
• membership in a diverse group of dedicated and dynamic people.
• meaning which builds confidence, competence, and joy in living.

• Maturity (typically 20 years old to 100 years old) 

• Ability to listen with compassion and open-mindedness