This course will be a two day IN PERSON course Saturday November 16th and Sunday November 17th from 8am-4pm each day. ( You must attend both days to receive certification)

Participants learn to recognize when someone may be at risk of suicide and respond in ways that help increase their immediate safety and link them to further help. ASIST aims to enhance a supporter’s abilities to help a person at risk avoid suicide.

AT THE END OF THIS 16-HOUR COURSE, YOU WILL BE BETTER PREPARED TO:

• Reflect on how their attitudes and beliefs about suicide affect their intervention

• Discuss suicide with a person at risk in a direct manner

• Build a collaborative approach to intervention focused on safe outcomes

• Review immediate suicide risk and develop appropriate safe plans

• Demonstrate skills required to intervene with a person at risk of suicide

• Identify resources available to a person at risk of suicide

• Make a commitment to improving community resources

• Recognize that suicide prevention is broader than suicide first aid and includes life-promotion and self-care for supporters

PFCA is offering scholarships of $250 for individuals selected from this application. PFCA will notify applicants within 14 days of application completion.