Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

Tom Michaud Superintendent of Schools

☐Expected

☒Invitation

Notes:

☐Division

☒Decentralized

  Mileage Covered by Division

☒On your own

☐Provided

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

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.

Maximum Participants: 16

Register for: ASIST

For workshop information contact: Jasmin Tiessen

764-1571

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