• Peer-to-Peer: 8-session recovery-based course for adults living with mental health challenges
• Family-to-Family: Peer-led by trained adults who have a family member with mental illness. This group meets twice/month. This is a structured group model.
  

Contact: Lisa Krenke at 262-339-1235
For more information: https://www.nami-positiveimage.org/

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. Although ASIST is widely used by healthcare providers, participants don't need any formal training to attend the workshop -- anyone 16 or older can learn and use the ASIST model.
Since its development in 1983, ASIST has received regular updates to reflect improvements in knowledge and practice, and over 1 million people have taken the workshop. Studies show that the ASIST method helps reduce suicidal feelings in those at risk and is a cost-effective way to help address the problem of suicide.

Over the course of their two-day workshop, ASIST participants learn to:

• Understand the ways that personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide and interventions
• Provide guidance and suicide first aid to a person at risk in ways that meet their individual safety needs
• Identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it
• Appreciate the value of improving and integrating suicide prevention resources in the community at large
• Recognize other important aspects of suicide prevention including life-promotion and self-care
• Presentations and guidance from two LivingWorks registered trainers

Other details:

• The training is a full two-day training and participants must be present for both consecutive days to complete the training. ASIST does not require a degree or specific education level, it is a workshop designed to provide intervention skills to everyone.
  
• We welcome and encourage you to reach out to anyone you believe may be interested in learning more about suicide first aid.
  
• Cost is covered for internal Washington County staff.
  
• Cost: $100/participant for external providers (including external staff who work in house).
  
• Will take names and put individuals on a wait list as needed

Contact: Katie Haupt at [email protected] or Samantha Gonnering at [email protected]

2-hour training to reach individuals how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to Question, Persuade, and Refer someone to help.

There are no current training opportunities.