LivingWorks ASIST Upcoming Cairns Training
Bookings close 5 days prior to event start date.
$485.00 (Concessions are available for NFP, community groups, and individuals).
Trusted by professionals yet learnable by anyone.
In this two-day in-person workshop, participants learn an evidence-based suicide intervention model to intervene and help prevent the immediate risk of suicide. Developed in 1982 and regularly evaluated and updated to reflect best-practice in suicide prevention, ASIST has over 30+ peer-reviewed studies proving its ability to reduce thoughts of suicide for those at risk.
Virtually anyone age 16 or older, regardless of prior experience or training, can become an ASIST-trained helper. During the two-day interactive workshop, participants learn a 6-task suicide first-aid model through audio-visual learning aids, group discussions, skills practice and development through trainer-facilitated workgroups.
Participants in ASIST:
Learn the skills to provide a suicide first-aid intervention.
Work to develop a personalised safety plan for someone with thoughts of suicide to keep “safe-for-now”.
Connect the person with thoughts of suicide to further help.
Acquire skills in an evidence-based intervention model, with the assistance of two LivingWorks registered trainer.