ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) is a two-day (8:30am - 4:00pm both days) interactive workshop in suicide first-aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may be at risk of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety.

ASIST participants will learn to:

• Understand the ways 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

Event Details:

The workshop starts at 8:30AM; please plan to join the class about 10 minutes early. If you come after the training has convened, you may not be admitted to the training.

We also want to raise the issue of the impact of this training on loss survivors, attempt survivors, folx living with thoughts of suicide and folx close to them. The ASIST training teaches a specific suicide prevention intervention. Some of the content of the curriculum may activate troubling feelings and thoughts. The class is not a form of counseling, therapy or support group, so while we can be supportive within the constraints of the class, it really isn’t going to be the appropriate place to process personal experiences deeply.   

If you are a suicide attempt survivor or have experienced a loss by suicide or have been impacted by suicide, we suggest delaying taking the ASIST class for at least a year.  If you would like support or if you are currently experiencing thoughts of suicide, please contact Clackamas County Crisis Line at 503-655-8585 or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-8255; they are all available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.  

If you have questions about whether this class is a good fit for you at the present time, please feel free to reach out.

This workshop will be capped at 17 people. Any individuals enrolled after the 17 person limit will be put on a waiting list. This training will be offered again later this year.

Participants must attend both full days of training in order to receive a certificate.

Beverage service, Lunch & AM & PM snacks will be provided.

Event is hosted at CESD's Sunnybrook Building: 13455 SE 97th Ave, Clackamas OR 97015

(Please arrive several minutes before 8:30AM to check in)