Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
- Duration
- 2 Day Interactive Workshop 10 & 11 March 2010
- Cost
- $225
- Available Locations
Suicide deaths are now the cause of more than 20 percent of all deaths for males between 20 to 39 years and higher for younger women (ABS, 2006). Many of those deaths are preventable if someone is able to see the risks and confidently intervene. Thoughts of suicide can also be a problem for older people for whom life has lost a sense of meaning or who are dealing with loss of physical ability.
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a 2-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. It provides training to recognise the risks of suicide and to increase immediate safety.
After the 2-day workshop, participants will be better able to:
Recognise how caregivers and persons at risk are affected by personal and social attitudes about suicide.
Discuss suicide with a person at risk in a direct manner.
Using an effective model of intervention, review immediate suicide risk, and develop individualised safe plans with confidence.
Demonstrate skills required to intervene with a person at risk of suicide.
List the types of resources available to a person at risk of suicide and other life-promotion activities.
To register or for more information download the application form.
Contact:
Rev Dr Ian Mavor, Executive Director
P: (07) 5574 6853
