What is LivingWorks ASIST?

Trusted by professionals, approved by the World Health Organization and learnable by anyone, LivingWorks Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is the only workshop of its kind.Updated continually to reflect new knowledge, LivingWorks ASIST has been training people to provide suicide first aid interventions for 40 years.

The LivingWorks ASIST Experience

• LivingWorks ASIST is a two-day in-person workshop featuring powerful audiovisuals, discussions, and simulations.

• At a LivingWorks ASIST workshop, you’ll learn how to recognize when someone may be thinking about suicide, and how to provide a skilled intervention and develop a safety plan with the person to connect them to further support.

• You will also consider how personal and community attitudes about suicide affect someone’s openness to seek help and your ability to provide it.

• This workshop will increase your willingness, confidence, and capacity to provide suicide first aid.

• Two knowledgeable, supportive trainers will guide you through the course, ensuring a comfortable and safe learning environment.

Why Should I Take LivingWorks ASIST?

LivingWorks ASIST is Proven Effective

LivingWorks ASIST has 40 years of research and evidence behind it. More than 50 peer-reviewed studies and government reports on LivingWorks ASIST have found:

• LivingWorks ASIST improves participant skills and readiness to reach in and start a conversation with a person that may have thoughts of suicide

• The course is safe for participants, with no adverse effects from training

• The training is shown to increase general counseling and listening skills

Proven, Evidence-Based Programs

People count on LivingWorks training to build safer communities and workplaces. Thatʼs why weʼre committed to offering programs that are tested, proven, and evidence based. With over 50 peer-reviewed studies and government reports validating the impact of our programs, we have the most robust evidence base in the suicide prevention training field. LivingWorks ASIST is the gold standard suicide intervention skills course across the globe.

*ASIST information provided by LivingWorks. http://www.livingworks.net/