ASIST Training (Aberdeen)

ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) – this is a two day training, participants must attend all of both sessions to receive a certificate.

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

• Discuss suicide with an at-risk person in a direct and helpful manner
• Deal effectively with personal and societal attitudes about suicide
• Identify an at-risk person and make a plan to help (called a SafePlan)
• Demonstrate the use of intervention skills for helping an at-risk person
• Identify resources available to help a person at risk for suicide
• Have confidence in being an effective resource yourself
• Be a part of a team improving the community’s response to suicide
• Understand issues such as life promotion and care of yourself as a caregiver

To register: Email Dodih@humanserviceagency.org or call (605) 884-3516 with questions.