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ASIST

January 23, 2025 @ 8:30 am - January 24, 2025 @ 4:00 pm

 

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

              Approved by:

 

 

Tom Michaud Superintendent of Schools

Attendance:

☐Expected

☒Invitation

Notes:

Sub Covered by:

☐Division

☒Decentralized

  Mileage Covered by Division

Lunch:

☒On your own

☐Provided

Date: January 23 & 24, 2025

Time: 8:45 to 3:45

Location: Ed. Centre (Boardroom)

Facilitators: Kelly Gerhardt and

 Jasmin Tiessen

Bring: Wear comfortable clothes.

 

Intended Audience:

 

Elementary and High School teachers, EAs, Mentors, Social Workers, IECs, Administrators

Purpose:

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid.

 

Learning Intentions:

ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. Over the course of their two-day workshop, ASIST participants learn to:

·         Understand the ways that personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide and interventions.

·         Provide guidance and suicide first aid to a person at risk in ways that meet their individual safety needs.

·         Identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it.

·         Appreciate the value of improving and integrating suicide prevention resources in the community at large.

 

Criteria:

ASIST is an interactive workshop. Participants will have the opportunity to improve skills and readiness to reach in and start a conversation with a person that may have thoughts of suicide. The workshop is safe for participants, with no adverse effects from training.

 

Deadline for Registration: Jan. 15, 2024

Maximum Participants: 16

Register for: ASIST

For workshop information contact: Jasmin Tiessen

764-1571

Click Here To Register

 

Resources and snacks are based on registration numbers, you MUST register with the link above.

 

Complete “Request for Leave” Form:

Staff Dev. Decentralized Teachers (SDDT) School- Based PD Funds

Details

Start:
January 23, 2025 @ 8:30 am
End:
January 24, 2025 @ 4:00 pm
Website:
https://www3.srsd119.ca/regform/regform.php

Venue

Board Room – Education Centre