“... because of this training, I was able to apply the skills that I learned. This is not just a course full of new and exciting information – this course can help you save a life.”
Applied Suicide
Intervention Skills Training
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training - ASIST, comprises two days of world’s best practice, evidence-based training, delivered by two skilled and qualified facilitators.
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 powerful audio visual learning aids, group discussions, skills practice and development through trainer-facilitated workgroups. Millions of people have taken the workshop worldwide, along with hundreds of thousands of Australians completing ASIST in all states and territories.
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 a evidence-based intervention model, with the assistance of two LivingWorks registered trainer