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SafeTALK is a half-day training program that teaches participants to recognize and engage persons who might be having thoughts of suicide and to connect them with community resources trained in suicide intervention. SafeTALK stresses safety while challenging taboos that inhibit open talk about suicide.
SafeTALK was developed by LivingWorks Education.
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide.
“Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Each year thousands of Americans, like you, are saying “Yes” to saving the life of a friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor.
According to the Surgeon General’s National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (2001), a gatekeeper is someone in a position to recognize a crisis and the warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide.
Gatekeepers can be anyone, but include parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, ministers, doctors, nurses, office supervisors, squad leaders, foremen, police officers, advisors, caseworkers, firefighters, and many others who are strategically positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide.” -QPR Institute
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ASIST is an Applies Suicide Intervention Skills Training created by Livingworks. ASIST is offered worldwide, with over 2 million people trained and making a difference in their communities to help save persons with thoughts of suicide.
“Trusted by professionals yet learnable by anyone, LivingWorks Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is the only workshop of its kind. Updated continually to reflect new knowledge, LivingWorks ASIST has been empowering people to provide skilled, life-saving interventions for over 35 years. LivingWorks ASIST is a two-day face-to-face workshop featuring powerful audiovisuals, discussions, and simulations.
At a LivingWorks ASIST workshop, you’ll learn how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, providing a skilled intervention, and developing a safety plan to keep someone alive. Two knowledgeable, supportive trainers will guide you through the course, ensuring your comfort and safety.” -Livingworks
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Stronger Together: (A Peer Support Group) This group offers a safe, non-judgmental place for people to talk about the feelings that led them to attempt suicide, have thoughts of suicide, and for those struggling with mental health concerns. To lessen the risk factors that surround suicide and mental health, we discuss coping skills, resources, and information to offer hope in a time of need.
Caregivers Grace: (A Peer Support Group) This group gathers to support and encourage one another as caregivers to those with mental health concerns and thoughts/attempts of suicide. Training is provided along with coping skills and resources.
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