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Suicide Awareness

Please see a list of the training and workshops we offer below:


Understanding Suicide 

This 1- hour session helps participants explore the common myths and facts about suicide, recognize the signs of suicide ideation, and learn how to have a conversation of suicide. Learn how to have a conversation about suicide, and offers guidance on how they can help to prevent it in their communities.     1 hour: $395


A.S.I.S.T (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)

This 2-day workshop is for anyone who wants to feel more comfortable, confident and competent in helping to prevent the immediate risk of suicide. Just as “CPR” skills make physical first-aid possible, training in suicide intervention develops the skills needed for suicide first-aid. ASIST is intensive, interactive and practice-dominated; designed to help caregivers recognize risk and learn how to intervene to prevent the immediate risk of suicide.      $195 per person; Ask about group rates.


safeTALK

About 3-hours in duration, safeTALK training prepares anyone over the age of 15 to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide first-aid resources. Most people with thoughts of suicide invite help to stay safe. Alert helpers know how to use these opportunities to support that desire for safety.    $75 per person; Ask about group rates.


Assessing for Suicide in Kids 

This one-day workshop challenges commonly held notions about children’s capacity to consider suicide. It facilitates awareness of the signs that a young child may be at risk, and what is needed to help. Case studies provide opportunities to apply what is learned, a helper tool teaches how to organize and summarize the available information about a given child in a form that can be used by someone, perhaps the participants themselves, in safety planning. Participants are typically helpers who routinely come into contact with children age 5-14. While not required, prior completion of safeTALK or ASIST is recommended.    $135 per person; Ask about group rates.


A.S.I.S.T – Tune Up 

ASIST 11 TuneUp is a half-day seminar for improving participant comfort, confidence, and competence in using the Pathway for Assisting Life or PAL. The ASIST 11 TuneUp is the consolidation and refinement of previous learning. This workshop is only for participants who attended ASIST 11. Participants, who attended ASIST prior to June 2013, should register the 2-day ASIST 11 workshop.    $75 per person; Ask about group rates. 


START

LivingWorks Start is a 90-minute online program that can be taken on any computer or device. It teaches people to recognize when someone is thinking about suicide and take meaningful action to keep them safe, even from afar. The program is evidence-based, customizes depending on the user’s input, and includes safety features.    Click link for rates.

Content Warning

Mental health training – particularly ASIST, SafeTALK, Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) and Trauma related training – covers sensitive and often difficult topics, which can be triggering for some people. If you are experiencing problems with your mental well-being (e.g., anxiety, depression, insomnia etc.) we recommend you consult with your preferred health care professional before deciding to register for a workshop. If you are a survivor of an attempt or a survivor of suicide loss within the last 18 months, the topics discussed during training may be very difficult and/or triggering for you. If at any time during your training you are feeling triggered please consult the facilitator(s) or contact 24.7 Crisis Support Peel Dufferin at 905-278-9036  or toll free at 1-888-811-2222.


To request/inquire about a training

or if you would like more information please e-mail:

 training-workshops@cmhapeel.ca


To download our workshop brochure click here: Presentation and Workshops (PDF)

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