Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
The main purpose of this training is to introduce concerned community members to suicide first-aid intervention skills – skills that can be used to help prevent the immediate risk of suicide. These skills are the ones taught in ASIST, a two-day, hands-on, practice-oriented, immersion experience that helps caregivers become ready, willing and able to do suicide first-aid interventions.
from the Suicide Intervention Handbook (10th Ed., 2004)
published for distribution at ASIST trainings
VCE will coordinate multiple presentations of the ASIST training which is intended for persons working on the front lines with the public, including police, fire fighters, school social workers, et al.
To learn more about ASIST, go to www.livingworks.net | 
