LivingWorks Australia

ASIST is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid.

Participants learn to recognise when someone may be thinking of suicide and respond in ways that help increase their immediate safety and link them to further help. ASIST aims to enhance a caregiver's abilities to help a person at risk avoid suicide.

It is intended that ASIST participants will be better prepared to:

• reflect on how their attitudes and beliefs about suicide affect their intervention role

• discuss suicide with a person with thoughts of suicide in a direct manner

• build a collaborative approach to intervention focussed on safe outcomes

• review immediate suicide risk and develop appropriate safeplans

• demonstrate skills required to intervene with a person at risk of suicide

• identify resources available to a person at risk of suicide

• make a commitment to improving community resources

• recognise that suicide prevention is broader than suicide first aid and includes life-promotion and self-care for caregivers.

Please note: Training programs listed are accessed at the user's discretion and are not endorsed by Zero Suicide Institute of Australasia nor Life in Mind.

LivingWorks Start is an interactive, online skills-building training program that teaches suicide prevention skills.

LivingWorks Start teaches people how to be aware of people thinking of suicide, how to ask directly about suicide, to state the seriousness of the situation and help connect them to help.

It is not merely awareness raising, and it is not a flat traditional e-learning module (such as a PowerPoint presentation overlaid with audio commentary). The program is highly interactive and includes engaging audio-visual content, video-based and text/SMS-based practice scenarios.

LivingWorks Start teaches life-saving suicide prevention skills in as little as one hour online. Dynamic, interactive content provides a high-impact learning experience.

It was developed with input from experts in suicide prevention, education, psychology, public health, social work, faith communities, and the military.

Each LivingWorks Start user receives the same core information and skills training, with additional custom content depending on their background, location, and needs.

Like all of LivingWorks' core programs, LivingWorks Start is evidence-based. Learnable in as little as one hour from any computer or mobile device, LivingWorks Start empowers everyone to play a role in saving lives from suicide.

Please note: Training programs listed are accessed at the user's discretion and are not endorsed by Zero Suicide Institute of Australasia nor Life in Mind.

SafeTALK is a half-day or full-day presentation to increase suicide alertness. This program alerts community members to signs that a person may be considering suicide. It acknowledges that while most people at risk of suicide signal their distress and invite help, these intervention opportunities are often overlooked.

Participants learn to recognise when someone may have thoughts of suicide and to respond in ways that link them with further suicide intervention help. Suicide alert helpers contribute to a suicide safer community.

It is intended that SafeTALK participants will be better prepared to:

• recognise that invitations to help are often overlooked

• move beyond common tendencies to miss, dismiss and avoid suicide

• notice and respond to situations in which thoughts of suicide may be present

• apply basic TALK steps; Tell, Ask, Listen, and KeepSafe

• connect the person with thoughts of suicide to suicide.

Please note: Training programs listed are accessed at the user's discretion and are not endorsed by Zero Suicide Institute of Australasia nor Life in Mind.